On This Day - May 20
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on May 20.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Shrek the Third | Sunday | $36,124,782 | $322,719,944 |
| 2011 | Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides | Friday | $34,860,549 | $241,071,802 |
| 2005 | Star Wars Ep. III: Revenge of the Sith | Friday | $33,529,613 | $414,378,291 |
| 2018 | Deadpool 2 | Sunday | $31,997,867 | $324,591,735 |
| 2006 | The Da Vinci Code | Saturday | $27,317,296 | $217,536,138 |
| 2023 | Fast X | Saturday | $22,500,515 | $146,126,015 |
| 2012 | The Avengers | Sunday | $16,820,987 | $623,357,910 |
| 2000 | Dinosaur | Saturday | $16,692,694 | $137,748,063 |
| 2006 | Over the Hedge | Saturday | $15,650,774 | $155,019,340 |
| 2017 | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 | Saturday | $14,951,137 | $389,813,101 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on May 20.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides | Friday | $34,860,549 | $241,071,802 |
| 2016 | The Angry Birds Movie | Friday | $10,831,978 | $107,509,366 |
| 2016 | Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising | Friday | $8,810,285 | $55,340,730 |
| 1998 | Godzilla | Wednesday | $8,425,468 | $136,314,294 |
| 2022 | Downton Abbey: A New Era | Friday | $7,398,050 | $44,141,550 |
| 2016 | The Nice Guys | Friday | $3,894,992 | $36,261,763 |
| 2022 | Men | Friday | $1,419,333 | $7,587,853 |
| 2022 | 2000 Mules | Friday | $299,415 | $1,465,512 |
| 2011 | Midnight in Paris | Friday | $170,928 | $56,816,662 |
| 2016 | Kaptaan | Friday | $23,703 | $203,790 |
Record Weekend
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on domestic revenue recorded on a weekend where Friday, Saturday or Sunday was May 20.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Deadpool 2 | $125,507,153 | $324,591,735 |
| 2007 | Shrek the Third | $121,629,270 | $322,719,944 |
| 2005 | Star Wars Ep. III: Revenge of the Sith | $108,435,841 | $414,378,291 |
| 2011 | Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides | $90,151,958 | $241,071,802 |
| 2006 | The Da Vinci Code | $77,073,388 | $217,536,138 |
| 2023 | Fast X | $67,017,410 | $146,126,015 |
| 2012 | The Avengers | $55,644,102 | $623,357,910 |
| 2001 | Shrek | $42,347,760 | $268,377,061 |
| 2000 | Dinosaur | $38,854,851 | $137,748,063 |
| 2006 | Over the Hedge | $38,457,003 | $155,019,340 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: James Stewart (1908, died on July 2, 1997 at the age of 89), David Hedison (1927, died on July 18, 2019 at the age of 92), Don Brady (1933, died on February 23, 2019 at the age of 85), Constance Towers (1933, turned 92 this year), Anthony Zerbe (1936, turned 89 this year), David Proval (1942, turned 83 this year), Cher (1946, turned 79 this year), Dave Thomas (1949, turned 76 this year), Anton Corbijn (1955, turned 70 this year), Matt McCoy (1958, turned 67 this year), Jane Wiedlin (1958, turned 67 this year), Bronson Pinchot (1959, turned 66 this year), Tony Goldwyn (1960, turned 65 this year), John Billingsley (1960, turned 65 this year), Owen Teale (1961, turned 64 this year), Marla Sucharetza (1965, turned 60 this year), Paolo Seganti (1965, turned 60 this year), Mindy Cohn (1966, turned 59 this year), Gina Ravera (1966, turned 59 this year), Stephanie Niznik (1967, turned 58 this year), Gabriele Muccino (1967, turned 58 this year), Timothy Olyphant (1968, turned 57 this year), James Burnett (1968, died on April 30, 2017 at the age of 48), Louis Theroux (1970, turned 55 this year), Donnamarie Recco (1970, turned 55 this year), Busta Rhymes (1972, turned 53 this year), Tahmoh Penikett (1975, turned 50 this year), Matt Czuchry (1977, turned 48 this year), Angela Goethals (1977, turned 48 this year), Jason Cermak (1977, turned 48 this year), Mike Flanagan (1978, turned 47 this year), Jana Pallaske (1979, turned 46 this year), Agnes Kittelsen (1980, turned 45 this year), Michaela McManus (1983, turned 42 this year), Chad Connell (1983, turned 42 this year), Kim Shaw (1984, turned 41 this year), Naturi Naughton (1984, turned 41 this year), Louisa Krause (1986, turned 39 this year), Robert Emms (1986, turned 39 this year), Ray Chase (1987, turned 38 this year), Kris Van Damme (1987, turned 38 this year), Josh O’Connor (1990, turned 35 this year), Jack Gleeson (1992, turned 33 this year)
Died on this day in history: Randy Savage (2011, at the age of 58), Robin Gibb (2012, at the age of 62), Mary Ellen Trainor (2015, at the age of 62), Lisa Spoonauer (2017, at the age of 44), Roger Hawkins (2021, at the age of 74), Ahmed Benaissa (2022, at the age of 74), Kerry Shawn Duffy (2023, at the age of 65), Garth Craven (2023, at the age of 65), Keith Robinson (2024, at the age of 48), George Wendt (2025, at the age of 76)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.