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 | $380,270,577 |
| 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 | $380,270,577 |
| 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 | $268,028,651 |
| 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, turns 91 this year), Anthony Zerbe (1936, turns 88 this year), David Proval (1942, turns 82 this year), Cher (1946, turns 78 this year), Dave Thomas (1949, turns 75 this year), Anton Corbijn (1955, turns 69 this year), Matt McCoy (1958, turns 66 this year), Jane Wiedlin (1958, turns 66 this year), Bronson Pinchot (1959, turns 65 this year), Tony Goldwyn (1960, turns 64 this year), John Billingsley (1960, turns 64 this year), Owen Teale (1961, turns 63 this year), Marla Sucharetza (1965, turns 59 this year), Paolo Seganti (1965, turns 59 this year), Mindy Cohn (1966, turns 58 this year), Gina Ravera (1966, turns 58 this year), Stephanie Niznik (1967, turns 57 this year), Gabriele Muccino (1967, turns 57 this year), Timothy Olyphant (1968, turns 56 this year), James Burnett (1968, died on April 30, 2017 at the age of 48), Louis Theroux (1970, turns 54 this year), Donnamarie Recco (1970, turns 54 this year), Busta Rhymes (1972, turns 52 this year), Tahmoh Penikett (1975, turns 49 this year), Matt Czuchry (1977, turns 47 this year), Angela Goethals (1977, turns 47 this year), Jason Cermak (1977, turns 47 this year), Mike Flanagan (1978, turns 46 this year), Jana Pallaske (1979, turns 45 this year), Agnes Kittelsen (1980, turns 44 this year), Michaela McManus (1983, turns 41 this year), Chad Connell (1983, turns 41 this year), Kim Shaw (1984, turns 40 this year), Naturi Naughton (1984, turns 40 this year), Louisa Krause (1986, turns 38 this year), Robert Emms (1986, turns 38 this year), Ray Chase (1987, turns 37 this year), Kris Van Damme (1987, turns 37 this year), Josh O’Connor (1990, turns 34 this year), Jack Gleeson (1992, turns 32 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)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.