On This Day - May 26
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on May 26.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | X-Men: The Last Stand | Friday | $45,102,265 | $234,362,462 |
| 2023 | The Little Mermaid | Friday | $38,149,001 | $298,172,056 |
| 2007 | Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End | Saturday | $37,701,051 | $309,420,425 |
| 2025 | Lilo & Stitch | Monday | $36,584,451 | $409,372,823 |
| 2011 | The Hangover Part II | Thursday | $31,610,367 | $254,464,305 |
| 2019 | Aladdin | Sunday | $30,128,699 | $355,559,216 |
| 2013 | Fast and Furious 6 | Sunday | $26,941,170 | $238,679,850 |
| 2008 | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | Monday | $26,779,538 | $317,101,119 |
| 2018 | Solo: A Star Wars Story | Saturday | $24,601,896 | $213,767,512 |
| 2017 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales | Friday | $23,567,874 | $172,558,876 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on May 26.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | X-Men: The Last Stand | Friday | $45,102,265 | $234,362,462 |
| 2023 | The Little Mermaid | Friday | $38,149,001 | $298,172,056 |
| 2011 | The Hangover Part II | Thursday | $31,610,367 | $254,464,305 |
| 2017 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales | Friday | $23,567,874 | $172,558,876 |
| 2011 | Kung Fu Panda 2 | Thursday | $5,804,129 | $165,249,063 |
| 2000 | Shanghai Noon | Friday | $4,538,000 | $56,932,305 |
| 2023 | The Machine | Friday | $2,220,804 | $10,458,331 |
| 2023 | About My Father | Friday | $1,464,923 | $12,089,391 |
| 2023 | Kandahar | Friday | $921,019 | $4,813,132 |
| 2023 | You Hurt My Feelings | Friday | $474,240 | $4,830,788 |
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 26.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End | $114,732,820 | $309,420,425 |
| 2006 | X-Men: The Last Stand | $102,750,665 | $234,362,462 |
| 2013 | Fast and Furious 6 | $97,375,245 | $238,679,850 |
| 2023 | The Little Mermaid | $95,578,040 | $298,172,056 |
| 2019 | Aladdin | $91,500,929 | $355,559,216 |
| 2018 | Solo: A Star Wars Story | $84,420,489 | $213,767,512 |
| 2017 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales | $62,983,253 | $172,558,876 |
| 2001 | Pearl Harbor | $59,078,912 | $198,539,855 |
| 2000 | Mission: Impossible 2 | $57,845,297 | $215,409,889 |
| 2012 | Men in Black 3 | $54,592,779 | $179,020,854 |
Future Releases
Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2028: Untitled Universal Event Film
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: George Formby (1904, died on March 6, 1961 at the age of 56), John Wayne (1907, died on June 11, 1979 at the age of 72), Robert Morley (1908, died on June 3, 1992 at the age of 84), Peter Cushing (1913, died on August 11, 1994 at the age of 81), John Dall (1920, turned 105 this year), Peggy Lee (1920, died on January 21, 2002 at the age of 81), Roy Dotrice (1923, died on October 16, 2017 at the age of 94), James Arness (1923, died on June 3, 2011 at the age of 88), Alec McCowen (1925, died on February 6, 2017 at the age of 91), Alvin Ing (1932, died on August 1, 2021 at the age of 89), Levon Helm (1940, died on April 19, 2012 at the age of 71), Hichem Rostom (1947, died on June 28, 2022 at the age of 75), Stevie Nicks (1948, turned 77 this year), Dayle Haddon (1948, died on December 27, 2024 at the age of 76), Pam Grier (1949, turned 76 this year), Giorgos Georgiou (1952, died on June 5, 2023 at the age of 71), Margaret Colin (1958, turned 67 this year), Kevin Gage (1959, turned 66 this year), Doug Hutchison (1960, turned 65 this year), Tarsem Singh (1961, turned 64 this year), Bobcat Goldthwait (1962, turned 63 this year), Genie Francis (1962, turned 63 this year), Musetta Vander (1963, turned 62 this year), Lenny Kravitz (1964, turned 61 this year), Helena Bonham Carter (1966, turned 59 this year), Alex Garland (1970, turned 55 this year), John Hamburg (1970, turned 55 this year), Matt Stone (1971, turned 54 this year), Shannon Kenny (1971, turned 54 this year), Rachael Blake (1971, turned 54 this year), Selenis Leyva (1972, turned 53 this year), Nicki Aycox (1975, turned 50 this year), Lauryn Hill (1975, turned 50 this year), Alexander Karim (1976, turned 49 this year), Laurence Fox (1978, turned 47 this year), Adam Robitel (1978, turned 47 this year), Ben Gregory (1978, died on June 13, 2024 at the age of 46), Elisabeth Harnois (1979, turned 46 this year), Jolene Anderson (1980, turned 45 this year), Ty Hodges (1981, turned 44 this year), Rochelle Okoye (1985, turned 40 this year), Astrid Berges-Frisbey (1986, turned 39 this year), Madeleine Mantock (1990, turned 35 this year), Kerry Ingram (1999, turned 26 this year), Megan Charpentier (2001, turned 24 this year)
Died on this day in history: George Brent (1979, at the age of 75), Friz Freleng (1995, at the age of 88), Anne Haney (2001, at the age of 67), Eddie Albert (2005, at the age of 99), Sydney Pollack (2008, at the age of 73), Angela Paton (2016, at the age of 86), Toni Bertorelli (2017, at the age of 69), Richard Herd (2020, at the age of 87), Larry Kramer (2020, at the age of 84), Anthony James (2020, at the age of 77), Kevin Clark (2021, at the age of 32), Ray Liotta (2022, at the age of 67), George Shapiro (2022, at the age of 91)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.