On This Day - May 27
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on May 27.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Top Gun: Maverick | Friday | $52,012,661 | $718,732,821 |
| 2007 | Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End | Sunday | $34,121,377 | $309,420,425 |
| 2006 | X-Men: The Last Stand | Saturday | $31,997,843 | $234,362,462 |
| 2023 | The Little Mermaid | Saturday | $30,119,527 | $298,172,056 |
| 2011 | The Hangover Part II | Friday | $29,982,180 | $254,464,305 |
| 2016 | X-Men: Apocalypse | Friday | $26,302,191 | $155,442,489 |
| 2019 | Aladdin | Monday | $25,305,033 | $355,559,216 |
| 2018 | Solo: A Star Wars Story | Sunday | $24,443,468 | $213,767,512 |
| 2000 | Mission: Impossible 2 | Saturday | $21,969,000 | $215,409,889 |
| 2017 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales | Saturday | $20,335,475 | $172,558,876 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on May 27.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Top Gun: Maverick | Friday | $52,012,661 | $718,732,821 |
| 2016 | X-Men: Apocalypse | Friday | $26,302,191 | $155,442,489 |
| 2005 | The Longest Yard | Friday | $16,186,262 | $158,119,460 |
| 2010 | Sex and the City 2 | Thursday | $14,208,097 | $95,347,692 |
| 2005 | Madagascar | Friday | $13,947,637 | $193,595,521 |
| 2016 | Alice Through the Looking Glass | Friday | $9,701,973 | $77,042,381 |
| 2022 | The Bob’s Burgers Movie | Friday | $5,679,809 | $31,933,830 |
| 1998 | I Got the Hook-Up! | Wednesday | $655,346 | $10,317,779 |
| 2011 | The Tree of Life | Friday | $120,130 | $13,305,665 |
| 2022 | Rite of the Shaman | Friday | $5,330 | $16,221 |
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 27.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Top Gun: Maverick | $126,707,459 | $718,732,821 |
| 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 |
| 2023 | The Little Mermaid | $95,578,040 | $298,172,056 |
| 2011 | The Hangover Part II | $85,946,294 | $254,464,305 |
| 2018 | Solo: A Star Wars Story | $84,420,489 | $213,767,512 |
| 2016 | X-Men: Apocalypse | $65,769,562 | $155,442,489 |
| 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 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Dashiell Hammett (1894, died on January 10, 1961 at the age of 66), Peri Gilpin (1911, turns 113 this year), Christopher Lee (1922, died on June 7, 2015 at the age of 93), Henry Kissinger (1923, died on November 29, 2023 at the age of 100), Steve Franken (1932, turns 92 this year), Harlan Ellison (1934, died on June 28, 2018 at the age of 84), Lee Meriwether (1935, turns 89 this year), Louis Gossett Jr. (1936, died on March 28, 2024 at the age of 87), Vida Ghahremani (1936, died on June 2, 2018 at the age of 82), Sandy Gallin (1940, died on April 21, 2017 at the age of 76), Stig Hoffmeyer (1940, died on November 25, 2022 at the age of 82), Bruce Weitz (1943, turns 81 this year), Lewis Collins (1946, died on November 27, 2013 at the age of 67), Ken Lerner (1948, turns 76 this year), Michelan Sisti (1949, turns 75 this year), Jane Musky (1954, turns 70 this year), Richard Schiff (1955, turns 69 this year), Giuseppe Tornatore (1956, turns 68 this year), Chelsea Field (1957, turns 67 this year), Linnea Quigley (1958, turns 66 this year), Peri Gilpin (1961, turns 63 this year), Steven Brill (1962, turns 62 this year), Kim Jee-woon (1964, turns 60 this year), Adam Carolla (1964, turns 60 this year), Todd Bridges (1965, turns 59 this year), Eddie McClintock (1967, turns 57 this year), Dondre Whitfield (1969, turns 55 this year), Joseph Fiennes (1970, turns 54 this year), Jodi Harris (1970, turns 54 this year), Paul Bettany (1971, turns 53 this year), Yorgos Lanthimos (1973, turns 51 this year), Jack McBrayer (1973, turns 51 this year), Andre Benjamin (1975, turns 49 this year), Shanola Hampton (1977, turns 47 this year), Brad Peyton (1978, turns 46 this year), Ben Feldman (1980, turns 44 this year), Michael Steger (1980, turns 44 this year), Darin Brooks (1984, turns 40 this year), Andrew Francis (1985, turns 39 this year), Bella Heathcote (1987, turns 37 this year), Alicia Sixtos (1988, turns 36 this year), Chris Colfer (1990, turns 34 this year), Chelsea Gilligan (1991, turns 33 this year), Lily-Rose Depp (1999, turns 25 this year), Izabela Vidovic (2001, turns 23 this year), Shiloh Jolie Pitt (2006, turns 18 this year)
Died on this day in history: Ed Brophy (1960, at the age of 65), Severn Darden (1995, at the age of 65), Paul Gleason (2006, at the age of 67), Jeff Conaway (2011, at the age of 60), Russell Wolfe (2015, at the age of 60), Vince Deadrick Sr. (2017, at the age of 84), Anthony B. Major (2019, at the age of 79), Shane Briant (2021, at the age of 74)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.