On This Day - May 16
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on May 16.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Godzilla | Friday | $38,410,607 | $200,676,069 |
| 2003 | The Matrix Reloaded | Friday | $31,330,393 | $281,553,689 |
| 2002 | Star Wars Ep. II: Attack of the Clones | Thursday | $30,141,417 | $310,676,740 |
| 2015 | Pitch Perfect 2 | Saturday | $24,745,125 | $184,296,230 |
| 2008 | The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian | Friday | $19,397,743 | $141,621,490 |
| 2009 | Star Trek | Saturday | $18,284,070 | $257,730,019 |
| 2009 | Angels & Demons | Saturday | $17,626,468 | $133,375,846 |
| 2015 | Avengers: Age of Ultron | Saturday | $17,204,358 | $459,005,868 |
| 2015 | Mad Max: Fury Road | Saturday | $16,145,936 | $153,636,354 |
| 2010 | Iron Man 2 | Sunday | $14,277,492 | $312,433,331 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on May 16.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Godzilla | Friday | $38,410,607 | $200,676,069 |
| 2002 | Star Wars Ep. II: Attack of the Clones | Thursday | $30,141,417 | $310,676,740 |
| 2008 | The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian | Friday | $19,397,743 | $141,621,490 |
| 2012 | The Dictator | Wednesday | $4,175,274 | $59,650,222 |
| 2014 | Million Dollar Arm | Friday | $3,468,004 | $36,447,959 |
| 2008 | Reprise | Friday | $12,093 | $554,826 |
| 2014 | The Immigrant | Friday | $11,842 | $2,013,456 |
| 2007 | Once | Wednesday | $4,279 | $9,445,857 |
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 16.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Godzilla | $93,188,384 | $200,676,069 |
| 2003 | The Matrix Reloaded | $91,774,413 | $281,553,689 |
| 2015 | Pitch Perfect 2 | $69,216,890 | $184,296,230 |
| 2008 | The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian | $55,034,805 | $141,621,490 |
| 2010 | Iron Man 2 | $52,041,005 | $312,433,331 |
| 2004 | Troy | $46,865,412 | $133,298,577 |
| 2009 | Angels & Demons | $46,204,168 | $133,375,846 |
| 2015 | Mad Max: Fury Road | $45,428,128 | $153,636,354 |
| 2009 | Star Trek | $43,034,547 | $257,730,019 |
| 2015 | Avengers: Age of Ultron | $38,859,900 | $459,005,868 |
Future Releases
Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2025: Flowervale Street
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Henry Fonda (1905, died on August 12, 1982 at the age of 77), Margaret Sullavan (1909, died on January 1, 1960 at the age of 50), Harry Carey, Jr. (1921, died on December 27, 2012 at the age of 91), Frank Albanese (1931, died on October 5, 2015 at the age of 84), Sylvia Kay (1936, died on January 18, 2019 at the age of 82), Roy Hudd (1936, died on March 15, 2020 at the age of 83), Yvonne Craig (1937, died on August 17, 2015 at the age of 78), Danny Trejo (1944, turned 80 this year), Bill Smitrovich (1947, turned 77 this year), Jesper Christensen (1948, turned 76 this year), Pierce Brosnan (1953, turned 71 this year), Peter Onorati (1953, turned 71 this year), Debra Winger (1955, turned 69 this year), Mare Winningham (1959, turned 65 this year), Kevin McDonald (1961, turned 63 this year), Rebecca Front (1964, turned 60 this year), Vincent Regan (1965, turned 59 this year), Chris Ayres (1965, died on October 18, 2021 at the age of 56), Janet Jackson (1966, turned 58 this year), Jon Schnepp (1967, died on July 19, 2018 at the age of 51), Ramon Tikaram (1967, turned 57 this year), Brian F. O'Byrne (1967, turned 57 this year), Stephen Mangan (1968, turned 56 this year), David Boreanaz (1969, turned 55 this year), Yannick Bisson (1969, turned 55 this year), Tracey Gold (1969, turned 55 this year), Derek Mears (1972, turned 52 this year), Khary Payton (1972, turned 52 this year), Tori Spelling (1973, turned 51 this year), Melanie Lynskey (1977, turned 47 this year), Lynn Collins (1977, turned 47 this year), Jim Sturgess (1978, turned 46 this year), Barbara Nedeljakova (1979, turned 45 this year), Joseph Morgan (1981, turned 43 this year), Tiya Sircar (1982, turned 42 this year), Ju Ji-hoon (1982, turned 42 this year), Jing Lusi (1985, turned 39 this year), Megan Fox (1986, turned 38 this year), Drew Roy (1986, turned 38 this year), Jacob Zachar (1986, turned 38 this year), Thomas Brodie-Sangster (1990, turned 34 this year), Marc John Jefferies (1990, turned 34 this year), Miles Heizer (1994, turned 30 this year), Belle Shouse (2000, turned 24 this year)
Died on this day in history: Charles Perrault (1703, at the age of 75), Andy Kaufman (1984, at the age of 35), Margaret Hamilton (1985, at the age of 82), Jim Henson (1990, at the age of 53), Sammy Davis, Jr. (1990, at the age of 64), Edward Hardwicke (2011, at the age of 78), Prashant Bhargava (2015, at the age of 42), Lynn Shelton (2020, at the age of 54), Dabney Coleman (2024, at the age of 92)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.