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, turns 93 this year), Anthony Zerbe (1936, turns 90 this year), David Proval (1942, turns 84 this year), Cher (1946, turns 80 this year), Dave Thomas (1949, turns 77 this year), Anton Corbijn (1955, turns 71 this year), Matt McCoy (1958, turns 68 this year), Jane Wiedlin (1958, turns 68 this year), Bronson Pinchot (1959, turns 67 this year), Tony Goldwyn (1960, turns 66 this year), John Billingsley (1960, turns 66 this year), Owen Teale (1961, turns 65 this year), Marla Sucharetza (1965, turns 61 this year), Paolo Seganti (1965, turns 61 this year), Mindy Cohn (1966, turns 60 this year), Gina Ravera (1966, turns 60 this year), Stephanie Niznik (1967, turns 59 this year), Gabriele Muccino (1967, turns 59 this year), Timothy Olyphant (1968, turns 58 this year), James Burnett (1968, died on April 30, 2017 at the age of 48), Louis Theroux (1970, turns 56 this year), Donnamarie Recco (1970, turns 56 this year), Busta Rhymes (1972, turns 54 this year), Tahmoh Penikett (1975, turns 51 this year), Matt Czuchry (1977, turns 49 this year), Angela Goethals (1977, turns 49 this year), Jason Cermak (1977, turns 49 this year), Mike Flanagan (1978, turns 48 this year), Jana Pallaske (1979, turns 47 this year), Agnes Kittelsen (1980, turns 46 this year), Michaela McManus (1983, turns 43 this year), Chad Connell (1983, turns 43 this year), Kim Shaw (1984, turns 42 this year), Naturi Naughton (1984, turns 42 this year), Louisa Krause (1986, turns 40 this year), Robert Emms (1986, turns 40 this year), Ray Chase (1987, turns 39 this year), Kris Van Damme (1987, turns 39 this year), Josh O’Connor (1990, turns 36 this year), Jack Gleeson (1992, turns 34 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.