On This Day - May 5
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on May 5.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | The Avengers | Saturday | $69,557,990 | $623,357,910 |
| 2017 | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 | Friday | $56,078,520 | $389,813,101 |
| 2007 | Spider-Man 3 | Saturday | $51,336,732 | $338,007,351 |
| 2023 | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 | Friday | $48,103,839 | $358,995,815 |
| 2018 | Avengers: Infinity War | Saturday | $46,676,705 | $678,815,482 |
| 2019 | Avengers: Endgame | Sunday | $45,119,388 | $858,373,000 |
| 2013 | Iron Man 3 | Sunday | $43,012,812 | $408,992,272 |
| 2002 | Spider-Man | Sunday | $31,814,980 | $405,930,363 |
| 2001 | The Mummy Returns | Saturday | $28,594,667 | $202,007,640 |
| 2006 | Mission: Impossible III | Friday | $16,632,157 | $133,501,348 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on May 5.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 | Friday | $56,078,520 | $389,813,101 |
| 2023 | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 | Friday | $48,103,839 | $358,995,815 |
| 2006 | Mission: Impossible III | Friday | $16,632,157 | $133,501,348 |
| 2000 | Gladiator | Friday | $11,683,107 | $187,683,805 |
| 2006 | An American Haunting | Friday | $2,000,000 | $16,298,046 |
| 2006 | Hoot | Friday | $1,000,000 | $8,117,637 |
| 2023 | Love Again | Friday | $951,937 | $6,230,837 |
| 2000 | I Dreamed of Africa | Friday | $683,959 | $6,543,194 |
| 2017 | The Dinner | Friday | $209,403 | $1,323,312 |
| 2017 | Risk | Friday | $29,402 | $200,219 |
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 5.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | The Avengers | $207,438,708 | $623,357,910 |
| 2013 | Iron Man 3 | $174,144,585 | $408,992,272 |
| 2007 | Spider-Man 3 | $151,116,516 | $338,007,351 |
| 2019 | Avengers: Endgame | $147,383,211 | $858,373,000 |
| 2017 | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 | $146,510,104 | $389,813,101 |
| 2023 | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 | $118,414,021 | $358,995,815 |
| 2002 | Spider-Man | $114,844,116 | $405,930,363 |
| 2018 | Avengers: Infinity War | $114,774,810 | $678,815,482 |
| 2001 | The Mummy Returns | $68,139,035 | $202,007,640 |
| 2006 | Mission: Impossible III | $47,743,273 | $133,501,348 |
Future Releases
Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2028: Untitled Marvel Movie
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Hans Heinrich von Twardowski (1898, died on November 19, 1958 at the age of 60), Tyrone Power (1914, died on November 15, 1958 at the age of 44), Alice Faye (1915, died on May 9, 1998 at the age of 83), Ben Wright (1915, died on July 2, 1989 at the age of 74), Bing Russell (1926, died on April 8, 2003 at the age of 76), Pat Carroll (1927, died on July 30, 2022 at the age of 95), Ilene Woods (1929, died on July 1, 2010 at the age of 81), Will Hutchins (1930, died on April 21, 2025 at the age of 94), Robert Rehme (1935, turns 91 this year), Michael Murphy (1938, turns 88 this year), Michael Lindsay-Hogg (1940, turns 86 this year), Lance Henriksen (1940, turns 86 this year), Marc Alaimo (1942, turns 84 this year), Michael Palin (1943, turns 83 this year), Roger Rees (1944, died on July 10, 2015 at the age of 71), John Rhys-Davies (1944, turns 82 this year), Kurt Loder (1945, turns 81 this year), Étienne Chicot (1949, died on August 7, 2018 at the age of 69), Marion Bailey (1951, turns 75 this year), Nicholas Guest (1951, turns 75 this year), Juanita Brown (1951, turns 75 this year), Lisa Jane Persky (1955, turns 71 this year), Lisa Eilbacher (1956, turns 70 this year), Richard E. Grant (1957, turns 69 this year), Peter Howitt (1957, turns 69 this year), Kurt Sutter (1960, turns 66 this year), James Redford (1962, died on October 16, 2020 at the age of 58), Don Payne (1964, died on March 26, 2013 at the age of 48), Takehito Koyasu (1965, turns 61 this year), Darrin DeWitt Henson (1972, turns 54 this year), Tina Yothers (1973, turns 53 this year), Marva Hicks (1975, died on September 17, 2022 at the age of 47), Sage Stallone (1976, died on July 13, 2012 at the age of 36), Virginie Efira (1977, turns 49 this year), Morgan Pehme (1978, turns 48 this year), Santiago Cabrera (1978, turns 48 this year), Vincent Kartheiser (1979, turns 47 this year), Zach McGowan (1980, turns 46 this year), Danielle Fishel (1981, turns 45 this year), Henry Cavill (1983, turns 43 this year), Shoko Nakagawa (1985, turns 41 this year), Clark Duke (1985, turns 41 this year), Brooke Hogan (1988, turns 38 this year), Chris Brown (1989, turns 37 this year), Raai Laxmi (1989, turns 37 this year), Bobby Coleman (1997, turns 29 this year), Arianna Rivas (2001, turns 25 this year)
Died on this day in history: Albert Dekker (1968, at the age of 62), Frank Tashlin (1972, at the age of 59), George Sidney (2002, at the age of 85), Sylvia Kauders (2016, at the age of 94), Barbara Perry (2019, at the age of 97), Kenneth Welsh (2022, at the age of 80), Bernard Hill (2024, at the age of 79), Jeannie Epper (2024, at the age of 83)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.