On This Day - May 23
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on May 23.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | X-Men: Days of Future Past | Friday | $35,511,974 | $233,921,534 |
| 2004 | Shrek 2 | Sunday | $34,900,541 | $441,426,807 |
| 2008 | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | Friday | $30,571,275 | $317,101,119 |
| 1999 | Star Wars Ep. I: The Phantom Menace | Sunday | $21,929,334 | $486,722,409 |
| 1997 | The Lost World: Jurassic Park | Friday | $21,605,385 | $229,086,679 |
| 2010 | Shrek Forever After | Sunday | $21,145,279 | $238,736,787 |
| 2003 | Bruce Almighty | Friday | $20,114,325 | $242,704,995 |
| 2009 | Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian | Saturday | $20,086,972 | $177,243,721 |
| 1998 | Godzilla | Saturday | $16,894,040 | $136,314,294 |
| 2009 | Terminator Salvation | Saturday | $14,532,328 | $125,322,469 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on May 23.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | X-Men: Days of Future Past | Friday | $35,511,974 | $233,921,534 |
| 1997 | The Lost World: Jurassic Park | Friday | $21,605,385 | $229,086,679 |
| 2003 | Bruce Almighty | Friday | $20,114,325 | $242,704,995 |
| 2013 | The Hangover 3 | Thursday | $11,789,463 | $112,200,072 |
| 2014 | Blended | Friday | $4,373,223 | $46,290,741 |
| 2003 | The In-Laws | Friday | $1,943,000 | $20,440,627 |
| 2014 | Words and Pictures | Friday | $22,763 | $2,171,257 |
| 2014 | Heropanti | Friday | $9,915 | $63,649 |
| 2014 | Accident | Friday | $1,962 | $17,161 |
| 2008 | Insidious | Friday | $1,580 | $5,508 |
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 23.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Shrek 2 | $108,037,878 | $441,426,807 |
| 2008 | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | $100,137,835 | $317,101,119 |
| 2014 | X-Men: Days of Future Past | $90,823,660 | $233,921,534 |
| 1997 | The Lost World: Jurassic Park | $72,132,785 | $229,086,679 |
| 2010 | Shrek Forever After | $70,838,207 | $238,736,787 |
| 2003 | Bruce Almighty | $67,953,330 | $242,704,995 |
| 1999 | Star Wars Ep. I: The Phantom Menace | $64,810,970 | $486,722,409 |
| 2009 | Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian | $54,173,286 | $177,243,721 |
| 1998 | Godzilla | $44,047,541 | $136,314,294 |
| 2009 | Terminator Salvation | $42,558,390 | $125,322,469 |
Future Releases
Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2025: Mission: Impossible 8, Untitled Disney Film
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Betty Garrett (1919, died on February 12, 2011 at the age of 91), Bette Henritze (1924, died on February 22, 2018 at the age of 93), Marvin J. Chomsky (1929, died on March 28, 2022 at the age of 92), Joan Collins (1933, turns 91 this year), Zalman King (1941, died on February 3, 2012 at the age of 70), Ronald L. Schwary (1944, died on July 2, 2020 at the age of 76), Tomas Norstrom (1956, died on October 3, 2021 at the age of 65), Neil Grigson (1962, died on February 1, 2023 at the age of 60), Rituraj Singh (1964, died on February 20, 2024 at the age of 59), Tom Tykwer (1965, turns 59 this year), Jewel (1974, turns 50 this year), Frank Zieger (1975, died on May 8, 2017 at the age of 41), Ryan Coogler (1986, turns 38 this year), Evan Bird (2000, turns 24 this year), Matthew Lintz (2001, turns 23 this year)
Died on this day in history: Sterling Hayden (1986, at the age of 70), Anne Meara (2015, at the age of 85), John Carter (2015, at the age of 87), Roger Moore (2017, at the age of 89), Anna Udvardy (2019, at the age of 70), Jamie Bartlett (2022, at the age of 70), Nitesh Pandey (2023, at the age of 50)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.