On This Day - May 6

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Record Day

The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on May 6.

Year Title Day of
Week
Day Domestic
Box Office
2022 Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness Friday $90,720,784 $411,331,607
2016 Captain America: Civil War Friday $75,502,161 $408,084,349
2012 The Avengers Sunday $57,066,733 $623,357,910
2017 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 Saturday $51,304,539 $389,813,101
2007 Spider-Man 3 Sunday $39,937,865 $337,607,351
2023 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 Saturday $38,876,290 $358,995,815
2018 Avengers: Infinity War Sunday $36,644,356 $678,815,482
2011 Thor Friday $25,481,796 $181,030,624
2006 Mission: Impossible III Saturday $18,409,876 $133,501,348
2001 The Mummy Returns Sunday $17,838,000 $202,007,640

Record Opening Day

The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on May 6.

Year Title Day of
Week
Opening
Day
Domestic
Box Office
2022 Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness Friday $90,720,784 $411,331,607
2016 Captain America: Civil War Friday $75,502,161 $408,084,349
2011 Thor Friday $25,481,796 $181,030,624
2005 Kingdom of Heaven Friday $7,147,738 $47,398,413
2005 House of Wax Friday $4,852,597 $32,064,800
2011 Something Borrowed Friday $4,792,585 $39,046,489
2011 Jumping the Broom Friday $4,157,470 $37,295,394
2005 Crash Friday $2,820,499 $55,334,418
2011 The Beaver Friday $29,866 $970,816
2022 L’evenement Friday $10,607 $181,023

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 6.

Year Title Weekend Domestic
Box Office
2012 The Avengers $207,438,708 $623,357,910
2022 Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness $187,420,998 $411,331,607
2016 Captain America: Civil War $179,139,142 $408,084,349
2007 Spider-Man 3 $151,116,516 $337,607,351
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
2018 Avengers: Infinity War $114,774,810 $678,815,482
2001 The Mummy Returns $68,139,035 $202,007,640
2011 Thor $65,723,338 $181,030,624
2006 Mission: Impossible III $47,743,273 $133,501,348

Born and Died

Born on this day in history: Max Ophüls (1902, died on March 26, 1957 at the age of 54), Bill Quinn (1912, died on April 29, 1994 at the age of 81), Stewart Granger (1913, died on August 16, 1993 at the age of 80), Orson Welles (1915, died on October 10, 1985 at the age of 70), Elizabeth Sellars (1921, died on December 30, 2019 at the age of 98), Edward M. Abroms (1935, died on February 13, 2018 at the age of 82), Anton Furst (1944, died on November 24, 1991 at the age of 47), Jimmie Dale Gilmore (1945, turned 79 this year), Richard Eyer (1945, turned 79 this year), Alan Dale (1947, turned 77 this year), Ben Masters (1947, died on January 11, 2023 at the age of 75), Richard Cox (1948, turned 76 this year), Gregg Henry (1952, turned 72 this year), Christian Clavier (1952, turned 72 this year), Lynn Whitfield (1953, turned 71 this year), Anne Parillaud (1960, turned 64 this year), Roma Downey (1960, turned 64 this year), Julianne Phillips (1960, turned 64 this year), George Clooney (1961, turned 63 this year), Pippa Haywood (1961, turned 63 this year), Clay O’Brien (1961, turned 63 this year), Carlos Lauchu (1961, turned 63 this year), Lars Mikkelsen (1964, turned 60 this year), Dana Hill (1964, turned 60 this year), John Ennis (1964, turned 60 this year), Leslie Hope (1965, turned 59 this year), Stephen Gaghan (1965, turned 59 this year), Kavan Smith (1970, turned 54 this year), Geneva Carr (1971, turned 53 this year), Kyle Cassie (1976, turned 48 this year), Stacey Oristano (1979, turned 45 this year), Lindsay Pulsipher (1982, turned 42 this year), Gabourey Sidibe (1983, turned 41 this year), Adrianne Palicki (1983, turned 41 this year), Bresha Webb (1984, turned 40 this year), Jaime Winstone (1985, turned 39 this year), Tyler Hynes (1986, turned 38 this year), Shahana Goswami (1986, turned 38 this year), Sasheer Zamata (1986, turned 38 this year), Meek Mill (1987, turned 37 this year), Freddie Boath (1991, turned 33 this year), Naomi Scott (1993, turned 31 this year), Noah Galvin (1994, turned 30 this year), Tiera Skovbye (1995, turned 29 this year), Dominic Scott Kay (1996, turned 28 this year), Emily Alyn Lind (2002, turned 22 this year), Sadie Sandler (2006, turned 18 this year)

Died on this day in history: Monty Woolley (1963, at the age of 74), Wilfrid Hyde-White (1991, at the age of 87), Marlene Dietrich (1992, at the age of 90), Ann Todd (1993, at the age of 86), Jorge Martínez de Hoyos (1997, at the age of 76), Virginia Capers (2004, at the age of 78), Curtis Harrington (2007, at the age of 80), George Lindsey (2012, at the age of 83), Leslie A. Pope (2020, at the age of 65), Ian Gelder (2024, at the age of 74)

Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.