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.