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 |
| 2025 | Final Destination: Bloodlines | Friday | $20,959,554 | $138,254,739 |
| 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 | $154,363,726 |
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 |
| 2025 | Final Destination: Bloodlines | Friday | $20,959,554 | $138,254,739 |
| 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 |
| 2025 | Hurry Up Tomorrow | Friday | $2,334,959 | $5,215,357 |
| 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 |
| 2025 | Final Destination: Bloodlines | $51,600,106 | $138,254,739 |
| 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 | $154,363,726 |
| 2009 | Star Trek | $43,034,547 | $257,730,019 |
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, turns 82 this year), Bill Smitrovich (1947, turns 79 this year), Jesper Christensen (1948, turns 78 this year), Pierce Brosnan (1953, turns 73 this year), Peter Onorati (1953, turns 73 this year), Debra Winger (1955, turns 71 this year), Mare Winningham (1959, turns 67 this year), Kevin McDonald (1961, turns 65 this year), Rebecca Front (1964, turns 62 this year), Vincent Regan (1965, turns 61 this year), Chris Ayres (1965, died on October 18, 2021 at the age of 56), Janet Jackson (1966, turns 60 this year), Jon Schnepp (1967, died on July 19, 2018 at the age of 51), Ramon Tikaram (1967, turns 59 this year), Brian F. O'Byrne (1967, turns 59 this year), Stephen Mangan (1968, turns 58 this year), David Boreanaz (1969, turns 57 this year), Yannick Bisson (1969, turns 57 this year), Tracey Gold (1969, turns 57 this year), Derek Mears (1972, turns 54 this year), Khary Payton (1972, turns 54 this year), Tori Spelling (1973, turns 53 this year), Melanie Lynskey (1977, turns 49 this year), Lynn Collins (1977, turns 49 this year), Jim Sturgess (1978, turns 48 this year), Barbara Nedeljakova (1979, turns 47 this year), Joseph Morgan (1981, turns 45 this year), Tiya Sircar (1982, turns 44 this year), Ju Ji-hoon (1982, turns 44 this year), Jing Lusi (1985, turns 41 this year), Megan Fox (1986, turns 40 this year), Drew Roy (1986, turns 40 this year), Jacob Zachar (1986, turns 40 this year), Thomas Brodie-Sangster (1990, turns 36 this year), Marc John Jefferies (1990, turns 36 this year), Miles Heizer (1994, turns 32 this year), Belle Shouse (2000, turns 26 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), Gerard Soeteman (2025, at the age of 88)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.