On This Day - May 17
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on May 17.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | The Matrix Reloaded | Saturday | $34,389,237 | $281,553,689 |
| 2014 | Godzilla | Saturday | $32,160,363 | $200,676,069 |
| 2002 | Star Wars Ep. II: Attack of the Clones | Friday | $24,404,757 | $310,676,740 |
| 2019 | John Wick: Chapter 3 — Parabellum | Friday | $22,636,381 | $171,016,727 |
| 2013 | Star Trek Into Darkness | Friday | $21,623,002 | $228,778,661 |
| 2008 | The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian | Saturday | $20,396,123 | $141,621,490 |
| 2015 | Pitch Perfect 2 | Sunday | $16,462,020 | $184,296,230 |
| 2008 | Iron Man | Saturday | $13,431,355 | $318,604,126 |
| 2009 | Star Trek | Sunday | $12,990,361 | $257,730,019 |
| 2015 | Mad Max: Fury Road | Sunday | $12,670,764 | $153,636,354 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on May 17.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | John Wick: Chapter 3 — Parabellum | Friday | $22,636,381 | $171,016,727 |
| 2013 | Star Trek Into Darkness | Friday | $21,623,002 | $228,778,661 |
| 2024 | IF | Friday | $10,423,126 | $111,149,917 |
| 2024 | The Strangers: Chapter 1 | Friday | $5,098,780 | $35,202,562 |
| 2002 | About a Boy | Friday | $2,606,000 | $40,803,000 |
| 2019 | A Dog’s Journey | Friday | $2,521,285 | $22,782,371 |
| 2024 | Back to Black | Friday | $1,237,795 | $6,157,705 |
| 2019 | The Sun is Also a Star | Friday | $1,037,813 | $4,950,029 |
| 2024 | The Blue Angels | Friday | $422,802 | $2,560,945 |
| 2024 | Babes | Friday | $67,614 | $3,800,038 |
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 17.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Godzilla | $93,188,384 | $200,676,069 |
| 2003 | The Matrix Reloaded | $91,774,413 | $281,553,689 |
| 2002 | Star Wars Ep. II: Attack of the Clones | $80,027,814 | $310,676,740 |
| 2013 | Star Trek Into Darkness | $70,165,559 | $228,778,661 |
| 2015 | Pitch Perfect 2 | $69,216,890 | $184,296,230 |
| 2019 | John Wick: Chapter 3 — Parabellum | $56,818,067 | $171,016,727 |
| 2008 | The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian | $55,034,805 | $141,621,490 |
| 2009 | Angels & Demons | $46,204,168 | $133,375,846 |
| 2015 | Mad Max: Fury Road | $45,428,128 | $153,636,354 |
| 2002 | Spider-Man | $45,036,912 | $404,652,858 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Jean Gabin (1904, died on November 15, 1976 at the age of 72), Maureen O'Sullivan (1911, died on June 23, 1998 at the age of 87), Joan Blackman (1938, turned 86 this year), Jason Bernard (1938, died on October 16, 1996 at the age of 58), Peter Gerety (1940, turned 84 this year), Grace Zabriskie (1941, turned 83 this year), Aletta Bezuidenhout (1949, died on February 13, 2024 at the age of 74), Yôko Shimada (1953, died on July 25, 2022 at the age of 69), Bill Paxton (1955, died on February 25, 2017 at the age of 61), Bob Saget (1956, died on January 9, 2022 at the age of 65), Whip Hubley (1957, turned 67 this year), Paul Whitehouse (1958, turned 66 this year), Bruce Thomas (1961, turned 63 this year), Corey Johnson (1961, turned 63 this year), Craig Ferguson (1962, turned 62 this year), David Eigenberg (1964, turned 60 this year), Paige Turco (1965, turned 59 this year), Trent Reznor (1965, turned 59 this year), Hill Harper (1966, turned 58 this year), Cynda Williams (1966, turned 58 this year), Cameron Bancroft (1967, turned 57 this year), Hisham Tawfiq (1970, turned 54 this year), Sasha Alexander (1973, turned 51 this year), Matthew McGrory (1973, died on August 9, 2005 at the age of 32), Ross Butler (1973, turned 51 this year), Natalie Brown (1973, turned 51 this year), Sendhil Ramamurthy (1974, turned 50 this year), Rochelle Aytes (1976, turned 48 this year), Kandi Burruss (1976, turned 48 this year), Kat Foster (1978, turned 46 this year), Lyne Renee (1979, turned 45 this year), Ayda Field (1979, turned 45 this year), Elizabeth Hanks (1982, turned 42 this year), Lena Waithe (1984, turned 40 this year), Alejandro Edda (1984, turned 40 this year), Derek Hough (1985, turned 39 this year), Tahj Mowry (1986, turned 38 this year), Erin Richards (1986, turned 38 this year), T.J. Lowther (1986, turned 38 this year), Nikki Reed (1988, turned 36 this year), Karrueche Tran (1988, turned 36 this year), Olivia Luccardi (1989, turned 35 this year), Leven Rambin (1990, turned 34 this year), Ryan Ochoa (1996, turned 28 this year)
Died on this day in history: Abe Burrows (1985, at the age of 74), Henry Jones (1999, at the age of 86), Tony Randall (2004, at the age of 84), Frank Gorshin (2005, at the age of 72), Chris Cornell (2017, at the age of 52), Monique Mercure (2020, at the age of 89), Shad Gaspard (2020, at the age of 39)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.