On This Day - May 30
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on May 30.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Top Gun: Maverick | Monday | $33,807,521 | $718,732,821 |
| 2008 | Sex and the City | Friday | $26,771,052 | $152,647,258 |
| 2009 | Up | Saturday | $26,394,319 | $293,004,164 |
| 2004 | Shrek 2 | Sunday | $24,780,215 | $439,820,881 |
| 2014 | Maleficent | Friday | $24,297,459 | $241,407,328 |
| 2004 | The Day After Tomorrow | Sunday | $21,449,531 | $186,740,799 |
| 2015 | San Andreas | Saturday | $20,508,124 | $155,190,832 |
| 2003 | Finding Nemo | Friday | $20,208,056 | $380,529,370 |
| 1999 | Star Wars Ep. I: The Phantom Menace | Sunday | $18,537,522 | $487,574,671 |
| 2011 | The Hangover Part II | Monday | $17,480,581 | $254,464,305 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on May 30.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Sex and the City | Friday | $26,771,052 | $152,647,258 |
| 2014 | Maleficent | Friday | $24,297,459 | $241,407,328 |
| 2003 | Finding Nemo | Friday | $20,208,056 | $380,529,370 |
| 2008 | The Strangers | Friday | $7,693,915 | $52,597,610 |
| 2025 | Karate Kid: Legends | Friday | $7,498,958 | $52,547,391 |
| 2014 | A Million Ways to Die in The West | Friday | $6,156,590 | $42,720,965 |
| 2003 | The Italian Job | Friday | $5,953,466 | $106,126,012 |
| 2025 | Bring Her Back | Friday | $3,143,350 | $19,323,752 |
| 2003 | Wrong Turn | Friday | $1,653,479 | $15,417,771 |
| 2025 | The Phoenician Scheme | Friday | $271,758 | $19,105,000 |
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 30.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Shrek 2 | $72,170,363 | $439,820,881 |
| 2003 | Finding Nemo | $70,251,710 | $380,529,370 |
| 2014 | Maleficent | $69,431,298 | $241,407,328 |
| 2004 | The Day After Tomorrow | $68,743,584 | $186,740,799 |
| 2009 | Up | $68,108,790 | $293,004,164 |
| 2025 | Lilo & Stitch | $61,808,626 | $414,564,677 |
| 2008 | Sex and the City | $56,848,056 | $152,647,258 |
| 2015 | San Andreas | $54,588,173 | $155,190,832 |
| 1999 | Star Wars Ep. I: The Phantom Menace | $51,399,863 | $487,574,671 |
| 2021 | A Quiet Place: Part II | $47,547,231 | $160,215,764 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Howard Hawks (1896, died on December 26, 1977 at the age of 81), Mel Blanc (1908, died on July 10, 1989 at the age of 81), Hugh Griffith (1912, died on May 14, 1980 at the age of 67), Franklin J. Schaffner (1920, died on July 2, 1989 at the age of 69), Clint Walker (1927, died on May 21, 2018 at the age of 90), Margit Saad (1929, died on August 7, 2023 at the age of 94), Ruta Lee (1935, turned 90 this year), Keir Dullea (1936, turned 89 this year), Michael J. Pollard (1939, died on November 20, 2019 at the age of 80), Paresh Rawal (1950, turned 75 this year), Stephen Tobolowsky (1951, turned 74 this year), Colm Meaney (1953, turned 72 this year), Philip Bretherton (1955, turned 70 this year), Elyssa Davalos (1957, turned 68 this year), Ted McGinley (1958, turned 67 this year), Harry Enfield (1961, turned 64 this year), John Terlesky (1961, turned 64 this year), Ricky Davao (1961, died on May 2, 2025 at the age of 63), Tonya Pinkins (1962, turned 63 this year), Mark Sheppard (1964, turned 61 this year), Antoine Fuqua (1965, turned 60 this year), Guilherme Fiúza Zenha (1965, died on May 4, 2024 at the age of 58), Monica Lopez (1969, turned 56 this year), David Dukas (1970, died on July 20, 2021 at the age of 51), Idina Menzel (1971, turned 54 this year), John Ross Bowie (1971, turned 54 this year), Duncan Jones (1971, turned 54 this year), Minae Noji (1973, turned 52 this year), Shin Ha-kyun (1974, turned 51 this year), Cee Lo Green (1975, turned 50 this year), Omri Katz (1976, turned 49 this year), Rachael Stirling (1977, turned 48 this year), Tadhg Murphy (1979, turned 46 this year), Jenny Mollen (1979, turned 46 this year), Kirti Kulhari (1985, turned 40 this year), Will Peltz (1986, turned 39 this year), Javicia Leslie (1987, turned 38 this year), Stephanie Hunt (1989, turned 36 this year), Catherine Corcoran (1992, turned 33 this year), Jake Short (1997, turned 28 this year), Sean Giambrone (1999, turned 26 this year)
Died on this day in history: Claude Rains (1967, at the age of 77), Ella Raines (1988, at the age of 67), Jean-Claude Brialy (2007, at the age of 74), Clarice Taylor (2011, at the age of 93), Helen Hanft (2013, at the age of 79), Julie Harris (2015, at the age of 94), John Beasley (2023, at the age of 79), Mitchell Block (2024, at the age of 73), Loretta Swit (2025, at the age of 87), Valerie Mahaffey (2025, at the age of 71)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.