On This Day - May 1
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on May 1.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Avengers: Age of Ultron | Friday | $84,424,532 | $459,005,868 |
| 2009 | X-Men Origins: Wolverine | Friday | $34,433,831 | $179,883,157 |
| 2019 | Avengers: Endgame | Wednesday | $25,251,991 | $858,373,000 |
| 2018 | Avengers: Infinity War | Tuesday | $23,426,108 | $678,815,482 |
| 2011 | Fast Five | Sunday | $21,863,945 | $210,031,325 |
| 2016 | The Jungle Book | Sunday | $13,819,408 | $364,001,123 |
| 2010 | A Nightmare on Elm Street | Saturday | $10,590,972 | $63,075,011 |
| 2004 | Mean Girls | Saturday | $10,160,404 | $86,047,227 |
| 1999 | Entrapment | Saturday | $8,715,000 | $87,707,396 |
| 2004 | Man on Fire | Saturday | $6,717,077 | $77,906,816 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on May 1.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Avengers: Age of Ultron | Friday | $84,424,532 | $459,005,868 |
| 2009 | X-Men Origins: Wolverine | Friday | $34,433,831 | $179,883,157 |
| 2009 | Ghosts of Girlfriends Past | Friday | $5,807,072 | $55,250,026 |
| 1998 | He Got Game | Friday | $2,605,000 | $21,567,853 |
| 1998 | Les Miserables | Friday | $1,640,000 | $13,887,945 |
| 1998 | Black Dog | Friday | $1,400,000 | $12,857,351 |
| 2019 | Like Arrows | Wednesday | $367,967 | $817,990 |
| 2023 | Corazón de Padre | Monday | $351,457 | $447,912 |
| 2009 | Battle for Terra | Friday | $252,579 | $1,647,083 |
| 2015 | Far from the Madding Crowd | Friday | $54,087 | $12,236,500 |
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 1.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Avengers: Age of Ultron | $191,271,109 | $459,005,868 |
| 2011 | Fast Five | $86,198,765 | $210,031,325 |
| 2009 | X-Men Origins: Wolverine | $85,058,003 | $179,883,157 |
| 2016 | The Jungle Book | $43,714,706 | $364,001,123 |
| 2010 | A Nightmare on Elm Street | $32,902,299 | $63,075,011 |
| 2004 | Mean Girls | $24,432,195 | $86,047,227 |
| 2005 | The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy | $21,103,203 | $51,019,112 |
| 1999 | Entrapment | $20,145,595 | $87,707,396 |
| 2022 | The Bad Guys | $16,237,070 | $97,787,945 |
| 2009 | Ghosts of Girlfriends Past | $15,411,434 | $55,250,026 |
Future Releases
Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2026: The Devil Wears Prada 2, Hokum, Animal Farm, Animal Friends, Deep Water
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Henry Koster (1905, died on September 21, 1988 at the age of 83), Glenn Ford (1916, died on August 30, 2006 at the age of 90), Danielle Darrieux (1917, died on October 17, 2017 at the age of 100), Daniel O’Herlihy (1919, died on February 17, 2005 at the age of 85), Ralph Senensky (1923, died on November 1, 2025 at the age of 102), Akira Yoshimura (1927, died on July 31, 2006 at the age of 79), John Meillon (1934, died on August 11, 1989 at the age of 55), Judy Collins (1939, turns 87 this year), Stephen Macht (1942, turns 84 this year), Joanna Lumley (1946, turns 80 this year), Douglas Barr (1949, turns 77 this year), Dann Florek (1950, turns 76 this year), John Diehl (1950, turns 76 this year), Ray Parker, Jr. (1954, turns 72 this year), Catherine Frot (1956, turns 70 this year), Tim Sale (1956, died on June 16, 2022 at the age of 66), Uberto Pasolini (1957, turns 69 this year), Yasmina Reza (1959, turns 67 this year), Maia Morgenstern (1962, turns 64 this year), Joanna P. Adler (1964, turns 62 this year), Scott Coffey (1964, turns 62 this year), Epy Kusnandar (1964, died on December 3, 2025 at the age of 61), Charlie Schlatter (1966, turns 60 this year), Anne Fletcher (1966, turns 60 this year), Tim McGraw (1967, turns 59 this year), Wes Anderson (1969, turns 57 this year), Dave Willis (1970, turns 56 this year), Amira Casar (1971, turns 55 this year), Julie Benz (1972, turns 54 this year), Bailey Chase (1972, turns 54 this year), Andrea Lowe (1975, turns 51 this year), Violante Placido (1976, turns 50 this year), Darius McCrary (1976, turns 50 this year), James Murray (1976, turns 50 this year), James Badge Dale (1978, turns 48 this year), Ana Claudia Talancon (1980, turns 46 this year), Eero Milonoff (1980, turns 46 this year), Jamie Dornan (1982, turns 44 this year), Kerry Bishe (1984, turns 42 this year), Sacha Dhawan (1984, turns 42 this year), Henry Zebrowski (1984, turns 42 this year), Mikkel Boe Folsgaard (1984, turns 42 this year), Drew Sidora (1985, turns 41 this year), Cassie Jaye (1986, turns 40 this year), Chris Coy (1986, turns 40 this year), Juel Taylor (1987, turns 39 this year), Nicholas Braun (1988, turns 38 this year), Anushka Sharma (1988, turns 38 this year), Caitlin Stasey (1990, turns 36 this year), Madeline Brewer (1992, turns 34 this year)
Died on this day in history: Paolo Stoppa (1988, at the age of 81), Richard Thorpe (1991, at the age of 95), Nelson Gidding (2004, at the age of 84), Bernard Archard (2008, at the age of 91), Assi Dayan (2014, at the age of 68), Grace Lee Whitney (2015, at the age of 85), Sun Yueh (2018, at the age of 87), Samuel Lloyd (2020, at the age of 56), Olympia Dukakis (2021, at the age of 89), Tom Hickey (2021, at the age of 76), Gordon Lightfoot (2023, at the age of 84), Eileen Saki (2023, at the age of 79), Ruth Buzzi (2025, at the age of 88), Charles Scalies (2025, at the age of 84), Jill Sobule (2025, at the age of 66)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.