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 |
| 2025 | Final Destination: Bloodlines | Saturday | $17,965,375 | $138,254,739 |
| 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 |
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 | $111,375,918 |
| 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 | $6,178,165 |
| 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 |
| 2025 | Final Destination: Bloodlines | $51,600,106 | $138,254,739 |
| 2009 | Angels & Demons | $46,204,168 | $133,375,846 |
| 2015 | Mad Max: Fury Road | $45,428,128 | $154,363,726 |
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), Dennis Hopper (1936, died on May 29, 2010 at the age of 74), Joan Blackman (1938, turns 88 this year), Jason Bernard (1938, died on October 16, 1996 at the age of 58), Peter Gerety (1940, turns 86 this year), Grace Zabriskie (1941, turns 85 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, turns 69 this year), Paul Whitehouse (1958, turns 68 this year), Bruce Thomas (1961, turns 65 this year), Corey Johnson (1961, turns 65 this year), Craig Ferguson (1962, turns 64 this year), David Eigenberg (1964, turns 62 this year), Paige Turco (1965, turns 61 this year), Trent Reznor (1965, turns 61 this year), Hill Harper (1966, turns 60 this year), Cynda Williams (1966, turns 60 this year), Cameron Bancroft (1967, turns 59 this year), Hisham Tawfiq (1970, turns 56 this year), Sasha Alexander (1973, turns 53 this year), Matthew McGrory (1973, died on August 9, 2005 at the age of 32), Ross Butler (1973, turns 53 this year), Natalie Brown (1973, turns 53 this year), Sendhil Ramamurthy (1974, turns 52 this year), Rochelle Aytes (1976, turns 50 this year), Kandi Burruss (1976, turns 50 this year), Kat Foster (1978, turns 48 this year), Lyne Renee (1979, turns 47 this year), Ayda Field (1979, turns 47 this year), Elizabeth Hanks (1982, turns 44 this year), Lena Waithe (1984, turns 42 this year), Alejandro Edda (1984, turns 42 this year), Derek Hough (1985, turns 41 this year), Tahj Mowry (1986, turns 40 this year), Erin Richards (1986, turns 40 this year), T.J. Lowther (1986, turns 40 this year), Nikki Reed (1988, turns 38 this year), Karrueche Tran (1988, turns 38 this year), Olivia Luccardi (1989, turns 37 this year), Leven Rambin (1990, turns 36 this year), Ryan Ochoa (1996, turns 30 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.