On This Day - May 28

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Record Day

The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on May 28.

Year Title Day of
Week
Day Domestic
Box Office
2022 Top Gun: Maverick Saturday $38,017,701 $718,732,821
2011 The Hangover Part II Saturday $29,690,008 $254,464,305
2023 The Little Mermaid Sunday $27,309,512 $298,172,056
2006 X-Men: The Last Stand Sunday $25,650,557 $234,362,462
2007 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End Monday $25,069,370 $309,420,425
2004 The Day After Tomorrow Friday $24,700,000 $186,740,799
2004 Shrek 2 Friday $21,500,000 $439,820,881
2005 Star Wars Ep. III: Revenge of the Sith Saturday $20,918,340 $414,378,291
2016 X-Men: Apocalypse Saturday $20,493,504 $155,442,489
2021 A Quiet Place: Part II Friday $19,368,427 $160,215,764

Record Opening Day

The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on May 28.

Year Title Day of
Week
Opening
Day
Domestic
Box Office
2004 The Day After Tomorrow Friday $24,700,000 $186,740,799
2021 A Quiet Place: Part II Friday $19,368,427 $160,215,764
2010 Prince of Persia: Sands of Time Friday $10,208,668 $90,759,676
2021 Cruella Friday $7,707,778 $86,103,234
1999 Notting Hill Friday $6,635,000 $116,089,678
2004 Raising Helen Friday $3,700,000 $37,485,528
2004 Soul Plane Friday $2,000,000 $13,922,211
1999 The Thirteenth Floor Friday $980,000 $11,810,854
2004 On the Downlow Friday $119 $1,987

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 28.

Year Title Weekend Domestic
Box Office
2022 Top Gun: Maverick $126,707,459 $718,732,821
2006 X-Men: The Last Stand $102,750,665 $234,362,462
2023 The Little Mermaid $95,578,040 $298,172,056
2011 The Hangover Part II $85,946,294 $254,464,305
2004 Shrek 2 $72,170,363 $439,820,881
2004 The Day After Tomorrow $68,743,584 $186,740,799
2016 X-Men: Apocalypse $65,769,562 $155,442,489
2017 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales $62,983,253 $172,558,876
2000 Mission: Impossible 2 $57,845,297 $215,409,889
2005 Star Wars Ep. III: Revenge of the Sith $55,205,972 $414,378,291

Future Releases

Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2027: Star Wars: Starfighter

Born and Died

Born on this day in history: John Payne (1912, died on December 6, 1989 at the age of 77), Martha Vickers (1925, died on November 2, 1971 at the age of 46), Agnès Varda (1928, died on March 29, 2019 at the age of 90), Shane Rimmer (1929, died on March 29, 2019 at the age of 89), Carroll Baker (1931, turns 95 this year), Gordon Willis (1931, died on May 18, 2014 at the age of 82), Zelda Rubinstein (1933, died on January 27, 2010 at the age of 76), John Karlen (1933, turns 93 this year), Anne Reid (1935, turns 91 this year), Freddie Roman (1937, died on November 26, 2022 at the age of 85), Jerry West (1938, died on June 12, 2024 at the age of 86), Sondra Locke (1944, died on November 3, 2018 at the age of 74), Clement von Franckenstein (1944, died on May 9, 2019 at the age of 74), Jean-Pierre Leaud (1944, turns 82 this year), Patricia Quinn (1944, turns 82 this year), Sandy Helberg (1949, turns 77 this year), Denis Akiyama (1952, died on June 28, 2018 at the age of 66), John Wells (1956, turns 70 this year), Leah Ayres (1957, turns 69 this year), Louis Mustillo (1958, turns 68 this year), Julie T. Wallace (1961, turns 65 this year), Francois Pinault (1962, turns 64 this year), Brandon Cruz (1962, turns 64 this year), Christa Miller (1964, turns 62 this year), Alon Aboutboul (1965, died on July 29, 2025 at the age of 60), Ashley Laurence (1966, turns 60 this year), Jason Kravits (1967, turns 59 this year), Kylie Minogue (1968, turns 58 this year), Justin Kirk (1969, turns 57 this year), Kate Ashfield (1972, turns 54 this year), Roland Møller (1972, turns 54 this year), Romain Duris (1974, turns 52 this year), Raza Jaffrey (1975, turns 51 this year), Jake Johnson (1978, turns 48 this year), Monica Keena (1979, turns 47 this year), Nonso Anozie (1979, turns 47 this year), Jesse Bradford (1979, turns 47 this year), Laura Bailey (1981, turns 45 this year), Laura Bailey (1981, turns 45 this year), Alexa Davalos (1982, turns 44 this year), Megalyn Echikunwoke (1983, turns 43 this year), Krista Kosonen (1983, turns 43 this year), Toby Hemingway (1983, turns 43 this year), Carey Mulligan (1985, turns 41 this year), Emily Wilson (1985, turns 41 this year), Jessika Van (1985, turns 41 this year), Joseph Cross (1986, turns 40 this year), Jessica Rothe (1987, turns 39 this year), Rafi Gavron (1989, turns 37 this year), Lukas Gage (1995, turns 31 this year), Cameron Boyce (1999, died on July 6, 2019 at the age of 20)

Died on this day in history: Rhys Williams (1969, at the age of 71), Audie Murphy (1971, at the age of 46), Roy Roberts (1975, at the age of 69), Lurene Tuttle (1986, at the age of 78), Phil Hartman (1998, at the age of 49), Gary Coleman (2010, at the age of 42), Reynaldo Rey (2015, at the age of 75), Carmine Caridi (2019, at the age of 85), John Gary Williams (2019, at the age of 85), Bo Hopkins (2022, at the age of 80)

Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.