On This Day - May 6
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on May 6.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness | Friday | $90,720,784 | $411,331,607 |
| 2016 | Captain America: Civil War | Friday | $75,502,161 | $408,084,349 |
| 2012 | The Avengers | Sunday | $57,066,733 | $623,357,910 |
| 2017 | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 | Saturday | $51,304,539 | $389,813,101 |
| 2007 | Spider-Man 3 | Sunday | $39,937,865 | $338,007,351 |
| 2023 | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 | Saturday | $38,876,290 | $358,995,815 |
| 2018 | Avengers: Infinity War | Sunday | $36,644,356 | $678,815,482 |
| 2011 | Thor | Friday | $25,481,796 | $181,030,624 |
| 2006 | Mission: Impossible III | Saturday | $18,409,876 | $133,501,348 |
| 2001 | The Mummy Returns | Sunday | $17,838,000 | $202,007,640 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on May 6.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness | Friday | $90,720,784 | $411,331,607 |
| 2016 | Captain America: Civil War | Friday | $75,502,161 | $408,084,349 |
| 2011 | Thor | Friday | $25,481,796 | $181,030,624 |
| 2005 | Kingdom of Heaven | Friday | $7,147,738 | $47,527,678 |
| 2005 | House of Wax | Friday | $4,852,597 | $32,064,800 |
| 2011 | Something Borrowed | Friday | $4,792,585 | $39,046,489 |
| 2011 | Jumping the Broom | Friday | $4,157,470 | $37,295,394 |
| 2005 | Crash | Friday | $2,820,499 | $55,334,418 |
| 2011 | The Beaver | Friday | $29,866 | $970,816 |
| 2022 | L’evenement | Friday | $10,607 | $181,023 |
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 6.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | The Avengers | $207,438,708 | $623,357,910 |
| 2022 | Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness | $187,420,998 | $411,331,607 |
| 2016 | Captain America: Civil War | $179,139,142 | $408,084,349 |
| 2007 | Spider-Man 3 | $151,116,516 | $338,007,351 |
| 2017 | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 | $146,510,104 | $389,813,101 |
| 2023 | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 | $118,414,021 | $358,995,815 |
| 2018 | Avengers: Infinity War | $114,774,810 | $678,815,482 |
| 2001 | The Mummy Returns | $68,139,035 | $202,007,640 |
| 2011 | Thor | $65,723,338 | $181,030,624 |
| 2006 | Mission: Impossible III | $47,743,273 | $133,501,348 |
Future Releases
Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2027: The Resurrection of the Christ: Part Two
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Max Ophüls (1902, died on March 26, 1957 at the age of 54), Bill Quinn (1912, died on April 29, 1994 at the age of 81), Stewart Granger (1913, died on August 16, 1993 at the age of 80), Orson Welles (1915, died on October 10, 1985 at the age of 70), Elizabeth Sellars (1921, died on December 30, 2019 at the age of 98), Edward M. Abroms (1935, died on February 13, 2018 at the age of 82), Anton Furst (1944, died on November 24, 1991 at the age of 47), Jimmie Dale Gilmore (1945, turns 81 this year), Richard Eyer (1945, turns 81 this year), Alan Dale (1947, turns 79 this year), Ben Masters (1947, died on January 11, 2023 at the age of 75), Richard Cox (1948, turns 78 this year), Gregg Henry (1952, turns 74 this year), Christian Clavier (1952, turns 74 this year), Lynn Whitfield (1953, turns 73 this year), Anne Parillaud (1960, turns 66 this year), Roma Downey (1960, turns 66 this year), Julianne Phillips (1960, turns 66 this year), George Clooney (1961, turns 65 this year), Pippa Haywood (1961, turns 65 this year), Clay O’Brien (1961, turns 65 this year), Carlos Lauchu (1961, turns 65 this year), Lars Mikkelsen (1964, turns 62 this year), Dana Hill (1964, turns 62 this year), John Ennis (1964, turns 62 this year), Leslie Hope (1965, turns 61 this year), Stephen Gaghan (1965, turns 61 this year), Kavan Smith (1970, turns 56 this year), Geneva Carr (1971, turns 55 this year), Kyle Cassie (1976, turns 50 this year), Stacey Oristano (1979, turns 47 this year), Lindsay Pulsipher (1982, turns 44 this year), Gabourey Sidibe (1983, turns 43 this year), Adrianne Palicki (1983, turns 43 this year), Bresha Webb (1984, turns 42 this year), Jaime Winstone (1985, turns 41 this year), Tyler Hynes (1986, turns 40 this year), Shahana Goswami (1986, turns 40 this year), Sasheer Zamata (1986, turns 40 this year), Meek Mill (1987, turns 39 this year), Freddie Boath (1991, turns 35 this year), Naomi Scott (1993, turns 33 this year), Noah Galvin (1994, turns 32 this year), Tiera Skovbye (1995, turns 31 this year), Dominic Scott Kay (1996, turns 30 this year), Emily Alyn Lind (2002, turns 24 this year), Sadie Sandler (2006, turns 20 this year)
Died on this day in history: Monty Woolley (1963, at the age of 74), Wilfrid Hyde-White (1991, at the age of 87), Marlene Dietrich (1992, at the age of 90), Ann Todd (1993, at the age of 86), Jorge Martínez de Hoyos (1997, at the age of 76), Virginia Capers (2004, at the age of 78), Curtis Harrington (2007, at the age of 80), George Lindsey (2012, at the age of 83), Leslie A. Pope (2020, at the age of 65), Ian Gelder (2024, at the age of 74)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.