On This Day - May 12
Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on May 12.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | The Avengers | Saturday | $42,905,519 | $623,357,910 |
| 2018 | Avengers: Infinity War | Saturday | $26,938,937 | $678,815,482 |
| 2007 | Spider-Man 3 | Saturday | $25,178,865 | $337,607,351 |
| 2002 | Spider-Man | Sunday | $21,005,024 | $404,652,858 |
| 2013 | Iron Man 3 | Sunday | $20,758,656 | $408,992,272 |
| 2019 | Avengers: Endgame | Sunday | $19,567,066 | $858,373,000 |
| 2017 | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 | Friday | $16,490,524 | $389,813,101 |
| 2024 | Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes | Sunday | $16,264,500 | $105,994,516 |
| 2023 | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 | Friday | $15,616,247 | $358,995,815 |
| 2001 | The Mummy Returns | Saturday | $14,350,000 | $202,007,640 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on May 12.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Poseidon | Friday | $7,393,250 | $60,674,817 |
| 2017 | King Arthur: Legend of the Sword | Friday | $5,273,310 | $39,175,066 |
| 2017 | Snatched | Friday | $5,011,682 | $45,852,178 |
| 2000 | Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000 | Friday | $4,245,000 | $21,471,685 |
| 2023 | Book Club: The Next Chapter | Friday | $2,142,255 | $17,581,565 |
| 2006 | Just My Luck | Friday | $2,049,227 | $17,326,650 |
| 2000 | Center Stage | Friday | $1,885,000 | $17,200,925 |
| 2000 | Screwed | Friday | $1,202,000 | $6,982,680 |
| 2023 | Hypnotic | Friday | $936,501 | $4,500,169 |
| 2017 | Lowriders | Friday | $907,175 | $6,179,955 |
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 12.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | The Avengers | $103,052,274 | $623,357,910 |
| 2013 | Iron Man 3 | $72,525,615 | $408,992,272 |
| 2002 | Spider-Man | $71,417,527 | $404,652,858 |
| 2017 | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 | $65,263,492 | $389,813,101 |
| 2019 | Avengers: Endgame | $63,299,904 | $858,373,000 |
| 2018 | Avengers: Infinity War | $62,078,047 | $678,815,482 |
| 2023 | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 | $62,008,548 | $358,995,815 |
| 2024 | Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes | $58,400,788 | $105,994,516 |
| 2007 | Spider-Man 3 | $58,166,256 | $337,607,351 |
| 2019 | Pokémon: Detective Pikachu | $54,365,242 | $144,105,346 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Wilfrid Hyde-White (1903, died on May 6, 1991 at the age of 87), Katharine Hepburn (1907, died on June 29, 2003 at the age of 96), Hansford Rowe (1924, died on September 5, 2017 at the age of 93), Yogi Berra (1925, died on September 22, 2015 at the age of 90), Isabelle Sadoyan (1928, died on July 10, 2017 at the age of 89), Burt Bacharach (1928, died on February 8, 2023 at the age of 94), Jesus Franco (1930, died on April 2, 2013 at the age of 82), George Carlin (1937, died on June 22, 2008 at the age of 71), Nicky Henson (1945, died on December 15, 2019 at the age of 74), Lindsay Crouse (1948, turned 76 this year), Richard Riehle (1948, turned 76 this year), Gabriel Byrne (1950, turned 74 this year), Bruce Boxleitner (1950, turned 74 this year), Ving Rhames (1959, turned 65 this year), Emilio Estevez (1962, turned 62 this year), Deborah Kara Unger (1966, turned 58 this year), Stephen Baldwin (1966, turned 58 this year), Catherine Tate (1968, turned 56 this year), Kim Fields (1969, turned 55 this year), Samantha Mathis (1970, turned 54 this year), Jamie Luner (1971, turned 53 this year), MacKenzie Astin (1973, turned 51 this year), Malin Akerman (1978, turned 46 this year), Jason Biggs (1978, turned 46 this year), Aaron Abrams (1978, turned 46 this year), Rami Malek (1981, turned 43 this year), Domhnall Gleeson (1983, turned 41 this year), Clare Bowen (1984, turned 40 this year), Emily VanCamp (1986, turned 38 this year), Malcolm David Kelley (1992, turned 32 this year), Luke Benward (1995, turned 29 this year), Odeya Rush (1997, turned 27 this year)
Died on this day in history: Erich von Stroheim (1957, at the age of 71), Penny Santon (1999, at the age of 82), H.R. Giger (2014, at the age of 74), Kevin Tierney (2018, at the age of 67), Michel Piccoli (2020, at the age of 94), Mark Damon (2024, at the age of 91), David Sanborn (2024, at the age of 78)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.