On This Day - May 2
Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on May 2.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Avengers: Age of Ultron | Saturday | $56,526,635 | $459,005,868 |
| 2008 | Iron Man | Friday | $38,734,361 | $318,604,126 |
| 2014 | The Amazing Spider-Man 2 | Friday | $35,167,017 | $202,853,933 |
| 2003 | X-Men 2 | Friday | $31,247,979 | $214,949,694 |
| 2009 | X-Men Origins: Wolverine | Saturday | $29,323,711 | $179,883,157 |
| 2019 | Avengers: Endgame | Thursday | $21,542,852 | $858,373,000 |
| 2018 | Avengers: Infinity War | Wednesday | $16,966,862 | $678,815,482 |
| 2010 | A Nightmare on Elm Street | Sunday | $6,575,371 | $63,075,011 |
| 2011 | Fast Five | Monday | $6,231,240 | $210,031,325 |
| 2009 | Ghosts of Girlfriends Past | Saturday | $6,102,927 | $55,250,026 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on May 2.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Iron Man | Friday | $38,734,361 | $318,604,126 |
| 2014 | The Amazing Spider-Man 2 | Friday | $35,167,017 | $202,853,933 |
| 2003 | X-Men 2 | Friday | $31,247,979 | $214,949,694 |
| 2003 | The Lizzie McGuire Movie | Friday | $5,855,000 | $42,734,455 |
| 2008 | Made of Honor | Friday | $5,554,961 | $46,012,734 |
| 2014 | Belle | Friday | $30,728 | $10,726,630 |
| 2008 | Son of Rambow: A Home Movie | Friday | $14,683 | $1,785,505 |
| 2014 | Walk of Shame | Friday | $14,029 | $59,209 |
| 2007 | Waitress | Wednesday | $10,526 | $19,097,550 |
| 2003 | New Suit | Friday | $2,780 | $71,475 |
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 2.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Avengers: Age of Ultron | $191,271,109 | $459,005,868 |
| 2008 | Iron Man | $102,118,668 | $318,604,126 |
| 2014 | The Amazing Spider-Man 2 | $91,608,337 | $202,853,933 |
| 2003 | X-Men 2 | $85,558,731 | $214,949,694 |
| 2009 | X-Men Origins: Wolverine | $85,058,003 | $179,883,157 |
| 2010 | A Nightmare on Elm Street | $32,902,299 | $63,075,011 |
| 2004 | Mean Girls | $24,432,195 | $86,047,227 |
| 1999 | Entrapment | $20,145,595 | $87,707,396 |
| 2003 | The Lizzie McGuire Movie | $17,338,755 | $42,734,455 |
| 2009 | Ghosts of Girlfriends Past | $15,411,434 | $55,250,026 |
Future Releases
Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2025: Thunderbolts*
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Nigel Patrick (1912, died on September 21, 1981 at the age of 69), Satyajit Ray (1921, died on April 23, 1992 at the age of 70), Roscoe Lee Browne (1922, died on April 11, 2007 at the age of 84), Serge Reggiani (1922, died on July 23, 2004 at the age of 82), Theodore Bikel (1924, died on July 21, 2015 at the age of 91), John Neville (1925, died on November 19, 2011 at the age of 86), Ray Barrett (1927, died on September 8, 2009 at the age of 82), Brian G. Hutton (1929, turned 95 this year), Frank Henson (1935, died on April 25, 2019 at the age of 83), Lance LeGault (1935, turned 89 this year), Norma Aleandro (1936, turned 88 this year), Quinn K. Redeker (1936, died on December 20, 2022 at the age of 86), Jo Ann Pflug (1940, turned 84 this year), David Suchet (1946, turned 78 this year), Bruce Robinson (1946, turned 78 this year), Larry Gatlin (1948, turned 76 this year), Christine Baranski (1952, turned 72 this year), Christopher Doyle (1952, turned 72 this year), Elliot Goldenthal (1954, turned 70 this year), Brian Tochi (1959, turned 65 this year), Lone Scherfig (1959, turned 65 this year), Stephen Daldry (1960, turned 64 this year), Kevin Brennan (1960, died on October 30, 2023 at the age of 63), Michael Grandage (1962, turned 62 this year), Elizabeth Berridge (1962, turned 62 this year), Tamara Jenkins (1962, turned 62 this year), Katherine Willis (1971, turned 53 this year), Dwayne Johnson (1972, turned 52 this year), Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (1973, turned 51 this year), Matt Berry (1974, turned 50 this year), Jenna Lamia (1975, turned 49 this year), David Beckham (1975, turned 49 this year), Ursula Abbott (1976, turned 48 this year), Jenna von Oy (1977, turned 47 this year), Denyce Lawton (1978, turned 46 this year), Vincent Tong (1980, turned 44 this year), Ellie Kemper (1980, turned 44 this year), Rina Satō (1981, turned 43 this year), Valeria Bilello (1982, turned 42 this year), Elizabeth Ho (1983, turned 41 this year), Rodrigo Fernandez-Stoll (1983, turned 41 this year), Thomas McDonell (1986, turned 38 this year), James Kirk (1986, turned 38 this year), Emily Hart (1986, turned 38 this year), Anna McGahan (1988, turned 36 this year), Sallie Harmsen (1989, turned 35 this year), Kay Panabaker (1990, turned 34 this year), Josh Bolt (1994, turned 30 this year), Skye Bennett (1995, turned 29 this year)
Died on this day in history: Hugh Marlowe (1982, at the age of 71), Helmut Dantine (1982, at the age of 64), David Rappaport (1990, at the age of 64), Michael Hordern (1995, at the age of 83), Oliver Reed (1999, at the age of 61), Lynn Redgrave (2010, at the age of 67), Fernando Lopes (2012, at the age of 76), Michael Blake (2015, at the age of 69), Terry Allen Kramer (2019, at the age of 85), Sue Bruce-Smith (2020, at the age of 85), Bobby Unser (2021, at the age of 87), Barbara Bryne (2023, at the age of 94), Edgar Lansbury (2024, at the age of 94)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.