On This Day - May 13
Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on May 13.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | The Avengers | Sunday | $30,923,238 | $623,357,910 |
| 2017 | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 | Saturday | $27,879,884 | $389,813,101 |
| 2023 | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 | Saturday | $26,117,258 | $358,995,815 |
| 2016 | Captain America: Civil War | Friday | $19,612,028 | $408,084,349 |
| 2018 | Avengers: Infinity War | Sunday | $19,152,498 | $678,815,482 |
| 2022 | Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness | Friday | $17,133,926 | $411,331,607 |
| 2007 | Spider-Man 3 | Sunday | $15,825,695 | $336,530,303 |
| 2000 | Gladiator | Saturday | $11,019,000 | $187,683,805 |
| 2006 | Mission: Impossible III | Saturday | $10,380,186 | $133,501,348 |
| 2001 | The Mummy Returns | Sunday | $9,463,000 | $202,007,640 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on May 13.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Monster-in-Law | Friday | $7,900,000 | $82,931,301 |
| 2011 | Bridesmaids | Friday | $7,834,830 | $169,211,718 |
| 2005 | Kicking and Screaming | Friday | $6,063,525 | $52,842,724 |
| 2011 | Priest | Friday | $5,632,212 | $29,136,626 |
| 2016 | Money Monster | Friday | $4,970,450 | $41,012,075 |
| 2005 | Danny the Dog | Friday | $3,700,000 | $24,537,621 |
| 2016 | The Darkness | Friday | $2,133,144 | $10,753,574 |
| 2022 | Firestarter | Friday | $1,549,840 | $9,739,250 |
| 2005 | Mindhunters | Friday | $700,000 | $4,476,235 |
| 2022 | Family Camp | Friday | $498,578 | $3,973,263 |
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 13.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | The Avengers | $103,052,274 | $623,357,910 |
| 2016 | Captain America: Civil War | $72,637,142 | $408,084,349 |
| 2017 | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 | $65,263,492 | $389,813,101 |
| 2018 | Avengers: Infinity War | $62,078,047 | $678,815,482 |
| 2023 | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 | $62,008,548 | $358,995,815 |
| 2022 | Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness | $61,755,804 | $411,331,607 |
| 2007 | Spider-Man 3 | $58,166,256 | $336,530,303 |
| 2011 | Thor | $34,703,035 | $181,030,624 |
| 2001 | The Mummy Returns | $33,741,755 | $202,007,640 |
| 2012 | Dark Shadows | $29,685,274 | $79,727,149 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Bea Arthur (1922, died on April 25, 2009 at the age of 86), Burny Mattinson (1935, died on February 27, 2023 at the age of 87), Zohra Lampert (1937, turns 87 this year), Buck Taylor (1938, turns 86 this year), Harvey Keitel (1939, turns 85 this year), Senta Berger (1941, turns 83 this year), Tim Pigott-Smith (1946, died on April 7, 2017 at the age of 70), Charles Gordon (1947, died on November 1, 2020 at the age of 73), Edgar Burcksen (1947, died on April 7, 2024 at the age of 76), Franklyn Ajaye (1949, turns 75 this year), Zoë Wanamaker (1949, turns 75 this year), Joe Johnston (1950, turns 74 this year), Mark Heap (1957, turns 67 this year), Frances Barber (1958, turns 66 this year), Danny Leiner (1961, died on October 18, 2018 at the age of 57), Dennis Rodman (1961, turns 63 this year), Siobhan Fallon Hogan (1961, turns 63 this year), Stephen Colbert (1964, turns 60 this year), Tom Verica (1964, turns 60 this year), Lari White (1965, died on January 23, 2018 at the age of 52), Brian Geraghty (1975, turns 49 this year), Samantha Morton (1977, turns 47 this year), Brian Thomas Smith (1977, turns 47 this year), Iwan Rheon (1985, turns 39 this year), Robert Pattinson (1986, turns 38 this year), Lena Dunham (1986, turns 38 this year), Candice King (1987, turns 37 this year), Hunter Parrish (1987, turns 37 this year), Debby Ryan (1993, turns 31 this year)
Died on this day in history: Gary Cooper (1961, at the age of 60), Gary Cooper (1961, at the age of 60), Diana Wynyard (1964, at the age of 58), Selma Diamond (1985, at the age of 64), Alexander Godunov (1995, at the age of 45), Jason Miller (2001, at the age of 62), John Phillip Law (2008, at the age of 70), Dr. Joyce Brothers (2013, at the age of 85), Malik Bendjelloul (2014, at the age of 36), Christophe Lambert (2016, at the age of 51), John Cygan (2017, at the age of 63), Margot Kidder (2018, at the age of 69), Doris Day (2019, at the age of 97), Isaac Kappy (2019, at the age of 42), David Nichols (2020, at the age of 78)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.