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 |
Released Today
Movies that were released today: Jeanne du Barry, Macbeth: Ralph Fiennes and Indira Varma, The Idea of You, The Philadelphia Eleven
Future Releases
Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2025: Heaven and Hell, 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, turns 95 today), Frank Henson (1935, died on April 25, 2019 at the age of 83), Lance LeGault (1935, turns 89 today), Norma Aleandro (1936, turns 88 today), Quinn K. Redeker (1936, died on December 20, 2022 at the age of 86), Jo Ann Pflug (1940, turns 84 today), David Suchet (1946, turns 78 today), Bruce Robinson (1946, turns 78 today), Larry Gatlin (1948, turns 76 today), Christine Baranski (1952, turns 72 today), Christopher Doyle (1952, turns 72 today), Elliot Goldenthal (1954, turns 70 today), Brian Tochi (1959, turns 65 today), Lone Scherfig (1959, turns 65 today), Stephen Daldry (1960, turns 64 today), Kevin Brennan (1960, died on October 30, 2023 at the age of 63), Michael Grandage (1962, turns 62 today), Elizabeth Berridge (1962, turns 62 today), Tamara Jenkins (1962, turns 62 today), Katherine Willis (1971, turns 53 today), Dwayne Johnson (1972, turns 52 today), Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (1973, turns 51 today), Matt Berry (1974, turns 50 today), Jenna Lamia (1975, turns 49 today), David Beckham (1975, turns 49 today), Ursula Abbott (1976, turns 48 today), Jenna von Oy (1977, turns 47 today), Denyce Lawton (1978, turns 46 today), Vincent Tong (1980, turns 44 today), Ellie Kemper (1980, turns 44 today), Rina Satō (1981, turns 43 today), Valeria Bilello (1982, turns 42 today), Elizabeth Ho (1983, turns 41 today), Rodrigo Fernandez-Stoll (1983, turns 41 today), Thomas McDonell (1986, turns 38 today), James Kirk (1986, turns 38 today), Emily Hart (1986, turns 38 today), Anna McGahan (1988, turns 36 today), Sallie Harmsen (1989, turns 35 today), Kay Panabaker (1990, turns 34 today), Josh Bolt (1994, turns 30 today), Skye Bennett (1995, turns 29 today)
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)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.