On This Day - May 25
Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on May 25.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End | Friday | $42,910,392 | $309,420,425 |
| 2025 | Lilo & Stitch | Sunday | $42,249,999 | $410,394,353 |
| 2018 | Solo: A Star Wars Story | Friday | $35,375,125 | $213,767,512 |
| 2008 | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | Sunday | $33,032,721 | $317,101,119 |
| 2013 | Fast and Furious 6 | Saturday | $31,696,570 | $238,679,850 |
| 2019 | Aladdin | Saturday | $30,013,295 | $355,559,216 |
| 1997 | The Lost World: Jurassic Park | Sunday | $26,083,950 | $229,086,679 |
| 2014 | X-Men: Days of Future Past | Sunday | $26,028,036 | $233,921,534 |
| 2003 | Bruce Almighty | Sunday | $22,413,105 | $242,704,995 |
| 2025 | Mission: Impossible—The Final Reckoning | Sunday | $18,917,430 | $191,506,176 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on May 25.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End | Friday | $42,910,392 | $309,420,425 |
| 2018 | Solo: A Star Wars Story | Friday | $35,375,125 | $213,767,512 |
| 2001 | Pearl Harbor | Friday | $18,330,000 | $198,539,855 |
| 2012 | Men in Black 3 | Friday | $17,664,409 | $179,020,854 |
| 1983 | Star Wars Ep. VI: Return of the Jedi | Wednesday | $6,219,629 | $316,465,003 |
| 2017 | Baywatch | Thursday | $4,606,514 | $58,060,186 |
| 2012 | Chernobyl Diaries | Friday | $3,530,924 | $18,119,640 |
| 2007 | Bug | Friday | $1,081,375 | $7,006,708 |
| 2017 | Long Strange Trip: The Untold Story of the Grateful Dead | Thursday | $261,572 | $351,957 |
| 1977 | Star Wars Ep. IV: A New Hope | Wednesday | $254,809 | $460,998,007 |
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 25.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Lilo & Stitch | $146,016,175 | $410,394,353 |
| 2007 | Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End | $114,732,820 | $309,420,425 |
| 2008 | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | $100,137,835 | $317,101,119 |
| 2013 | Fast and Furious 6 | $97,375,245 | $238,679,850 |
| 2019 | Aladdin | $91,500,929 | $355,559,216 |
| 2014 | X-Men: Days of Future Past | $90,823,660 | $233,921,534 |
| 2018 | Solo: A Star Wars Story | $84,420,489 | $213,767,512 |
| 1997 | The Lost World: Jurassic Park | $72,132,785 | $229,086,679 |
| 2003 | Bruce Almighty | $67,953,330 | $242,704,995 |
| 2025 | Mission: Impossible—The Final Reckoning | $64,036,428 | $191,506,176 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Benjamin Melniker (1913, died on February 26, 2018 at the age of 104), Steve Cochran (1917, died on June 15, 1965 at the age of 48), Jeanne Crain (1925, died on December 14, 2003 at the age of 78), John Gabriel (1931, died on June 11, 2021 at the age of 90), Roger Bowen (1932, turned 93 this year), David Burke (1934, turned 91 this year), Ian McKellen (1939, turned 86 this year), José Mário Branco (1942, died on November 19, 2019 at the age of 77), Leslie Uggams (1943, turned 82 this year), Frank Oz (1944, turned 81 this year), Jacki Weaver (1947, turned 78 this year), Patti D’Arbanville (1951, turned 74 this year), Jamie Foreman (1958, turned 67 this year), Cathryn Harrison (1959, turned 66 this year), Susan Diol (1962, turned 63 this year), Mike Myers (1963, turned 62 this year), Ray Stevenson (1964, died on May 21, 2023 at the age of 58), Mariann Mayberry (1965, died on August 1, 2017 at the age of 52), Joseph D. Reitman (1968, turned 57 this year), Kevin Heffernan (1968, turned 57 this year), Anne Heche (1969, died on August 12, 2022 at the age of 53), Octavia Spencer (1970, turned 55 this year), Jamie Kennedy (1970, turned 55 this year), Neil Marshall (1970, turned 55 this year), Justin Henry (1971, turned 54 this year), Karan Johar (1972, turned 53 this year), Molly Sims (1973, turned 52 this year), Demetri Martin (1973, turned 52 this year), Jossara Jinaro (1973, died on April 27, 2022 at the age of 48), Raphaële Moussafir (1974, turned 51 this year), Heather Wahlquist (1975, turned 50 this year), Cillian Murphy (1976, turned 49 this year), Ethan Suplee (1976, turned 49 this year), Erinn Hayes (1976, turned 49 this year), Vincent Piazza (1976, turned 49 this year), J. Michael Tatum (1976, turned 49 this year), Corbin Allred (1979, turned 46 this year), Will Janowitz (1980, turned 45 this year), Esme Bianco (1982, turned 43 this year), Chelse Swain (1983, turned 42 this year), Zazie Beetz (1991, turned 34 this year), Brec Bassinger (1999, turned 26 this year)
Died on this day in history: Donald Crisp (1974, at the age of 91), Dany Robin (1995, at the age of 68), Hillary Brooke (1999, at the age of 84), Nicholas Clay (2000, at the age of 53), Ismail Merchant (2005, at the age of 68), Stefan Nilsson (2023, at the age of 67), Johnny Wactor (2024, at the age of 37), Richard M. Sherman (2024, at the age of 95), Albert S. Ruddy (2024, at the age of 94), Phil Robertson (2025, at the age of 79)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.