On This Day - May 26
Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on May 26.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | X-Men: The Last Stand | Friday | $45,102,265 | $234,362,462 |
| 2023 | The Little Mermaid | Friday | $38,149,001 | $298,172,056 |
| 2007 | Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End | Saturday | $37,701,051 | $309,420,425 |
| 2011 | The Hangover Part II | Thursday | $31,610,367 | $254,464,305 |
| 2019 | Aladdin | Sunday | $30,128,699 | $355,559,216 |
| 2013 | Fast and Furious 6 | Sunday | $26,941,170 | $238,679,850 |
| 2008 | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | Monday | $26,779,538 | $317,101,119 |
| 2018 | Solo: A Star Wars Story | Saturday | $24,601,896 | $213,767,512 |
| 2017 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales | Friday | $23,567,874 | $172,558,876 |
| 2007 | Shrek the Third | Saturday | $20,627,136 | $322,719,944 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on May 26.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | X-Men: The Last Stand | Friday | $45,102,265 | $234,362,462 |
| 2023 | The Little Mermaid | Friday | $38,149,001 | $298,172,056 |
| 2011 | The Hangover Part II | Thursday | $31,610,367 | $254,464,305 |
| 2017 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales | Friday | $23,567,874 | $172,558,876 |
| 2011 | Kung Fu Panda 2 | Thursday | $5,804,129 | $165,249,063 |
| 2000 | Shanghai Noon | Friday | $4,538,000 | $56,932,305 |
| 2023 | The Machine | Friday | $2,220,804 | $10,458,331 |
| 2023 | About My Father | Friday | $1,464,923 | $12,089,391 |
| 2023 | Kandahar | Friday | $921,019 | $4,813,132 |
| 2023 | You Hurt My Feelings | Friday | $474,240 | $4,830,788 |
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 26.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End | $114,732,820 | $309,420,425 |
| 2006 | X-Men: The Last Stand | $102,750,665 | $234,362,462 |
| 2013 | Fast and Furious 6 | $97,375,245 | $238,679,850 |
| 2023 | The Little Mermaid | $95,578,040 | $298,172,056 |
| 2019 | Aladdin | $91,500,929 | $355,559,216 |
| 2018 | Solo: A Star Wars Story | $84,420,489 | $213,767,512 |
| 2017 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales | $62,983,253 | $172,558,876 |
| 2001 | Pearl Harbor | $59,078,912 | $198,539,855 |
| 2000 | Mission: Impossible 2 | $57,845,297 | $215,409,889 |
| 2012 | Men in Black 3 | $54,592,779 | $179,020,854 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: George Formby (1904, died on March 6, 1961 at the age of 56), John Wayne (1907, died on June 11, 1979 at the age of 72), Robert Morley (1908, died on June 3, 1992 at the age of 84), Peter Cushing (1913, died on August 11, 1994 at the age of 81), John Dall (1920, turns 104 this year), Peggy Lee (1920, died on January 21, 2002 at the age of 81), Roy Dotrice (1923, died on October 16, 2017 at the age of 94), James Arness (1923, died on June 3, 2011 at the age of 88), Alec McCowen (1925, died on February 6, 2017 at the age of 91), Alvin Ing (1932, died on August 1, 2021 at the age of 89), Levon Helm (1940, died on April 19, 2012 at the age of 71), Hichem Rostom (1947, died on June 28, 2022 at the age of 75), Stevie Nicks (1948, turns 76 this year), Pam Grier (1949, turns 75 this year), Giorgos Georgiou (1952, died on June 5, 2023 at the age of 71), Margaret Colin (1958, turns 66 this year), Kevin Gage (1959, turns 65 this year), Doug Hutchison (1960, turns 64 this year), Tarsem Singh (1961, turns 63 this year), Bobcat Goldthwait (1962, turns 62 this year), Genie Francis (1962, turns 62 this year), Musetta Vander (1963, turns 61 this year), Lenny Kravitz (1964, turns 60 this year), Helena Bonham Carter (1966, turns 58 this year), Alex Garland (1970, turns 54 this year), John Hamburg (1970, turns 54 this year), Matt Stone (1971, turns 53 this year), Shannon Kenny (1971, turns 53 this year), Rachael Blake (1971, turns 53 this year), Selenis Leyva (1972, turns 52 this year), Nicki Aycox (1975, turns 49 this year), Lauryn Hill (1975, turns 49 this year), Alexander Karim (1976, turns 48 this year), Laurence Fox (1978, turns 46 this year), Adam Robitel (1978, turns 46 this year), Elisabeth Harnois (1979, turns 45 this year), Jolene Anderson (1980, turns 44 this year), Ty Hodges (1981, turns 43 this year), Rochelle Okoye (1985, turns 39 this year), Astrid Berges-Frisbey (1986, turns 38 this year), Madeleine Mantock (1990, turns 34 this year), Kerry Ingram (1999, turns 25 this year), Megan Charpentier (2001, turns 23 this year)
Died on this day in history: George Brent (1979, at the age of 75), Friz Freleng (1995, at the age of 88), Anne Haney (2001, at the age of 67), Eddie Albert (2005, at the age of 99), Angela Paton (2016, at the age of 86), Toni Bertorelli (2017, at the age of 69), Richard Herd (2020, at the age of 87), Larry Kramer (2020, at the age of 84), Anthony James (2020, at the age of 77), Kevin Clark (2021, at the age of 32), Ray Liotta (2022, at the age of 67), George Shapiro (2022, at the age of 91)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.