On This Day - May 28
Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on May 28.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Top Gun: Maverick | Saturday | $38,017,701 | $718,732,821 |
| 2011 | The Hangover Part II | Saturday | $29,690,008 | $254,464,305 |
| 2023 | The Little Mermaid | Sunday | $27,309,512 | $298,172,056 |
| 2006 | X-Men: The Last Stand | Sunday | $25,650,557 | $234,362,462 |
| 2007 | Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End | Monday | $25,069,370 | $309,420,425 |
| 2004 | The Day After Tomorrow | Friday | $24,700,000 | $186,740,799 |
| 2004 | Shrek 2 | Friday | $21,500,000 | $441,426,807 |
| 2005 | Star Wars Ep. III: Revenge of the Sith | Saturday | $20,918,340 | $380,270,577 |
| 2016 | X-Men: Apocalypse | Saturday | $20,493,504 | $155,442,489 |
| 2021 | A Quiet Place: Part II | Friday | $19,368,427 | $160,215,764 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on May 28.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | The Day After Tomorrow | Friday | $24,700,000 | $186,740,799 |
| 2021 | A Quiet Place: Part II | Friday | $19,368,427 | $160,215,764 |
| 2010 | Prince of Persia: Sands of Time | Friday | $10,208,668 | $90,759,676 |
| 2021 | Cruella | Friday | $7,707,778 | $86,103,234 |
| 1999 | Notting Hill | Friday | $6,635,000 | $116,089,678 |
| 2004 | Raising Helen | Friday | $3,700,000 | $37,485,528 |
| 2004 | Soul Plane | Friday | $2,000,000 | $13,922,211 |
| 1999 | The Thirteenth Floor | Friday | $980,000 | $11,810,854 |
| 2004 | On the Downlow | Friday | $119 | $1,987 |
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 28.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Top Gun: Maverick | $126,707,459 | $718,732,821 |
| 2006 | X-Men: The Last Stand | $102,750,665 | $234,362,462 |
| 2023 | The Little Mermaid | $95,578,040 | $298,172,056 |
| 2011 | The Hangover Part II | $85,946,294 | $254,464,305 |
| 2004 | Shrek 2 | $72,170,363 | $441,426,807 |
| 2004 | The Day After Tomorrow | $68,743,584 | $186,740,799 |
| 2016 | X-Men: Apocalypse | $65,769,562 | $155,442,489 |
| 2017 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales | $62,983,253 | $172,558,876 |
| 2000 | Mission: Impossible 2 | $57,845,297 | $215,409,889 |
| 2005 | Star Wars Ep. III: Revenge of the Sith | $55,205,972 | $380,270,577 |
Future Releases
Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2027: Rachel and the Unicorn Diaries
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: John Payne (1912, died on December 6, 1989 at the age of 77), Martha Vickers (1925, died on November 2, 1971 at the age of 46), Agnès Varda (1928, died on March 29, 2019 at the age of 90), Shane Rimmer (1929, died on March 29, 2019 at the age of 89), Carroll Baker (1931, turns 93 this year), Zelda Rubinstein (1933, died on January 27, 2010 at the age of 76), John Karlen (1933, turns 91 this year), Anne Reid (1935, turns 89 this year), Freddie Roman (1937, died on November 26, 2022 at the age of 85), Sondra Locke (1944, died on November 3, 2018 at the age of 74), Clement von Franckenstein (1944, died on May 9, 2019 at the age of 74), Jean-Pierre Leaud (1944, turns 80 this year), Patricia Quinn (1944, turns 80 this year), Sandy Helberg (1949, turns 75 this year), Denis Akiyama (1952, died on June 28, 2018 at the age of 66), John Wells (1956, turns 68 this year), Leah Ayres (1957, turns 67 this year), Louis Mustillo (1958, turns 66 this year), Julie T. Wallace (1961, turns 63 this year), Francois Pinault (1962, turns 62 this year), Brandon Cruz (1962, turns 62 this year), Christa Miller (1964, turns 60 this year), Alon Aboutboul (1965, turns 59 this year), Ashley Laurence (1966, turns 58 this year), Jason Kravits (1967, turns 57 this year), Kylie Minogue (1968, turns 56 this year), Justin Kirk (1969, turns 55 this year), Kate Ashfield (1972, turns 52 this year), Roland Møller (1972, turns 52 this year), Romain Duris (1974, turns 50 this year), Raza Jaffrey (1975, turns 49 this year), Jake Johnson (1978, turns 46 this year), Monica Keena (1979, turns 45 this year), Nonso Anozie (1979, turns 45 this year), Jesse Bradford (1979, turns 45 this year), Laura Bailey (1981, turns 43 this year), Laura Bailey (1981, turns 43 this year), Alexa Davalos (1982, turns 42 this year), Megalyn Echikunwoke (1983, turns 41 this year), Krista Kosonen (1983, turns 41 this year), Toby Hemingway (1983, turns 41 this year), Carey Mulligan (1985, turns 39 this year), Emily Wilson (1985, turns 39 this year), Jessika Van (1985, turns 39 this year), Joseph Cross (1986, turns 38 this year), Jessica Rothe (1987, turns 37 this year), Rafi Gavron (1989, turns 35 this year), Lukas Gage (1995, turns 29 this year), Cameron Boyce (1999, died on July 6, 2019 at the age of 20)
Died on this day in history: Rhys Williams (1969, at the age of 71), Audie Murphy (1971, at the age of 46), Roy Roberts (1975, at the age of 69), Lurene Tuttle (1986, at the age of 78), Phil Hartman (1998, at the age of 49), Gary Coleman (2010, at the age of 42), Reynaldo Rey (2015, at the age of 75), Carmine Caridi (2019, at the age of 85), John Gary Williams (2019, at the age of 85), Bo Hopkins (2022, at the age of 80)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.