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 | $439,820,881 |
| 2005 | Star Wars Ep. III: Revenge of the Sith | Saturday | $20,918,340 | $414,378,291 |
| 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 | $439,820,881 |
| 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 | $414,378,291 |
Future Releases
Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2027: Star Wars: Starfighter
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, turned 94 this year), Zelda Rubinstein (1933, died on January 27, 2010 at the age of 76), John Karlen (1933, turned 92 this year), Anne Reid (1935, turned 90 this year), Freddie Roman (1937, died on November 26, 2022 at the age of 85), Jerry West (1938, died on June 12, 2024 at the age of 86), 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, turned 81 this year), Patricia Quinn (1944, turned 81 this year), Sandy Helberg (1949, turned 76 this year), Denis Akiyama (1952, died on June 28, 2018 at the age of 66), John Wells (1956, turned 69 this year), Leah Ayres (1957, turned 68 this year), Louis Mustillo (1958, turned 67 this year), Julie T. Wallace (1961, turned 64 this year), Francois Pinault (1962, turned 63 this year), Brandon Cruz (1962, turned 63 this year), Christa Miller (1964, turned 61 this year), Alon Aboutboul (1965, turned 60 this year), Ashley Laurence (1966, turned 59 this year), Jason Kravits (1967, turned 58 this year), Kylie Minogue (1968, turned 57 this year), Justin Kirk (1969, turned 56 this year), Kate Ashfield (1972, turned 53 this year), Roland Møller (1972, turned 53 this year), Romain Duris (1974, turned 51 this year), Raza Jaffrey (1975, turned 50 this year), Jake Johnson (1978, turned 47 this year), Monica Keena (1979, turned 46 this year), Nonso Anozie (1979, turned 46 this year), Jesse Bradford (1979, turned 46 this year), Laura Bailey (1981, turned 44 this year), Laura Bailey (1981, turned 44 this year), Alexa Davalos (1982, turned 43 this year), Megalyn Echikunwoke (1983, turned 42 this year), Krista Kosonen (1983, turned 42 this year), Toby Hemingway (1983, turned 42 this year), Carey Mulligan (1985, turned 40 this year), Emily Wilson (1985, turned 40 this year), Jessika Van (1985, turned 40 this year), Joseph Cross (1986, turned 39 this year), Jessica Rothe (1987, turned 38 this year), Rafi Gavron (1989, turned 36 this year), Lukas Gage (1995, turned 30 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.