On This Day - May 7
Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on May 7.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Captain America: Civil War | Saturday | $61,209,001 | $408,084,349 |
| 2022 | Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness | Saturday | $57,806,850 | $411,331,607 |
| 2010 | Iron Man 2 | Friday | $51,239,677 | $312,433,331 |
| 2017 | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 | Sunday | $39,127,045 | $389,813,101 |
| 2023 | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 | Sunday | $31,433,892 | $358,995,815 |
| 2011 | Thor | Saturday | $23,341,263 | $181,030,624 |
| 2004 | Van Helsing | Friday | $19,700,000 | $120,150,546 |
| 2012 | The Avengers | Monday | $18,898,999 | $623,357,910 |
| 1999 | The Mummy | Friday | $14,970,000 | $161,538,025 |
| 2011 | Fast Five | Saturday | $12,780,380 | $210,031,325 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on May 7.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Iron Man 2 | Friday | $51,239,677 | $312,433,331 |
| 2004 | Van Helsing | Friday | $19,700,000 | $120,150,546 |
| 1999 | The Mummy | Friday | $14,970,000 | $161,538,025 |
| 2021 | Wrath of Man | Friday | $2,972,375 | $27,466,489 |
| 2004 | New York Minute | Friday | $2,200,000 | $14,018,364 |
| 2010 | Babies | Friday | $385,170 | $7,320,323 |
| 2021 | Here Today | Friday | $257,913 | $2,807,494 |
| 2021 | Mission Stories | Friday | $12,762 | $87,059 |
| 2021 | Mainstream | Friday | $7,268 | $35,481 |
| 2010 | Trash Humpers | Friday | $2,427 | $21,826 |
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 7.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness | $187,420,998 | $411,331,607 |
| 2016 | Captain America: Civil War | $179,139,142 | $408,084,349 |
| 2017 | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 | $146,510,104 | $389,813,101 |
| 2010 | Iron Man 2 | $128,122,480 | $312,433,331 |
| 2023 | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 | $118,414,021 | $358,995,815 |
| 2011 | Thor | $65,723,338 | $181,030,624 |
| 2004 | Van Helsing | $51,748,040 | $120,150,546 |
| 2006 | Mission: Impossible III | $47,743,273 | $133,501,348 |
| 1999 | The Mummy | $43,369,635 | $161,538,025 |
| 2000 | Gladiator | $34,819,017 | $187,683,805 |
Future Releases
Movies to be released on this date in the future: 2027: The Legend of Zelda
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Gary Cooper (1901, died on May 13, 1961 at the age of 60), Gary Cooper (1901, died on May 13, 1961 at the age of 60), Ishiro Honda (1911, died on February 28, 1993 at the age of 81), David Tomlinson (1917, died on June 24, 2000 at the age of 83), Gale Robbins (1921, turned 104 this year), Darren McGavin (1922, died on February 25, 2006 at the age of 83), Anne Baxter (1923, died on December 12, 1985 at the age of 62), Albert Band (1924, died on June 14, 2002 at the age of 78), Val Bisoglio (1926, turned 99 this year), Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (1927, died on April 3, 2013 at the age of 85), Ruggero Deodato (1939, died on December 29, 2022 at the age of 83), Marco St. John (1939, turned 86 this year), Richard O'Sullivan (1944, turned 81 this year), Marilyn Burns (1949, turned 76 this year), Randall ‘Tex’ Cobb (1950, turned 75 this year), John Fleck (1951, turned 74 this year), Amy Heckerling (1954, turned 71 this year), Nicholas Hytner (1956, turned 69 this year), Dariusz Wolski (1956, turned 69 this year), Ned Bellamy (1957, turned 68 this year), Adam Bernstein (1960, turned 65 this year), Shelagh McLeod (1960, turned 65 this year), Robbie Knievel (1962, died on January 13, 2023 at the age of 60), Traci Lords (1968, turned 57 this year), Jun Falkenstein (1969, turned 56 this year), Ivan Sergei (1971, turned 54 this year), Asghar Farhadi (1972, turned 53 this year), Asghar Farhadi (1972, turned 53 this year), Jennifer Yuh Nelson (1972, turned 53 this year), Breckin Meyer (1974, turned 51 this year), Carrie Henn (1976, turned 49 this year), Yosuke Kubozuka (1979, turned 46 this year), Lela Loren (1980, turned 45 this year), Simon Phillips (1980, turned 45 this year), Mark O'Brien (1984, turned 41 this year), Maya Erskine (1987, turned 38 this year), Aidy Bryant (1987, turned 38 this year), Mhairi Calvey (1988, turned 37 this year), Devyn Tyler (1991, turned 34 this year), Alexander Ludwig (1992, turned 33 this year), Amyra Dastur (1993, turned 32 this year), Dylan Gelula (1994, turned 31 this year), Maxwell Perry Cotton (2000, turned 25 this year)
Died on this day in history: Warner Baxter (1951, at the age of 62), Colin Blakely (1987, at the age of 56), Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. (2000, at the age of 90), Ross Hagen (2011, at the age of 72), Yoshimitsu Banno (2017, at the age of 72), Maurane (2018, at the age of 57), Daniel Cauchy (2020, at the age of 90), Andre Harrell (2020, at the age of 59), Jack Kehler (2022, at the age of 75), Larry Mahan (2023, at the age of 79), Steve Albini (2024, at the age of 61), Rosanna Norton (2025, at the age of 80)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.