On This Day - May 4
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on May 4.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | The Avengers | Friday | $80,813,985 | $623,357,910 |
| 2013 | Iron Man 3 | Saturday | $62,273,218 | $408,992,272 |
| 2019 | Avengers: Endgame | Saturday | $61,527,049 | $858,373,000 |
| 2007 | Spider-Man 3 | Friday | $59,841,919 | $337,607,351 |
| 2002 | Spider-Man | Saturday | $43,622,264 | $404,652,858 |
| 2018 | Avengers: Infinity War | Friday | $31,453,749 | $678,815,482 |
| 2008 | Iron Man | Sunday | $26,034,208 | $318,604,126 |
| 2001 | The Mummy Returns | Friday | $24,134,667 | $202,007,640 |
| 2014 | The Amazing Spider-Man 2 | Sunday | $23,280,183 | $202,853,933 |
| 2003 | X-Men 2 | Sunday | $22,310,123 | $214,949,694 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on May 4.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | The Avengers | Friday | $80,813,985 | $623,357,910 |
| 2007 | Spider-Man 3 | Friday | $59,841,919 | $337,607,351 |
| 2001 | The Mummy Returns | Friday | $24,134,667 | $202,007,640 |
| 2018 | Overboard | Friday | $4,835,050 | $50,316,123 |
| 2018 | Tully | Friday | $1,161,600 | $9,369,755 |
| 2007 | Lucky You | Friday | $1,019,572 | $5,755,286 |
| 2018 | Bad Samaritan | Friday | $644,202 | $3,424,744 |
| 2012 | The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | Friday | $197,054 | $46,383,639 |
| 2018 | 102 Not Out | Friday | $128,248 | $1,339,909 |
| 2016 | A Bigger Splash | Wednesday | $13,068 | $2,024,099 |
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 4.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | The Avengers | $207,438,708 | $623,357,910 |
| 2013 | Iron Man 3 | $174,144,585 | $408,992,272 |
| 2007 | Spider-Man 3 | $151,116,516 | $337,607,351 |
| 2019 | Avengers: Endgame | $147,383,211 | $858,373,000 |
| 2002 | Spider-Man | $114,844,116 | $404,652,858 |
| 2018 | Avengers: Infinity War | $114,774,810 | $678,815,482 |
| 2008 | Iron Man | $102,118,668 | $318,604,126 |
| 2014 | The Amazing Spider-Man 2 | $91,608,337 | $202,853,933 |
| 2003 | X-Men 2 | $85,558,731 | $214,949,694 |
| 2001 | The Mummy Returns | $68,139,035 | $202,007,640 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Esmond Knight (1906, died on February 23, 1987 at the age of 80), Howard Da Silva (1909, died on February 16, 1986 at the age of 76), Patsy Garrett (1921, died on January 8, 2015 at the age of 93), Eric Sykes (1923, died on July 4, 2012 at the age of 89), Christine White (1926, died on April 14, 2013 at the age of 86), Audrey Hepburn (1929, died on January 20, 1993 at the age of 63), Eleanor Coppola (1936, turned 88 this year), Paul Gleason (1939, died on May 27, 2006 at the age of 67), Russi Taylor (1944, died on July 26, 2019 at the age of 75), Enrico Oldoini (1946, died on May 10, 2023 at the age of 77), Richard Jenkins (1947, turned 77 this year), David Della Rocco (1952, turned 72 this year), Ralph Seymour (1956, turned 68 this year), Steve Barron (1956, turned 68 this year), Randy Travis (1959, turned 65 this year), Mary Beth McDonough (1961, turned 63 this year), Clare Wren (1962, turned 62 this year), Stefano Sollima (1966, turned 58 this year), Ana Gasteyer (1967, turned 57 this year), Julian Barratt (1968, turned 56 this year), Will Arnett (1970, turned 54 this year), Aleksandar Jovanovic (1971, turned 53 this year), Mike Dirnt (1972, turned 52 this year), Oscar Jaenada (1975, turned 49 this year), Emily Perkins (1977, turned 47 this year), Daisuke Ono (1978, turned 46 this year), Lance Bass (1979, turned 45 this year), Jesse Moss (1983, turned 41 this year), Trisha Krishnan (1983, turned 41 this year), Madeleine Vall (1984, turned 40 this year), Ashley Rickards (1992, turned 32 this year), Miles Robbins (1992, turned 32 this year), Courtney Jines (1992, turned 32 this year), Ana Gasteyer (1994, turned 30 this year), Brianna Joy Chomer (1994, turned 30 this year), Shameik Moore (1995, turned 29 this year), Alex Lawther (1995, turned 29 this year), Nicholas Hamilton (2000, turned 24 this year), Amara Miller (2000, turned 24 this year), Brooklynn Prince (2010, turned 14 this year)
Died on this day in history: Michael Taliferro (2006, at the age of 44), Dom DeLuise (2009, at the age of 75), Mary Murphy (2011, at the age of 80), Ellen Albertini Dow (2015, at the age of 101), Guilherme Fiúza Zenha (2024, at the age of 58)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.