May Box Office
The month of May
Limited releases are those released in fewer than 600 theaters.
Data as of Jul 16, 2:03 PDT
| Year | Cumulative Gross | %± LY | Releases | Average | #1 Release | Gross | % of Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $26,285,094 | +139.6% | 30 | $876,169 | The Phoenician Scheme | $19,146,470 | 72.8% |
| 2024 | $10,970,402 | +94% | 26 | $421,938 | I Saw the TV Glow | $5,017,817 | 45.7% |
| 2023 | $5,655,101 | +10.7% | 18 | $314,172 | BlackBerry | $1,476,597 | 26.1% |
| 2022 | $5,110,300 | +54.6% | 29 | $176,217 | 2000 Mules | $1,465,513 | 28.7% |
| 2021 | $3,304,799 | +66.5% | 24 | $137,699 | Top Gun 2021 Re-release | $457,577 | 13.8% |
| 2020 | $1,985,209 | -89.5% | 5 | $397,041 | The Wretched | $1,814,193 | 91.4% |
| 2019 | $18,861,828 | -40.9% | 59 | $319,692 | The Biggest Little Farm | $4,366,949 | 23.2% |
| 2018 | $31,901,343 | +41.8% | 52 | $613,487 | RBG | $14,017,361 | 43.9% |
| 2017 | $22,502,841 | -34.2% | 43 | $523,321 | Lowriders | $6,303,560 | 28% |
| 2016 | $34,197,719 | +59% | 42 | $814,231 | Love & Friendship | $14,016,568 | 41% |
| 2015 | $21,507,642 | -26% | 55 | $391,048 | I'll See You in My Dreams | $7,449,681 | 34.6% |
| 2014 | $29,067,279 | -7.3% | 51 | $569,946 | Belle | $10,726,630 | 36.9% |
| 2013 | $31,342,511 | -53% | 50 | $626,850 | Before Midnight | $8,114,627 | 25.9% |
| 2012 | $66,695,681 | -14.2% | 51 | $1,307,758 | Moonrise Kingdom | $45,512,466 | 68.2% |
| 2011 | $77,749,248 | +287.1% | 35 | $2,221,407 | Midnight in Paris | $56,817,045 | 73.1% |
| 2010 | $20,086,076 | +28.1% | 33 | $608,668 | Babies | $7,320,323 | 36.4% |
| 2009 | $15,683,497 | +28.2% | 28 | $560,124 | The Brothers Bloom | $3,531,756 | 22.5% |
| 2008 | $12,231,788 | -72.8% | 42 | $291,233 | The Fall | $2,266,905 | 18.5% |
| 2007 | $44,995,117 | +26% | 43 | $1,046,398 | Waitress | $19,074,800 | 42.4% |
| 2006 | $35,711,683 | +137.9% | 25 | $1,428,467 | An Inconvenient Truth | $24,146,161 | 67.6% |
| 2005 | $15,010,925 | -58.4% | 28 | $536,104 | Mad Hot Ballroom | $8,117,961 | 54.1% |
| 2004 | $36,058,976 | +49.2% | 41 | $879,487 | Super Size Me | $11,536,423 | 32% |
| 2003 | $24,162,107 | +16.8% | 35 | $690,345 | The Barbarian Invasions | $5,109,226 | 21.1% |
| 2002 | $20,694,850 | -66.5% | 25 | $827,794 | The Importance of Being Earnest | $8,384,929 | 40.5% |
| 2001 | $61,763,044 | +50.9% | 12 | $5,146,920 | Moulin Rouge! | $57,386,607 | 92.9% |
| 2000 | $40,941,788 | +83.6% | 13 | $3,149,368 | Michael Jordan to the Max | $18,650,521 | 45.6% |
| 1999 | $22,297,504 | +61.9% | 22 | $1,013,522 | Tea with Mussolini | $14,401,563 | 64.6% |
| 1998 | $13,775,624 | +141.3% | 14 | $983,973 | The Opposite of Sex | $5,881,367 | 42.7% |
| 1997 | $5,707,998 | -56% | 10 | $570,799 | Brassed Off | $2,576,331 | 45.1% |
| 1996 | $12,984,348 | +13% | 10 | $1,298,434 | Cold Comfort Farm | $5,682,429 | 43.8% |
| 1995 | $11,490,365 | -30.6% | 5 | $2,298,073 | My Family | $11,079,373 | 96.4% |
| 1994 | $16,553,599 | -69.2% | 9 | $1,839,288 | Widows' Peak | $6,243,722 | 37.7% |
| 1993 | $53,751,554 | +196.2% | 5 | $10,750,310 | Menace II Society | $27,912,072 | 51.9% |
| 1992 | $18,144,642 | -3% | 16 | $1,134,040 | K2 | $3,106,559 | 17.1% |
| 1991 | $18,701,159 | -16% | 9 | $2,077,906 | A Rage in Harlem | $10,438,504 | 55.8% |
| 1990 | $22,268,000 | +142.1% | 12 | $1,855,666 | Longtime Companion | $4,609,953 | 20.7% |
| 1989 | $9,196,927 | +294.6% | 5 | $1,839,385 | Earth Girls Are Easy | $3,916,303 | 42.6% |
| 1988 | $2,330,776 | -87.8% | 6 | $388,462 | Bulletproof | $807,947 | 34.7% |
| 1987 | $19,039,911 | +308.4% | 5 | $3,807,982 | My Life as a Dog | $8,345,266 | 43.8% |
| 1986 | $4,662,137 | +562% | 1 | $4,662,137 | No Retreat, No Surrender | $4,662,137 | 100% |
| 1985 | $704,254 | -90% | 2 | $352,127 | Movers & Shakers | $372,438 | 52.9% |
| 1984 | $7,035,585 | -20% | 1 | $7,035,585 | Alphabet City | $7,035,585 | 100% |
| 1983 | $8,794,639 | -84.6% | 3 | $2,931,546 | Chained Heat | $6,149,983 | 69.9% |
| 1982 | $57,202,372 | +229.2% | 2 | $28,601,186 | Annie | $57,059,003 | 99.7% |
| 1981 | $17,374,595 | -93.7% | 1 | $17,374,595 | Outland | $17,374,595 | 100% |
| 1980 | $274,618,228 | +211.6% | 3 | $91,539,409 | Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back | $209,398,025 | 76.3% |
| 1979 | $88,132,616 | - | 3 | $29,377,538 | Alien | $78,944,891 | 89.6% |
| 1977 | $307,263,857 | - | 1 | $307,263,857 | Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope | $307,263,857 | 100% |
