Franchise
Men in BlackFollow
4 films•1997–2019•Sony Pictures Releasing, Columbia / Sony
Avg critics55%
Avg audience65%
Avg domestic$175.0M
Domestic
$700.1M
Lifetime
Worldwide
$1.94B
Lifetime
Avg opening
$47.0M
3-day
Filmography
| Film | Year | Opening | Domestic | Legs | Worldwide | CinemaScore | RT | Yearly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men in Black | 1997 | $51.1M | $250.7M | 4.91x | $587.8M | B+ | 91% | — |
| Men in Black II | 2002 | $52.1M | $190.4M | 3.65x | $441.8M | B+ | 38% | #8 |
| Men in Black³ | 2012 | $54.6M | $179.0M | 3.28x | $654.2M | B+ | 67% | #14 |
| Men in Black: International | 2019 | $30.0M | $80.0M | 2.66x | $254.3M | B | 23% | #36 |
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Film by film
DomesticInternationalColumn height is worldwide · one film every 7.3 years
Profitability
Return on budget
3.4x
$1.94B worldwide on $565.0M of production budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget
Domestic vs international split
Domestic $700.1MInternational $1.24B
Return by film
Worldwide ÷ budget0x2.5x breakeven6.3x
Budgets are reported production costs and exclude marketing, so this is a gross-to-budget ratio rather than studio profit. Films with no reported budget, and streaming releases with no real theatrical run, are left out of this section entirely, including from the totals, rather than counted as zero.
Records held
All records#13Best multipliersMen in Black4.91x#17Biggest July 4th openingsMen in Black II$52.1M#18Biggest July 4th openingsMen in Black$51.1M
3 placings across 2 all-time charts. Where a film places on the same chart in consecutive weekends, only its best placing is shown.
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