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Men in BlackFollow

1997 • PG-13 • 1h 38m • Action, Adventure, Comedy • Sony Pictures Releasing

Protecting the Earth from the scum of the universe.

🍅 91% 80%

72

3.70

7.3

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$51.10M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$250.70M

Final

Worldwide total

$587.80M

$337.10M international

Domestic legs4.91x

Budget$90.0M

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Cast & crew

Full Sonnenfeld filmography

Barry Sonnenfeld

Barry Sonnenfeld Director

Tommy Lee Jones

Tommy Lee Jones Starring

Will Smith

Will Smith Starring

Vincent D'Onofrio

Vincent D'Onofrio Starring

Rip Torn

Rip Torn Starring

Tony Shalhoub

Tony Shalhoub Starring

ScreenplayEd Solomon Produced byWalter F. Parkes, Laurie MacDonald CinematographyDonald Peterman MusicDanny Elfman StudioSony Pictures SeriesMen in Black

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 4-6 1 $51.1M — 3,020 $16,910 $84.1M

2 Jul 11-13 1 $30.1M −41.1% 3,020 $9,954 $139.6M

3 Jul 18-20 1 $19.0M −36.7% 3,102 $6,134 $172.1M

4 Jul 25-27 3 $12.4M −35.1% 3,180 $3,883 $194.0M

5 Aug 1-3 4 $8.0M −35.1% 2,932 $2,732 $208.1M

6 Aug 8-10 5 $5.7M −29.4% 2,653 $2,130 $218.0M

7 Aug 15-17 7 $4.2M −25.6% 2,261 $1,859 $225.3M

8 Aug 22-24 10 $2.9M −31.5% 1,835 $1,570 $230.5M

9 Aug 29-31 3 $2.6M −10.5% 1,561 $1,652 $234.3M

10 Sep 5-7 10 $1.8M −30.1% 1,491 $1,209 $237.3M

11 Sep 12-14 13 $1.6M −12.5% 1,367 $1,154 $239.4M

12 Sep 19-21 13 $1.2M −23.4% 1,260 $959 $240.9M

13 Sep 26-28 13 $906.9K −24.9% 1,080 $839 $242.1M

14 Oct 3-5 14 $687.7K −24.2% 922 $745 $243.0M

15 Oct 10-12 14 $443.4K −35.5% 677 $655 $243.6M

16 Oct 17-19 17 $301.5K −32.0% 478 $630 $244.1M

17 Oct 24-26 18 $200.9K −33.4% 450 $446 $244.3M

18 Oct 31-Nov 2 18 $621.1K +209.2% 1,010 $614 $245.0M

19 Nov 7-9 17 $252.6K −59.3% 505 $500 $245.4M

20 Nov 14-16 12 $2.1M +738.1% 776 $2,728 $247.7M

21 Nov 21-23 15 $558.6K −73.6% 605 $923 $248.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Tue Jul 1 #1 $4.8M — $4.8M — —

Wed Jul 2 #1 $14.0M +192% $18.9M 3,020 $4,650 1

Thu Jul 3 #1 $14.2M +1% $33.1M — — 2

Fri Jul 4 #1 $15.7M +11% $48.8M 3,020 $5,206 3

Sat Jul 5 #1 $20.2M +29% $69.0M 3,020 $6,695 4

Sun Jul 6 #1 $15.1M −25% $84.1M 3,020 $5,009 5

Mon Jul 7 #1 $7.4M −51% $91.6M 3,020 $2,461 6

Tue Jul 8 #1 $6.8M −8% $98.4M 3,020 $2,263 7

Wed Jul 9 #1 $6.0M −12% −57% $104.4M 3,020 $1,992 8

Thu Jul 10 #1 $5.1M −15% −64% $109.5M 3,020 $1,690 9

Fri Jul 11 #1 $9.3M +81% −41% $118.8M 3,020 $3,065 10

Sat Jul 12 #1 $12.2M +32% −40% $131.0M 3,020 $4,036 11

Sun Jul 13 #1 $8.6M −29% −43% $139.6M 3,020 $2,854 12

Mon Jul 14 #1 $3.5M −59% −53% $143.1M 3,020 $1,162 13

Tue Jul 15 #1 $3.8M +8% −44% $146.9M 3,020 $1,261 14

Wed Jul 16 #2 $3.2M −17% −48% $150.1M 3,020 $1,045 15

Thu Jul 17 #2 $3.1M −3% −40% $153.1M 3,020 $1,012 16

Fri Jul 18 #1 $5.8M +89% −38% $158.9M 3,102 $1,863 17

Sat Jul 19 #1 $7.9M +37% −35% $166.8M 3,102 $2,548 18

Sun Jul 20 #1 $5.3M −32% −38% $172.1M 3,102 $1,723 19

Mon Jul 21 #2 $2.4M −55% −31% $174.6M 3,102 $776 20

Tue Jul 22 #2 $2.6M +8% −32% $177.2M 3,102 $840 21

Wed Jul 23 #2 $2.2M −15% −30% $179.4M 3,102 $714 22

Thu Jul 24 #2 $2.3M +4% −24% $181.7M 3,102 $746 23

Fri Jul 25 #3 $3.7M +61% −36% $185.4M 3,180 $1,169 24

Sat Jul 26 #3 $5.0M +35% −37% $190.4M 3,180 $1,573 25

Sun Jul 27 #3 $3.6M −27% −32% $194.0M 3,180 $1,142 26

Mon Jul 28 #3 $1.5M −58% −37% $195.6M 3,180 $479 27

Tue Jul 29 #3 $1.7M +10% −36% $197.2M 3,180 $526 28

Wed Jul 30 #3 $1.4M −14% −35% $198.7M 3,180 $453 29

Thu Jul 31 #3 $1.4M — −38% $200.1M 3,180 $452 30

Fri Aug 1 #5 $2.3M +61% −38% $202.4M 2,932 $790 31

Sat Aug 2 #4 $3.3M +42% −34% $205.7M 2,932 $1,126 32

Sun Aug 3 #4 $2.4M −28% −34% $208.1M 2,932 $816 33

Mon Aug 4 #5 $1.1M −53% −26% $209.2M 2,932 $384 34

Tue Aug 5 #5 $1.2M +5% −29% $210.4M 2,932 $402 35

Wed Aug 6 #5 $986.3K −16% −32% $211.4M 2,932 $336 36

Thu Aug 7 #5 $938.8K −5% −35% $212.4M 2,932 $320 37

Fri Aug 8 #6 $1.6M +71% −31% $214.0M 2,653 $604 38

Sat Aug 9 #5 $2.4M +49% −28% $216.3M 2,653 $898 39

Sun Aug 10 #5 $1.7M −30% −30% $218.0M 2,653 $628 40

Mon Aug 11 #6 $742.9K −55% −34% $218.7M 2,653 $280 41

Tue Aug 12 #5 $831.8K +12% −29% $219.6M 2,653 $314 42

Wed Aug 13 #5 $807.8K −3% −18% $220.4M 2,653 $304 43

Thu Aug 14 #5 $712.8K −12% −24% $221.1M 2,653 $269 44

Fri Aug 15 #7 $1.2M +68% −25% $222.3M 2,261 $531 45

Sat Aug 16 #7 $1.8M +47% −26% $224.1M 2,261 $780 46

Sun Aug 17 #7 $1.2M −30% −26% $225.3M 2,261 $549 47

Mon Aug 18 #7 $535.2K −57% −28% $225.8M 2,261 $237 48

Tue Aug 19 #6 $584.9K +9% −30% $226.4M 2,261 $259 49

Wed Aug 20 #6 $594.7K +2% −26% $227.0M 2,261 $263 50

Thu Aug 21 #6 $602.0K +1% −16% $227.6M 2,261 $266 51

Fri Aug 22 #10 $845.3K +40% −30% $228.5M 1,835 $461 52

Sat Aug 23 #10 $1.2M +45% −31% $229.7M 1,835 $666 53

Sun Aug 24 #10 $813.9K −33% −34% $230.5M 1,835 $444 54

Mon Aug 25 #10 $304.9K −63% −43% $230.8M 1,835 $166 55

Tue Aug 26 #10 $318.3K +4% −46% $231.1M 1,835 $173 56

Wed Aug 27 #11 $268.6K −16% −55% $231.4M 1,835 $146 57

Thu Aug 28 #11 $307.8K +15% −49% $231.7M 1,835 $168 58

Fri Aug 29 #12 $631.0K +105% −25% $232.3M 1,561 $404 59

Sat Aug 30 #9 $1.0M +64% −15% $233.4M 1,561 $661 60

Sun Aug 31 #9 $915.4K −11% +12% $234.3M 1,561 $586 61

Mon Sep 1 #9 $776.2K −15% +155% $235.1M 1,561 $497 62

Tue Sep 2 #12 $171.2K −78% −46% $235.2M 1,561 $110 63

Wed Sep 3 #12 $144.7K −16% −46% $235.4M 1,561 $93 64

Thu Sep 4 #12 $134.9K −7% −56% $235.5M 1,561 $86 65

Fri Sep 5 #10 $466.5K +246% −26% $236.0M 1,491 $313 66

Sat Sep 6 #10 $872.2K +87% −16% $236.8M 1,491 $585 67

Sun Sep 7 #10 $464.6K −47% −49% $237.3M 1,491 $312 68

Mon Sep 8 #11 $106.5K −77% −86% $237.4M 1,491 $71 69

Tue Sep 9 #11 $125.1K +18% −27% $237.5M 1,491 $84 70

Wed Sep 10 #11 $115.1K −8% −20% $237.7M 1,491 $77 71

Thu Sep 11 #12 $118.7K +3% −12% $237.8M 1,491 $80 72

Fri Sep 12 #- $402.2K +239% −14% $238.2M 1,367 $294 73

Sat Sep 13 #- $787.9K +96% −10% $239.0M 1,367 $576 74

Sun Sep 14 #- $388.3K −51% −16% $239.4M 1,367 $284 75

Mon Sep 15 #- $85.7K −78% −19% $239.4M 1,367 $63 76

Tue Sep 16 #- $105.9K +24% −15% $239.5M 1,367 $77 77

Wed Sep 17 #- $90.3K −15% −21% $239.6M 1,367 $66 78

Thu Sep 18 #- $97.5K +8% −18% $239.7M 1,367 $71 79

Fri Sep 19 #- $304.1K +212% −24% $240.0M 1,260 $241 80

Sat Sep 20 #- $604.2K +99% −23% $240.6M 1,260 $480 81

Sun Sep 21 #- $300.1K −50% −23% $240.9M 1,260 $238 82

Mon Sep 22 #- $64.5K −78% −25% $241.0M 1,260 $51 83

Tue Sep 23 #- $73.8K +14% −30% $241.1M 1,260 $59 84

Wed Sep 24 #- $63.3K −14% −30% $241.1M 1,260 $50 85

Thu Sep 25 #- $66.1K +4% −32% $241.2M 1,260 $52 86

Fri Sep 26 #13 $220.7K +234% −27% $241.4M 1,080 $204 87

Sat Sep 27 #13 $450.0K +104% −26% $241.9M 1,080 $417 88

Sun Sep 28 #- $236.1K −48% −21% $242.1M 1,080 $219 89

Mon Sep 29 #- $48.6K −79% −25% $242.2M 1,080 $45 90

Tue Sep 30 #- $52.1K +7% −29% $242.2M 1,080 $48 91

Wed Oct 1 #- $47.8K −8% −25% $242.3M 1,080 $44 92

Thu Oct 2 #- $64.1K +34% −3% $242.3M 1,080 $59 93

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$237.5M

Jul 1Jul 19Aug 5Aug 23Sep 9

Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.8M

$51.1M

$30.1M

$19.0M

$12.4M

$8.0M

$5.7M

$4.2M

$2.9M

$2.6M

$1.8M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,180 → 1,491 −53.1%

3,020 open1,491 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −30.1%

−41.1%

W1→2

−36.7%

W2→3

−35.1%

W3→4

−35.1%

W4→5

−29.4%

W5→6

−25.6%

W6→7

−31.5%

W7→8

−10.5%

W8→9

−30.1%

W9→10

Steepest −41.1%Best hold −10.5%

Run milestones

$200M in 30 days

$100M

Day 8

Jul 9

$200M

Day 30

Jul 31

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Records held

#13 Best multipliersAll-time 4.91x #18 Biggest July 4th openingsAll-time $51.1M

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