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Men in Black

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

Protecting the Earth from the scum of the universe.

Men in Black Box Office

Opening Weekend
$51.1M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$251M
Final
Worldwide Total
$589M
$339M international
Domestic Legs4.91x
Budget$90.0M
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Jul 4-6 1 $51.07M $84.13M 3,020 $16.9K 1
Jul 11-13 1 $30.06M -41.1% $139.58M 3,020 $10.0K 2
Jul 18-20 1 $19.03M -36.7% $172.15M 3,102 $6.1K 3
Jul 25-27 3 $12.35M -35.1% $194.04M 3,180 $3.9K 4
Aug 1-3 4 $8.01M -35.1% $208.12M 2,932 $2.7K 5
Aug 8-10 5 $5.65M -29.4% $218.00M 2,653 $2.1K 6
Aug 15-17 7 $4.20M -25.6% $225.30M 2,261 $1.9K 7
Aug 22-24 10 $2.88M -31.5% $230.50M 1,835 $1.6K 8
Aug 29-31 3 $2.58M -10.5% $234.28M 1,561 $1.7K 9
Sep 5-7 10 $1.80M -30.1% $237.31M 1,491 $1.2K 10
Sep 12-14 13 $1.58M -12.5% $239.35M 1,367 $1.2K 11
Sep 19-21 13 $1.21M -23.4% $240.94M 1,260 $959 12
Sep 26-28 13 $907K -24.9% $242.12M 1,080 $839 13
Oct 3-5 14 $688K -24.2% $243.02M 922 $745 14
Oct 10-12 14 $443K -35.5% $243.63M 677 $655 15
Oct 17-19 17 $302K -32.0% $244.06M 478 $630 16
Oct 24-26 18 $201K -33.4% $244.34M 450 $446 17
Oct 31-Nov 2 18 $621K +209.2% $245.01M 1,010 $614 18
Nov 7-9 17 $253K -59.3% $245.42M 505 $500 19
Nov 14-16 12 $2.12M +738.1% $247.66M 776 $2.7K 20
Nov 21-23 15 $559K -73.6% $248.41M 605 $923 21

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

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Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byBarry Sonnenfeld
ScreenplayEd Solomon
Produced byWalter F. Parkes, Laurie MacDonald
CinematographyDonald Peterman
MusicDanny Elfman
StarringTommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Linda Fiorentino, Vincent D'Onofrio, Rip Torn, Tony Shalhoub
StudioSony Pictures Releasing

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