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2012 • PG-13 • 1h 46m • Action, Adventure, Comedy • Sony Pictures Releasing

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3.19

6.8

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$54.60M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$179.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$654.20M

$475.20M international

Domestic legs3.28x

Budget$225M

2012 rank#14

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Cast & crew

Full Sonnenfeld filmography

Barry Sonnenfeld

Barry Sonnenfeld Director

Will Smith

Will Smith Starring

Tommy Lee Jones

Tommy Lee Jones Starring

Josh Brolin

Josh Brolin Starring

Jemaine Clement

Jemaine Clement Starring

Emma Thompson

Emma Thompson Starring

ScreenplayEtan Cohen Produced byLaurie MacDonald, Walter F. Parkes CinematographyDonald Peterman MusicDanny Elfman Prod. DesignBo Welch StudioSony Pictures SeriesMen in Black

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 May 25-27 1 $54.6M — 4,248 $12,851 $54.6M

2 Jun 1-3 2 $28.1M −48.6% 4,248 $6,609 $111.1M

3 Jun 8-10 4 $13.9M −50.5% 3,792 $3,664 $135.9M

4 Jun 15-17 6 $10.0M −27.7% 3,135 $3,204 $152.7M

5 Jun 22-24 9 $5.7M −43.0% 2,462 $2,326 $163.5M

6 Jun 29-Jul 1 12 $3.0M −48.0% 1,902 $1,566 $169.7M

7 Jul 6-8 16 $1.7M −43.6% 879 $1,912 $173.1M

8 Jul 13-15 15 $875.8K −47.9% 497 $1,762 $174.8M

9 Jul 20-22 21 $260.3K −70.3% 266 $978 $175.5M

10 Jul 27-29 24 $184.0K −29.3% 187 $983 $175.8M

11 Aug 3-5 16 $654.5K +255.8% 326 $2,007 $176.6M

12 Aug 10-12 16 $508.0K −22.4% 295 $1,722 $177.5M

13 Aug 17-19 24 $303.8K −40.2% 258 $1,177 $178.1M

14 Aug 24-26 28 $239.6K −21.1% 232 $1,032 $178.5M

15 Aug 31-Sep 2 33 $188.6K −21.3% 186 $1,013 $178.8M

16 Sep 7-9 40 $128.7K −31.7% 173 $744 $179.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu May 24 $1.6M — $1.6M — — -1

Fri May 25 #1 $17.7M — $17.7M 4,248 $4,158 1

Sat May 26 #1 $19.1M +8% $36.8M 4,248 $4,504 2

Sun May 27 #1 $17.8M −7% $54.6M 4,248 $4,188 3

Mon May 28 #1 $14.7M −18% $69.3M 4,248 $3,451 4

Tue May 29 #1 $5.6M −61% $74.9M 4,248 $1,329 5

Wed May 30 #1 $4.0M −29% $78.9M 4,248 $938 6

Thu May 31 #1 $4.1M +3% $83.0M 4,248 $968 7

Fri Jun 1 #2 $8.1M +96% −54% $91.1M 4,248 $1,901 8

Sat Jun 2 #2 $12.2M +51% −36% $103.3M 4,248 $2,869 9

Sun Jun 3 #2 $7.8M −36% −56% $111.1M 4,248 $1,838 10

Mon Jun 4 #2 $2.7M −65% −81% $113.8M 4,248 $642 11

Tue Jun 5 #2 $3.1M +15% −44% $117.0M 4,248 $740 12

Wed Jun 6 #2 $2.5M −21% −37% $119.4M 4,248 $587 13

Thu Jun 7 #2 $2.6M +2% −38% $122.0M 4,248 $601 14

Fri Jun 8 #4 $4.3M +70% −46% $126.3M 3,792 $1,142 15

Sat Jun 9 #4 $5.6M +30% −54% $132.0M 3,792 $1,484 16

Sun Jun 10 #4 $3.9M −30% −50% $135.9M 3,792 $1,037 17

Mon Jun 11 #4 $1.6M −58% −40% $137.5M 3,792 $432 18

Tue Jun 12 #4 $1.9M +18% −38% $139.5M 3,792 $510 19

Wed Jun 13 #4 $1.6M −15% −34% $141.1M 3,792 $434 20

Thu Jun 14 #4 $1.6M −6% −39% $142.7M 3,792 $409 21

Fri Jun 15 #6 $2.7M +77% −37% $145.4M 3,792 $722 22

Sat Jun 16 #6 $3.8M +39% −32% $149.2M 3,792 $1,003 23

Sun Jun 17 #6 $3.5M −8% −11% $152.7M 3,792 $923 24

Mon Jun 18 #6 $1.2M −66% −27% $153.9M 3,792 $317 25

Tue Jun 19 #6 $1.4M +13% −30% $155.3M 3,792 $357 26

Wed Jun 20 #6 $1.2M −8% −24% $156.5M 3,792 $328 27

Thu Jun 21 #6 $1.2M −3% −22% $157.7M 3,792 $317 28

Fri Jun 22 #9 $1.7M +45% −36% $159.5M 2,462 $709 29

Sat Jun 23 #9 $2.3M +34% −38% $161.8M 2,462 $950 30

Sun Jun 24 #9 $1.6M −30% −53% $163.5M 2,462 $665 31

Mon Jun 25 #9 $867.5K −47% −28% $164.3M 2,462 $352 32

Tue Jun 26 #9 $920.6K +6% −32% $165.3M 2,462 $373 33

Wed Jun 27 #9 $744.5K −19% −40% $166.0M 2,462 $302 34

Thu Jun 28 #9 $741.8K n/c −38% $166.7M 2,462 $301 35

Fri Jun 29 #13 $860.8K +16% −51% $167.6M 1,902 $452 36

Sat Jun 30 #12 $1.2M +39% −49% $168.8M 1,902 $628 37

Sun Jul 1 #12 $921.7K −23% −44% $169.7M 1,902 $484 38

Mon Jul 2 #12 $452.4K −51% −48% $170.2M 1,902 $237 39

Tue Jul 3 #13 $460.6K +2% −50% $170.6M 1,117 $412 40

Wed Jul 4 #13 $431.5K −6% −42% $171.1M 1,117 $386 41

Thu Jul 5 #14 $345.5K −20% −53% $171.4M 1,013 $341 42

Fri Jul 6 $587.3K +70% −32% $172.0M 879 $668 43

Sat Jul 7 $701.8K +19% −41% $172.7M 879 $798 44

Sun Jul 8 $391.7K −44% −58% $173.1M 879 $445 45

Mon Jul 9 #16 $190.4K −51% −58% $173.3M 879 $216 46

Tue Jul 10 #15 $236.7K +24% −49% $173.5M 879 $269 47

Wed Jul 11 #16 $193.3K −18% −55% $173.7M 879 $219 48

Thu Jul 12 #15 $201.9K +4% −42% $173.9M 879 $229 49

Fri Jul 13 $270.0K +34% −54% $174.2M 497 $543 50

Sat Jul 14 $399.0K +48% −43% $174.6M 497 $802 51

Sun Jul 15 $206.9K −48% −47% $174.8M 497 $416 52

Mon Jul 16 $106.7K −48% −44% $174.9M 497 $214 53

Tue Jul 17 $126.9K +19% −46% $175.0M 497 $255 54

Wed Jul 18 $100.0K −21% −48% $175.1M 497 $201 55

Thu Jul 19 $95.0K −5% −53% $175.2M 497 $191 56

Fri Jul 20 $80.5K −15% −70% $175.3M 266 $302 57

Sat Jul 21 $108.2K +34% −73% $175.4M 266 $406 58

Sun Jul 22 $71.6K −34% −65% $175.5M 266 $269 59

Fri Jul 27 $54.7K — −32% $175.7M 187 $292 64

Sat Jul 28 $76.2K +39% −30% $175.8M 187 $407 65

Sun Jul 29 $53.1K −30% −26% $175.8M 187 $283 66

Fri Aug 3 $188.5K — +245% $176.2M 326 $578 71

Sat Aug 4 $261.8K +39% +243% $176.4M 326 $803 72

Sun Aug 5 $204.2K −22% +285% $176.6M 326 $626 73

Fri Aug 10 $151.5K — −20% $177.2M 295 $513 78

Sat Aug 11 $208.5K +38% −20% $177.4M 295 $706 79

Sun Aug 12 $148.0K −29% −28% $177.5M 295 $501 80

Fri Aug 17 $88.7K — −41% $177.9M 258 $343 85

Sat Aug 18 $125.8K +42% −40% $178.0M 258 $487 86

Sun Aug 19 $89.2K −29% −40% $178.1M 258 $345 87

Fri Aug 24 $65.4K — −26% $178.3M 232 $281 92

Sat Aug 25 $105.8K +62% −16% $178.4M 232 $456 93

Sun Aug 26 $68.4K −35% −23% $178.5M 232 $294 94

Fri Aug 31 $40.6K — −38% $178.6M 186 $218 99

Sat Sep 1 $74.3K +83% −30% $178.7M 186 $399 100

Sun Sep 2 $73.7K −1% +8% $178.8M 186 $396 101

Mon Sep 3 $63.8K −13% $178.9M 186 $342 102

Fri Sep 7 $31.4K — −23% $178.9M 173 $181 106

Sat Sep 8 $61.6K +96% −17% $179.0M 173 $355 107

Sun Sep 9 $35.8K −42% −51% $179.0M 173 $206 108

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

Cumulative total$175.8M

May 24Jun 9Jun 24Jul 10Jul 29

Weekend grossWk 10 · $184.0K

$54.6M

$28.1M

$13.9M

$10.0M

$5.7M

$3.0M

$1.7M

$875.8K

$260.3K

$184.0K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 4,248 → 187 −95.6%

4,248 open187 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −29.3%

−48.6%

W1→2

−50.5%

W2→3

−27.7%

W3→4

−43.0%

W4→5

−48.0%

W5→6

−43.6%

W6→7

−47.9%

W7→8

−70.3%

W8→9

−29.3%

W9→10

Steepest −70.3%Best hold −27.7%

Run milestones

$100M in 9 days

$100M

Day 9

Jun 2

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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