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2002 • PG-13 • 1h 28m • Action, Adventure, Comedy • Sony Pictures Releasing

Same planet. New scum.

🍅 38% 45%

49

3.06

6.2

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$52.10M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$190.40M

Final

Worldwide total

$441.80M

$251.30M international

Domestic legs3.65x

Budget$140M

2002 rank#8

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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

Rip Torn

Rip Torn Starring

Lara Flynn Boyle

Lara Flynn Boyle Starring

Johnny Knoxville

Johnny Knoxville Starring

ScreenplayRobert Gordon, Barry Fanaro Produced byWalter F. Parkes, Laurie MacDonald CinematographyGreg Gardiner MusicDanny Elfman Prod. DesignBo Welch StudioSony Pictures SeriesMen in Black

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 5-7 1 $52.1M — 3,557 $14,660 $87.2M

2 Jul 12-14 1 $24.4M −53.2% 3,611 $6,759 $132.7M

3 Jul 19-21 3 $14.6M −40.4% 3,641 $3,996 $158.1M

4 Jul 26-28 4 $8.5M −41.7% 3,542 $2,393 $173.4M

5 Aug 2-4 7 $4.8M −43.3% 2,902 $1,656 $182.1M

6 Aug 9-11 11 $2.1M −57.2% 2,076 $991 $186.5M

7 Aug 16-18 14 $1.0M −51.2% 1,223 $820 $188.5M

8 Aug 23-25 19 $553.8K −44.8% 737 $751 $189.5M

9 Aug 30-Sep 1 21 $541.5K −2.2% 581 $932 $190.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Wed Jul 3 #1 $18.6M — $18.6M 3,557 $5,229 1

Thu Jul 4 #1 $16.5M −11% $35.1M 3,557 $4,636 2

Fri Jul 5 #1 $19.8M +20% $54.9M 3,557 $5,572 3

Sat Jul 6 #1 $18.5M −7% $73.4M 3,557 $5,205 4

Sun Jul 7 #1 $13.8M −25% $87.2M 3,557 $3,882 5

Mon Jul 8 #1 $5.9M −58% $93.1M 3,557 $1,648 6

Tue Jul 9 #1 $5.9M +1% $99.0M 3,557 $1,659 7

Wed Jul 10 #1 $4.9M −17% −74% $103.9M 3,557 $1,380 8

Thu Jul 11 #1 $4.4M −11% −74% $108.3M 3,557 $1,225 9

Fri Jul 12 #1 $7.8M +79% −61% $116.1M 3,557 $2,199 10

Sat Jul 13 #1 $10.2M +31% −45% $126.3M 3,557 $2,878 11

Sun Jul 14 #1 $7.3M −29% −47% $132.7M 3,557 $2,052 12

Mon Jul 15 #1 $2.8M −62% −52% $135.5M 3,611 $777 13

Tue Jul 16 #1 $2.9M +4% −51% $138.4M 3,611 $805 14

Wed Jul 17 #1 $2.5M −13% −49% $140.9M 3,611 $698 15

Thu Jul 18 #1 $2.6M +4% −40% $143.6M 3,611 $724 16

Fri Jul 19 #3 $4.6M +76% −41% $148.2M 3,641 $1,262 17

Sat Jul 20 #2 $6.0M +31% −41% $154.2M 3,641 $1,650 18

Sun Jul 21 #3 $4.2M −30% −42% $158.1M 3,641 $1,160 19

Mon Jul 22 #3 $1.8M −58% −36% $159.9M 3,641 $489 20

Tue Jul 23 #3 $1.9M +6% −35% $161.8M 3,641 $518 21

Wed Jul 24 #3 $1.6M −13% −35% $163.4M 3,641 $452 22

Thu Jul 25 #4 $1.5M −11% −44% $164.9M 3,641 $400 23

Fri Jul 26 #4 $2.7M +84% −42% $167.6M 3,641 $736 24

Sat Jul 27 #4 $3.6M +35% −40% $171.2M 3,641 $994 25

Sun Jul 28 #4 $2.5M −32% −42% $173.4M 3,542 $696 26

Mon Jul 29 #4 $1.0M −59% −44% $174.4M 3,542 $284 27

Tue Jul 30 #4 $1.0M +3% −45% $175.4M 3,542 $293 28

Wed Jul 31 #4 $906.2K −13% −45% $176.3M 3,542 $255 29

Thu Aug 1 #4 $938.9K +4% −36% $177.3M 3,542 $265 30

Fri Aug 2 #7 $1.4M +53% −46% $178.7M 2,902 $495 31

Sat Aug 3 #7 $1.9M +35% −47% $180.6M 2,902 $667 32

Sun Aug 4 #7 $1.4M −26% −42% $182.1M 2,902 $493 33

Mon Aug 5 #7 $674.0K −53% −33% $182.8M 2,902 $232 34

Tue Aug 6 #7 $626.0K −7% −40% $183.4M 2,902 $215 35

Wed Aug 7 #8 $524.0K −16% −42% $183.9M 2,902 $180 36

Thu Aug 8 #8 $502.0K −4% −47% $184.4M 2,902 $172 37

Fri Aug 9 #11 $639.0K +27% −56% $185.0M 2,076 $307 38

Sat Aug 10 #11 $867.6K +36% −55% $185.9M 2,076 $417 39

Sun Aug 11 #11 $551.6K −36% −62% $186.5M 2,076 $265 40

Fri Aug 16 #14 $304.2K — −52% $187.8M 1,223 $248 45

Sat Aug 17 #14 $442.4K +45% −49% $188.2M 1,223 $361 46

Sun Aug 18 #15 $257.3K −42% −53% $188.5M 1,223 $210 47

Fri Aug 23 #18 $166.0K — −45% $189.1M 737 $225 52

Sat Aug 24 #18 $244.8K +48% −45% $189.4M 737 $332 53

Sun Aug 25 #18 $143.0K −42% −44% $189.5M 737 $193 54

Mon Sep 2 #20 $148.5K — $190.4M 581 $255 62

Cumulative total$190.4M

Jul 3Jul 15Jul 26Aug 7Sep 2

Weekend grossWk 9 · $541.5K

$52.1M

$24.4M

$14.6M

$8.5M

$4.8M

$2.1M

$1.0M

$553.8K

$541.5K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9

Theater countPeak 3,641 → 581 −84.0%

3,557 open581 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 9 · −2.2%

−53.2%

W1→2

−40.4%

W2→3

−41.7%

W3→4

−43.3%

W4→5

−57.2%

W5→6

−51.2%

W6→7

−44.8%

W7→8

−2.2%

W8→9

Steepest −57.2%Best hold −2.2%

Run milestones

$100M in 8 days

$100M

Day 8

Jul 10

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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