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Men in Black³

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

Back in time.

Box office summary
Opening Weekend
$54.6M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$179M
Final
Worldwide Total
$654M
$475M international
Domestic Legs3.28x
Budget$225M
2012 Rank#14
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
May 25-27 1 $54.6M $54.6M 4,248 $13K 1
Jun 1-3 2 $28.1M -48.6% $111.1M 4,248 $7K 2
Jun 8-10 4 $13.9M -50.5% $135.9M 3,792 $4K 3
Jun 15-17 6 $10.0M -27.7% $152.7M 3,135 $3K 4
Jun 22-24 9 $5.7M -43.0% $163.5M 2,462 $2K 5
Jun 29-Jul 1 12 $3.0M -48.0% $169.7M 1,902 $2K 6
Jul 6-8 16 $1.7M -43.6% $173.1M 879 $2K 7
Jul 13-15 15 $876K -47.9% $174.8M 497 $2K 8
Jul 20-22 21 $260K -70.3% $175.5M 266 $978 9
Jul 27-29 24 $184K -29.3% $175.8M 187 $983 10
Aug 3-5 16 $655K +255.8% $176.6M 326 $2K 11
Aug 10-12 16 $508K -22.4% $177.5M 295 $2K 12
Aug 17-19 24 $304K -40.2% $178.1M 258 $1K 13
Aug 24-26 28 $240K -21.1% $178.5M 232 $1K 14
Aug 31-Sep 2 33 $189K -21.3% $178.8M 186 $1K 15
Sep 7-9 40 $129K -31.7% $179.0M 173 $744 16

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
ScreenplayEtan Cohen
Produced byLaurie MacDonald, Walter F. Parkes
CinematographyDonald Peterman
MusicDanny Elfman
Prod. DesignBo Welch
StarringWill Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin, Jemaine Clement, Emma Thompson, Michael Stuhlbarg
StudioSony Pictures Releasing