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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.

Box office summary
Domestic Total
$251M
Final
Opening Weekend
$51.1M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
4.91x
Opening → Total
Budget
$90.0M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$589M
$339M international
Compare with other movies
Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Jul 4-6 1 $51.1M $84.1M 3,020 $17K 1
Jul 11-13 1 $30.1M -41.1% $139.6M 3,020 $10K 2
Jul 18-20 1 $19.0M -36.7% $172.1M 3,102 $6K 3
Jul 25-27 3 $12.4M -35.1% $194.0M 3,180 $4K 4
Aug 1-3 4 $8.0M -35.1% $208.1M 2,932 $3K 5
Aug 8-10 5 $5.7M -29.4% $218.0M 2,653 $2K 6
Aug 15-17 7 $4.2M -25.6% $225.3M 2,261 $2K 7
Aug 22-24 10 $2.9M -31.5% $230.5M 1,835 $2K 8
Aug 29-31 3 $2.6M -10.5% $234.3M 1,561 $2K 9
Sep 5-7 10 $1.8M -30.1% $237.3M 1,491 $1K 10
Sep 12-14 13 $1.6M -12.5% $239.4M 1,367 $1K 11
Sep 19-21 13 $1.2M -23.4% $240.9M 1,260 $959 12
Sep 26-28 13 $907K -24.9% $242.1M 1,080 $839 13
Oct 3-5 14 $688K -24.2% $243.0M 922 $745 14
Oct 10-12 14 $443K -35.5% $243.6M 677 $655 15
Oct 17-19 17 $302K -32.0% $244.1M 478 $630 16
Oct 24-26 18 $201K -33.4% $244.3M 450 $446 17
Oct 31-Nov 2 18 $621K +209.2% $245.0M 1,010 $614 18
Nov 7-9 17 $253K -59.3% $245.4M 505 $500 19
Nov 14-16 12 $2.1M +738.1% $247.7M 776 $3K 20
Nov 21-23 15 $559K -73.6% $248.4M 605 $923 21

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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