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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.

Compare to other movies
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

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
StarringTommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Linda Fiorentino, Vincent D'Onofrio, Rip Torn, Tony Shalhoub
StudioSony Pictures Releasing