Men in Black (1997) - Box Office Mojo

Men in Black

Domestic Total Gross: $250,690,539
Distributor: Sony / Columbia	Release Date: July 2, 1997
Genre: Sci-Fi Comedy	Runtime: 1 hrs. 37 min.
MPAA Rating: PG-13	Production Budget: $90 million

Total Lifetime Grosses

Domestic:	$250,690,539	42.5%
+ Foreign:	$338,700,000	57.5%

= Worldwide:	$589,390,539

Domestic Summary

Opening Weekend:	$51,068,455
(#1 rank, 3,020 theaters, $16,910 average)
% of Total Gross:	20.4%
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Widest Release:

3,180 theaters

The Players

Director:	Barry Sonnenfeld
Writer:	Ed Solomon
Actors:	Tommy Lee Jones Will Smith
Producers:	Laurie MacDonald Walter F. Parkes Steven Spielberg (executive)
Composer:	Danny Elfman

1997 Academy Awards®

Nominated for Three Oscars, Including One Win.
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Genres

Genre	Rank
Action - Buddy Comedy	1
Comic Book Adaptation	20
Sci-Fi - Alien Invasion	7
Sci-Fi Comedy	1

Franchises

Franchise	Rank
Series: Men in Black	1
Showdown: Alien Invasion	2
Showdown: Will Smith Vs. Himself (July Edition)	2

Charts

Chart	Rank
All Time Domestic	102
All Time Adjusted	83
All Time Worldwide	119
Yearly 1997	2
Yearly Opening Weekends 1997	2
Yearly PG-13 Rated 1997	2
Worldwide Yearly 1997	3
Non-Friday Opening Weekends	29
Opening Weeks	165
Opening Wednesdays	24
Single Day Gross	512
Non-Opening Thursday Gross	24
Single Day Saturday Gross	198
Single Day Thursday Gross	34
Single Day Wednesday Gross	39
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time	160
Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends	143
Opening Weekends	185
Opening Weekends - July	35
Opening Weekends - Summer	120
Eleventh Weekends	120
Ninth Weekends	140
Tenth Weekends	149
Top 3-Day Grosses	232
Top 6-Day Grosses	117
Top 7-Day Grosses	115
Twelfth Weekends	131
Twelfth Weekends	130
Top 5-Day Grosses	124
Top 5-Day Grosses for movies opening on a Wednesday	19
Most Weekends at #1 (non-consecutive)	86
Most Weekends in Top 10 (non-consecutive)	144
Consecutive Weekends At #1	70
Consecutive Weekends In Top 10	123
Independence Day Opening Weekends	11
Independence Day Weekends	11
Second Weekends	152
Third Weekends	126
Fourth Weekends	132
Fifth Weekends	161
Sixth Weekends	177
Seventh Weekends	176
Eighth Weekends	194
Smallest Drops, 3,000+ theaters (Super-Saturation)	264
Smallest Drops, 2,500+ theaters (Saturation)	527
Smallest Drops, 2,000+ theaters (Very Wide)	779
Smallest Drops, All Wide Releases	1,978
Rated PG-13	61
Rated PG-13, Opening Weekends	119
Widest Releases	645
Widest Opening Releases	810
Fastest to $100 million	111
Fastest to $150 million	108
Fastest to $200 million	103
Slowest to $100 million	508
Slowest to $200 million	64
BOM Users' Grades	254
BOM Users' Grades (1997 Releases)	10
Charts (Premier Pass Users Only)	Rank
Highest All Time Rank (on October 3, 1997)	12
Yearly (Wide) 1997	2
Yearly Opening Weekends (Wide) 1997	2
Non-Friday Opening Weekends Adjusted	15
Opening Weeks Adjusted	64
Non-Opening Friday Gross Adjusted	29
Non-Opening Thursday Gross Adjusted	7
Non-Opening Tuesday Gross Adjusted	49
Non-Opening Wednesday Gross Adjusted	55
Single Day Friday Gross Adjusted	113
Single Day Monday Gross Adjusted	84
Single Day Saturday Gross Adjusted	60
Single Day Sunday Gross Adjusted	71
Single Day Thursday Gross Adjusted	12
Single Day Tuesday Gross Adjusted	57
Single Day Wednesday Gross Adjusted	21
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time Adjusted	64
Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends Adjusted	58
Opening Weekends Adjusted - July	13
Opening Weekends Adjusted	75
Opening Weekends Adjusted - Summer	52
Eleventh Weekends Adjusted	114
Ninth Weekends Adjusted	130
Tenth Weekends Adjusted	142
Twelfth Weekends Adjusted	119
Top 5-Day Grosses for movies opening on a Wednesday Adjusted	12
Second Weekends Adjusted	52
Third Weekends Adjusted	42
Fourth Weekends Adjusted	58
Fifth Weekends Adjusted	94
Sixth Weekends Adjusted	123
Seventh Weekends Adjusted	137
Eighth Weekends Adjusted	169
Rated PG-13 Adjusted	21
Rated PG-13, Opening Weekends Adjusted	56