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	12
Sci-Fi - Alien Invasion	6
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	74
All Time Adjusted	79
All Time Worldwide	80
Yearly 1997	2
Yearly Opening Weekends 1997	2
Yearly PG-13 Rated 1997	2
Worldwide Yearly 1997	3
Non-Friday Opening Weekends	25
Opening Weeks	116
Opening Wednesdays	21
Single Day Gross	333
Non-Opening Thursday Gross	18
Single Day Saturday Gross	129
Single Day Thursday Gross	26
Single Day Wednesday Gross	30
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time	109
Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends	100
Opening Weekends	127
Opening Weekends - July	26
Opening Weekends - Summer	88
Eleventh Weekends	114
Ninth Weekends	127
Tenth Weekends	141
Top 3-Day Grosses	165
Top 6-Day Grosses	78
Top 7-Day Grosses	77
Twelfth Weekends	123
Twelfth Weekends	120
Top 5-Day Grosses	83
Top 5-Day Grosses for movies opening on a Wednesday	17
Most Weekends at #1 (non-consecutive)	79
Most Weekends in Top 10 (non-consecutive)	141
Consecutive Weekends At #1	65
Consecutive Weekends In Top 10	120
Independence Day Opening Weekends	10
Independence Day Weekends	10
Second Weekends	107
Third Weekends	93
Fourth Weekends	100
Fifth Weekends	133
Sixth Weekends	149
Seventh Weekends	156
Eighth Weekends	173
Smallest Drops, 3,000+ theaters (Super-Saturation)	206
Smallest Drops, 2,500+ theaters (Saturation)	444
Smallest Drops, 2,000+ theaters (Very Wide)	683
Smallest Drops, All Wide Releases	1,823
Rated PG-13	45
Rated PG-13, Opening Weekends	81
Widest Releases	458
Widest Opening Releases	591
Fastest to $100 million	77
Fastest to $150 million	74
Fastest to $200 million	73
Slowest to $100 million	430
Slowest to $200 million	52
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	48
Non-Opening Friday Gross Adjusted	23
Non-Opening Thursday Gross Adjusted	5
Non-Opening Tuesday Gross Adjusted	34
Non-Opening Wednesday Gross Adjusted	46
Single Day Friday Gross Adjusted	79
Single Day Monday Gross Adjusted	74
Single Day Saturday Gross Adjusted	44
Single Day Sunday Gross Adjusted	56
Single Day Thursday Gross Adjusted	10
Single Day Tuesday Gross Adjusted	42
Single Day Wednesday Gross Adjusted	18
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time Adjusted	55
Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends Adjusted	50
Opening Weekends Adjusted - July	11
Opening Weekends Adjusted	54
Opening Weekends Adjusted - Summer	40
Eleventh Weekends Adjusted	112
Ninth Weekends Adjusted	126
Tenth Weekends Adjusted	140
Twelfth Weekends Adjusted	116
Top 5-Day Grosses for movies opening on a Wednesday Adjusted	12
Second Weekends Adjusted	41
Third Weekends Adjusted	35
Fourth Weekends Adjusted	53
Fifth Weekends Adjusted	87
Sixth Weekends Adjusted	116
Seventh Weekends Adjusted	132
Eighth Weekends Adjusted	165
Rated PG-13 Adjusted	19
Rated PG-13, Opening Weekends Adjusted	40