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MEN IN BLACK

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


GENRES (click to view) Rank
Action - Buddy Comedy 1
Comic Book Adaptation 7
Sci-Fi - Alien Invasion 2
Sci-Fi Comedy 1

FRANCHISES (click to view) Rank
Showdown: Alien Invasion 2
Showdown: Will Smith Vs. Himself (July Edition) 2

CHARTS (click to view) Rank
All Time Domestic 52
All Time Adjusted 77
All Time Worldwide 49
Yearly 1997 2
Yearly Opening Weekends 1997 2
Yearly PG-13 Rated 1997 2
Worldwide Yearly 1997 3
Non-Friday Opening Weekends 21
Opening Weeks 78
Opening Wednesdays 18
Single Day Gross 210
Non-Opening Thursday Gross 14
Single Day Saturday Gross 81
Single Day Thursday Gross 19
Single Day Wednesday Gross 22
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time 81
Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends 76
Opening Weekends 85
Opening Weekends - July 18
Opening Weekends - Summer 62
Eleventh Weekends 105
Ninth Weekends 113
Tenth Weekends 128
Top 3-Day Grosses 114
Top 6-Day Grosses 52
Top 7-Day Grosses 51
Twelfth Weekends 115
Twelfth Weekends 110
Top 5-Day Grosses 55
Top 5-Day Grosses for movies opening on a Wednesday 15
Most Weekends at #1 (non-consecutive) 75
Most Weekends in Top 10 (non-consecutive) 137
Consecutive Weekends At #1 61
Consecutive Weekends In Top 10 117
Independence Day Opening Weekends 7
Independence Day Weekends 7
Second Weekends 72
Third Weekends 67
Fourth Weekends 77
Fifth Weekends 113
Sixth Weekends 129
Seventh Weekends 137
Eighth Weekends 154
Smallest Drops, 3,000+ theaters (Super-Saturation) 151
Smallest Drops, 2,500+ theaters (Saturation) 348
Smallest Drops, 2,000+ theaters (Very Wide) 575
Smallest Drops, All Wide Releases 1,681
Rated PG-13 27
Rated PG-13, Opening Weekends 52
Widest Releases 303
Widest Opening Releases 395
Widest PG-13 Rated Openings 193
Widest PG-13 Rated Releases 157
Fastest to $100 million 51
Fastest to $150 million 47
Fastest to $200 million 48
Slowest to $100 million 351
Slowest to $200 million 42
BOM Users' Grades 214
BOM Users' Grades (1997 Releases) 9
CHARTS (Premier Pass Users Only)Rank
Highest All Time Rank (on October 3, 1997) 12
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1997 ACADEMY AWARDS®
Nominated for 3 Oscars, including 1 win. CLICK TO VIEW FULL BREAKDOWN...

THE PLAYERS (click name to view)
Director:Barry Sonnenfeld
Actors:Tommy Lee Jones
Will Smith
Producer:Steven Spielberg (executive)
Composer:Danny Elfman
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GRADE BREAKDOWN
As: 1,544 28.5%
Bs: 2,945 54.4%
Cs: 748 13.8%
Ds: 99 1.8%
Fs: 74 1.4%

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MERCHANDISE LINKS
• DVD: Deluxe Edition, Superbit Collection, Collector's Series, Collector's Series - DTS, Limited Edition
Soundtrack
Original Score (Danny Elfman)


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