Men in Black

James, an NYC cop, is hired by Agent K of a secret government agency that monitors extraterrestrial life on Earth. Together, they must recover an item that has been stolen by an intergalactic villain.

Grosses

Domestic (100%)
$250,690,539
Summary Details
DistributorSony Pictures Releasing
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Opening$51,068,455
3,020 theaters
Budget$90,000,000
Release DateJul 2, 1997
MPAAPG-13
Running Time1 hr 38 min
GenresAction Adventure Comedy Sci-Fi
In Release184 days/26 weeks
Widest Release3,180 theaters
DateRankWeekly %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeek
Jun 27-Jul 33$33,065,445-3,020-$10,948$33,065,4451
Jul 4-101$76,457,208+131.2%3,020-$25,316$109,522,6532
Jul 11-171$43,593,212-43%3,020-$14,434$153,115,8653
Jul 18-241$28,570,041-34.5%3,102+82$9,210$181,685,9064
Jul 25-313$18,425,302-35.5%3,180+78$5,794$200,111,2085
Aug 1-75$12,241,382-33.6%2,932-248$4,175$212,352,5906
Aug 8-145$8,747,634-28.5%2,653-279$3,297$221,100,2247
Aug 15-217$6,521,232-25.5%2,261-392$2,884$227,621,4568
Aug 22-2810$4,080,663-37.4%1,835-426$2,223$231,702,1199
Aug 29-Sep 410$3,805,865-6.7%1,561-274$2,438$235,507,98410
Sep 5-1110$2,268,623-40.4%1,491-70$1,521$237,776,60711
Sep 12-1810$1,957,793-13.7%1,367-124$1,432$239,734,40012
Sep 19-2510$1,476,146-24.6%1,260-107$1,171$241,210,54613
Sep 26-Oct 210$1,119,539-24.2%1,080-180$1,036$242,330,08514
Oct 3-911$855,951-23.5%922-158$928$243,186,03615
Oct 10-1613$576,799-32.6%677-245$851$243,762,83516
Oct 17-2315$373,616-35.2%478-199$781$244,136,45117
Oct 24-3016$255,245-31.7%450-28$567$244,391,69618
Oct 31-Nov 614$775,408+203.8%1,010+560$767$245,167,10419
Nov 7-1314$374,774-51.7%505-505$742$245,541,87820
Nov 14-2010$2,308,293+515.9%776+271$2,974$247,850,17121
Nov 21-2717$703,737-69.5%605-171$1,163$248,553,90822