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	18
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	97
All Time Adjusted	82
All Time Worldwide	114
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	157
Opening Wednesdays	24
Single Day Gross	484
Non-Opening Thursday Gross	23
Single Day Saturday Gross	187
Single Day Thursday Gross	33
Single Day Wednesday Gross	38
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time	153
Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends	138
Opening Weekends	177
Opening Weekends - July	32
Opening Weekends - Summer	113
Eleventh Weekends	119
Ninth Weekends	137
Tenth Weekends	148
Top 3-Day Grosses	223
Top 6-Day Grosses	111
Top 7-Day Grosses	109
Twelfth Weekends	131
Twelfth Weekends	128
Top 5-Day Grosses	118
Top 5-Day Grosses for movies opening on a Wednesday	19
Most Weekends at #1 (non-consecutive)	85
Most Weekends in Top 10 (non-consecutive)	143
Consecutive Weekends At #1	69
Consecutive Weekends In Top 10	122
Independence Day Opening Weekends	11
Independence Day Weekends	11
Second Weekends	147
Third Weekends	120
Fourth Weekends	128
Fifth Weekends	157
Sixth Weekends	172
Seventh Weekends	171
Eighth Weekends	190
Smallest Drops, 3,000+ theaters (Super-Saturation)	258
Smallest Drops, 2,500+ theaters (Saturation)	521
Smallest Drops, 2,000+ theaters (Very Wide)	771
Smallest Drops, All Wide Releases	1,960
Rated PG-13	59
Rated PG-13, Opening Weekends	114
Widest Releases	612
Widest Opening Releases	772
Fastest to $100 million	106
Fastest to $150 million	103
Fastest to $200 million	98
Slowest to $100 million	497
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	60
Non-Opening Friday Gross Adjusted	29
Non-Opening Thursday Gross Adjusted	7
Non-Opening Tuesday Gross Adjusted	44
Non-Opening Wednesday Gross Adjusted	54
Single Day Friday Gross Adjusted	108
Single Day Monday Gross Adjusted	83
Single Day Saturday Gross Adjusted	56
Single Day Sunday Gross Adjusted	67
Single Day Thursday Gross Adjusted	12
Single Day Tuesday Gross Adjusted	52
Single Day Wednesday Gross Adjusted	21
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time Adjusted	63
Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends Adjusted	57
Opening Weekends Adjusted - July	12
Opening Weekends Adjusted	70
Opening Weekends Adjusted - Summer	48
Eleventh Weekends Adjusted	113
Ninth Weekends Adjusted	129
Tenth Weekends Adjusted	142
Twelfth Weekends Adjusted	119
Top 5-Day Grosses for movies opening on a Wednesday Adjusted	12
Second Weekends Adjusted	48
Third Weekends Adjusted	40
Fourth Weekends Adjusted	57
Fifth Weekends Adjusted	93
Sixth Weekends Adjusted	121
Seventh Weekends Adjusted	136
Eighth Weekends Adjusted	168
Rated PG-13 Adjusted	21
Rated PG-13, Opening Weekends Adjusted	54