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

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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

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	81
Yearly 1997	2
Yearly Opening Weekends 1997	2
Yearly PG-13 Rated 1997	2
Worldwide Yearly 1997	3
Non-Friday Opening Weekends	26
Opening Weeks	118
Opening Wednesdays	21
Single Day Gross	341
Non-Opening Thursday Gross	18
Single Day Saturday Gross	132
Single Day Thursday Gross	26
Single Day Wednesday Gross	30
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time	112
Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends	103
Opening Weekends	130
Opening Weekends - July	26
Opening Weekends - Summer	91
Eleventh Weekends	114
Ninth Weekends	128
Tenth Weekends	141
Top 3-Day Grosses	168
Top 6-Day Grosses	80
Top 7-Day Grosses	79
Twelfth Weekends	123
Twelfth Weekends	120
Top 5-Day Grosses	86
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	109
Third Weekends	95
Fourth Weekends	101
Fifth Weekends	134
Sixth Weekends	150
Seventh Weekends	156
Eighth Weekends	173
Smallest Drops, 3,000+ theaters (Super-Saturation)	206
Smallest Drops, 2,500+ theaters (Saturation)	445
Smallest Drops, 2,000+ theaters (Very Wide)	684
Smallest Drops, All Wide Releases	1,825
Rated PG-13	45
Rated PG-13, Opening Weekends	84
Widest Releases	464
Widest Opening Releases	598
Fastest to $100 million	80
Fastest to $150 million	77
Fastest to $200 million	75
Slowest to $100 million	432
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	49
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	81
Single Day Monday Gross Adjusted	75
Single Day Saturday Gross Adjusted	45
Single Day Sunday Gross Adjusted	58
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	56
Opening Weekends Adjusted - Summer	42
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	36
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	42