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Box Office History for Men in Black Movies ← See all franchises

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Release Date	Title	Production Budget	Opening Weekend	Domestic Box Office	Worldwide Box Office
Jun 14, 2019	Men in Black: International	$110,000,000	$30,035,838	$80,001,807	$254,310,003
May 25, 2012	Men in Black 3	$215,000,000	$54,592,779	$179,020,854	$654,213,485
Sep 6, 2002	Spider-Man/Men in Black II …	$2,192,447	$4,052,137	$4,052,137
Jul 3, 2002	Men in Black 2	$140,000,000	$52,148,751	$190,418,803	$441,767,803
Jul 1, 1997	Men in Black	$90,000,000	$51,068,455	$250,690,539	$587,790,539
Averages	$138,750,000	$38,007,654	$140,836,828	$388,426,793
Totals	5	$555,000,000	$704,184,140	$1,942,133,967

Video Release Breakdown

Release Date	Title	DomesticVideo Salesto Date	Watch Now
Oct 23, 1997	Men in Black	$10,378,955	Netflix Hulu Amazon iTunes Google
Nov 26, 2002	Men in Black 2	$4,913,942	Netflix Amazon
Nov 30, 2012	Men in Black 3	$55,093,988	Netflix Hulu Amazon iTunes Google
Oct 19, 2015	Men in Black (1997)/Men in Black 3/Men in …
Jun 12, 2019	Men in Black 4-Movie Collection
Aug 20, 2019	Men in Black: International	$12,955,795	Hulu Amazon Google Vudu
Oct 21, 2019	Men in Black: International	Netflix
Totals	$83,342,680

Our DVD and Blu-ray sales estimates are based on weekly retail surveys, which we use to build a weekly market share estimate for each title we are tracking. The market share is converted into a weekly sales estimate based on industry reports on the overall size of the market, including reports published in Media Play News.

For example, if our weekly retail survey estimates that a particular title sold 1% of all units that week, and the industry reports sales of 1,500,000 units in total, we will estimate 15,000 units were sold of that title. The consumer spending estimate is based on the average sales price for the title in the retailers we survey.

We refine our estimates from week to week as more data becomes available. In particular, we adjust weekly sales figures for the quarter once the total market estimates are published by the Digital Entertainment Group. Figures will therefore fluctuate each week, and totals for individual titles can go up or down as we update our estimates.

Because sales figures are estimated based on sampling, they will be more accurate for higher-selling titles. Home Market Releases for September 3rd, 2019

September 4th, 2019

It’s another short week with not a lot to talk about. The biggest release of the week is Men in Black International, but it missed expectations by a significant margin. The best first-run release is Booksmart, which also missed expectations by a significant margin, but it is still good enough to be a Pick of the Week contender. In fact, it’s only competition is My Hero Academia: Season Three, Part Two. It came down to a literal coin toss and My Hero Academia won, but both deserve the title. More... International Box Office: Toy Story Still has Stories to Tell

June 27th, 2019

Toy Story 4 dominated the international chart with $120.0 million in 37 markets, representing 64% of the international marketplace. Interestingly, China wasn’t the film’s biggest market, as it had an absolute monster debut in Mexico taking top spot there with $23.82 million. The film also dominated the chart in the U.K. with $16.90 million, which isn’t as strong as its opening here, but still impressive. Likewise, the film managed $13.4 million in China, which is good for an animated film there. Good, but not great. The film broke the record for an opening by an animated film in Brazil with $9.6 million and did nearly as well in neighboring Argentina with $7.5 million. It was also impressive in South Korea with $7.47 million on 1,335 screens over the weekend for a total opening of $8.55 million. More... Weekend Wrap-Up: Weekend Bests Estimates, Still Clobbered by Incredibles

June 18th, 2019

There is some good news to report, as the weekend final numbers beat both the projections based on Friday estimates and Sunday’s estimates. There’s also some bad news. Even with this improvement, the weekend was really soft at the box office. Men in Black: International led the way with just $30.04 million during its opening weekend, while only two other films topped $10 million over the weekend. This left the overall box office down 18% from last weekend to just $135 million. This is 50% lower than the same weekend last year; a decline that we normally only see when there is a misalignment in a holiday. However, in this case, it was due to Incredibles 2, which earned more by itself than the total box office did this year. This has left 2019 further behind 2018 and it is now off last year’s pace by 7.0% or $370 million at $4.99 billion to $5.36 billion. Several weeks worth of gaining ground has gone in a single weekend. More... Thursday Night Previews: Men in Black Open Darker than Phoenix

June 14th, 2019

Men in Black: International only managed $3.1 million during its previews on Thursday, which is well below the previews earned by Dark Phoenix ($5.9 million) and Godzilla: King of Monsters ($6.3 million). All three films have similar reviews and all three are part of long running franchises, so sadly this means Men in Black: International will likely have similar legs. Sony is still projecting $30 million over the weekend, but I’m not so sure anymore. More... Weekend Predictions: Can Men in Black Open in the Black?

June 13th, 2019

It’s a busy weekend at the box office with the potential for four new entries in the top ten. Unfortunately, only one of those films, Late Night, is earning good reviews. The other films’ reviews range from mediocre reviews to depressing reviews. Likewise, the four film’s box office chances range from mediocre, with Men in Black: International expected to open south of $30 million, to depressing, with some suggesting Late Night and / or The Dead Never Die missing the Mendoza Line. This weekend last year, Incredibles 2 opened with $182.69 million. That’s more than the entire box office will make this weekend. 2019 is going to get crushed in the year-over-year comparison. More... Weekend Predictions: Will After Earth Have a Magical Start?

May 31st, 2013

Post-holiday weekends tend to feature weak releases and this time is no exception. After Earth is a film that should be a massive summer blockbuster, given its genre and its star, but the buzz is terrible. Now You See Me is the counter-programming release, but it should have a better opening than After Earth, relative to expectations and production budget. That said, Fast and Furious 6 will very likely remain on top of the box office chart. This weekend last year was the weekend Snow White and the Huntsman debuted and it earned $56 million. There's pretty much no chance any film will earn that much during this weekend. In fact, the two wide releases might not make that much combined. More... DVD Sales: Dark Knight Shines on the Home Market

January 20th, 2013

New releases dominated the top of the December 9th edition of the DVD sales chart with four of them placing within the top six. Unsurprisingly, The Dark Knight Rises led the way with a stunning result of 2.03 million units / $26.96 million during its first week of release. More...

Note: This list contains actors who appeared in at least two movies in the franchise.

Person	Nr. ofMovies	Role	FranchiseWorldwideBox Office	CareerWorldwideBox Office	Franchise/Career
Tommy Lee Jones	3	Kay	$1,683,771,827	$5,809,992,249	29.0%
Will Smith	3	Agent J	$1,683,771,827	$10,009,619,619	16.8%
Emma Thompson	2	Agent O	$908,523,488	$9,070,772,458	10.0%
Rip Torn	2	Zed	$1,029,558,342	$2,286,064,743	45.0%
Tony Shalhoub	2	Jeebs	$1,029,558,342	$4,499,324,762	22.9%
David Cross	2	Newton	$1,029,558,342	$5,390,739,222	19.1%
Tim Blaney	2	Frank the Pug (voice)	$696,077,806	$1,026,097,425	67.8%

Note: This list contains people who contributed to at least two movies in the franchise.

Person	Nr. ofMovies	Technical Role	FranchiseWorldwideBox Office	CareerWorldwideBox Office	Franchise/Career
Walter F. Parkes	4	Producer (4)	$1,938,081,830	$7,170,640,710	27.0%
Barry Sonnenfeld	4	Director (3) Executive Producer (1)	$1,938,081,830	$3,629,736,620	53.4%
Laurie MacDonald	4	Producer (4)	$1,938,081,830	$5,905,207,963	32.8%
Steven Spielberg	4	Executive Producer (4)	$1,938,081,830	$29,840,009,086	6.5%
Lowell Cunningham	4	Story Creator (4) Character Creator (1)	$1,938,081,830	$1,938,081,830	100.0%
Danny Elfman	4	Composer (4)	$1,938,081,830	$21,573,988,176	9.0%
Bo Welch	3	Production Designer (3)	$1,683,771,827	$2,996,130,138	56.2%
Peter F. Kurland	3	Sound Mixer (1) Sound Designer (1) Sound Editor (1)	$1,683,771,827	$3,268,267,076	51.5%
Graham Place	2	Co-Producer (2)	$1,029,558,342	$1,382,562,831	74.5%
Mary E Vogt	2	Costume Designer (2)	$1,029,558,342	$1,066,253,140	96.6%
David Rubin	2	Casting Director (2)	$842,100,542	$5,913,160,455	14.2%
Paul N. J. Ottosson	2	Re-recording Mixer (2) Sound Designer (1) Supervising Sound Editor (1)	$908,523,488	$6,039,012,072	15.0%

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