Box office / business for
Men in Black (1997) More at IMDbPro »

Budget

$90,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend

$51,068,455 (USA) (6 July 1997) (3,020 Screens)
£12,551,200 (UK) (7 August 1997) (417 Screens)
ARS 1,143,900 (Argentina) (23 July 1997) (86 Screens)
AUD 10,697,000 (Australia) (17 September 1997) (359 Screens)
ATS 18,132,500 (Austria) (18 September 1997) (85 Screens)
FRF 64,231,900 (France) (14 August 1997) (556 Screens)
DEM 27,654,800 (Germany) (17 September 1997) (893 Screens)
ITL 4,880,371,715 (Italy) (9 October 1997) (192 Screens)
¥314,241,000 (Japan) (11 December 1997) (27 Screens)
MXN 186,543,000 (Mexico) (7 August 1997) (325 Screens)
ZAR 3,638,530 (South Africa) (11 September 1997) (72 Screens)
ESP 432,209,000 (Spain) (17 July 1997) (220 Screens)

Gross

$250,147,615 (USA) (11 January 1998)
$250,107,128 (USA) (4 January 1998)
$249,836,052 (USA) (28 December 1997)
$249,479,758 (USA) (21 December 1997)
$249,212,070 (USA) (14 December 1997)
$249,002,783 (USA) (7 December 1997)
$248,804,341 (USA) (30 November 1997)
$248,408,779 (USA) (23 November 1997)
$247,659,078 (USA) (16 November 1997)
$245,419,734 (USA) (9 November 1997)
$245,012,779 (USA) (2 November 1997)
$244,337,321 (USA) (26 October 1997)
$244,064,365 (USA) (19 October 1997)
$243,629,478 (USA) (12 October 1997)
$243,017,806 (USA) (5 October 1997)
$242,117,436 (USA) (28 September 1997)
$240,942,775 (USA) (21 September 1997)
$239,354,920 (USA) (14 September 1997)
$237,311,281 (USA) (7 September 1997)
$235,057,188 (USA) (1 September 1997)
$230,502,569 (USA) (24 August 1997)
$225,304,729 (USA) (17 August 1997)
$218,004,940 (USA) (10 August 1997)
$208,122,305 (USA) (3 August 1997)
$194,036,790 (USA) (27 July 1997)
$172,145,793 (USA) (20 July 1997)
$139,584,970 (USA) (13 July 1997)
$84,133,900 (USA) (6 July 1997)
$250,690,539 (USA)
£36,201,361 (UK) (18 December 1997)
£36,188,691 (UK) (11 December 1997)
£36,157,177 (UK) (4 December 1997)
£36,104,924 (UK) (27 November 1997)
£36,040,540 (UK) (20 November 1997)
£35,961,661 (UK) (13 November 1997)
£35,876,916 (UK) (6 November 1997)
£35,764,843 (UK) (30 October 1997)
£35,521,904 (UK) (23 October 1997)
£35,313,636 (UK) (16 October 1997)
£35,048,912 (UK) (9 October 1997)
£34,703,534 (UK) (2 October 1997)
£34,298,701 (UK) (25 September 1997)
£33,740,046 (UK) (18 September 1997)
£32,814,140 (UK) (11 September 1997)
£31,510,180 (UK) (4 September 1997)
£28,698,950 (UK) (28 August 1997)
£23,886,110 (UK) (21 August 1997)
£18,903,960 (UK) (14 August 1997)
£12,551,200 (UK) (7 August 1997)
$326,600,000 (Worldwide) (11 January 1998) (except USA)
$313,000,000 (Worldwide) (28 December 1997) (except USA)
$307,800,000 (Worldwide) (21 December 1997) (except USA)
$300,000,000 (Worldwide) (14 December 1997) (except USA)
$284,400,000 (Worldwide) (30 November 1997) (except USA)
$282,600,000 (Worldwide) (23 November 1997) (except USA)
$280,700,000 (Worldwide) (16 November 1997) (except USA)
$278,000,000 (Worldwide) (9 November 1997) (except USA)
$273,700,000 (Worldwide) (2 November 1997) (except USA)
ARS 4,174,239 (Argentina) (1 December 1999)
ARS 4,174,005 (Argentina) (24 November 1999)
ARS 4,173,819 (Argentina) (17 November 1999)
ARS 4,173,541 (Argentina) (23 December 1997)
ARS 4,169,353 (Argentina) (17 December 1997)
ARS 4,161,267 (Argentina) (3 December 1997)
ARS 4,152,038 (Argentina) (26 November 1997)
ARS 4,143,487 (Argentina) (19 November 1997)
ARS 4,134,612 (Argentina) (12 November 1997)
ARS 4,127,014 (Argentina) (5 November 1997)
ARS 4,117,329 (Argentina) (29 October 1997)
ARS 4,107,663 (Argentina) (22 October 1997)
ARS 4,097,510 (Argentina) (15 October 1997)
ARS 4,081,567 (Argentina) (8 October 1997)
ARS 4,069,768 (Argentina) (1 October 1997)
ARS 4,050,928 (Argentina) (24 September 1997)
ARS 4,032,088 (Argentina) (17 September 1997)
ARS 4,008,629 (Argentina) (10 September 1997)
ARS 3,977,659 (Argentina) (3 September 1997)
ARS 3,891,121 (Argentina) (27 August 1997)
ARS 3,757,425 (Argentina) (20 August 1997)
ARS 3,400,740 (Argentina) (13 August 1997)
ARS 3,025,518 (Argentina) (6 August 1997)
ARS 2,206,990 (Argentina) (30 July 1997)
ARS 1,143,900 (Argentina) (23 July 1997)
$4,198,915 (Argentina)
AUD 31,281,546 (Australia) (26 November 1997)
AUD 31,219,144 (Australia) (19 November 1997)
AUD 31,114,503 (Australia) (12 November 1997)
AUD 30,947,388 (Australia) (5 November 1997)
AUD 30,642,693 (Australia) (29 October 1997)
AUD 30,167,678 (Australia) (22 October 1997)
AUD 29,330,490 (Australia) (15 October 1997)
AUD 27,586,500 (Australia) (8 October 1997)
AUD 23,690,090 (Australia) (1 October 1997)
AUD 18,538,450 (Australia) (24 September 1997)
AUD 11,249,800 (Australia) (17 September 1997)
$22,581,867 (Australia)
ATS 18,132,500 (Austria) (18 September 1997)
$1,457,715 (Austria)
FRF 195,645,810 (France) (23 October 1997)
FRF 193,749,950 (France) (16 October 1997)
FRF 190,150,780 (France) (9 October 1997)
FRF 185,872,000 (France) (2 October 1997)
FRF 176,821,400 (France) (18 September 1997)
FRF 166,062,300 (France) (11 September 1997)
FRF 150,704,900 (France) (4 September 1997)
FRF 124,698,900 (France) (28 August 1997)
FRF 97,864,800 (France) (21 August 1997)
FRF 64,231,900 (France) (14 August 1997)
$38,564,000 (France)
DEM 79,331,376 (Germany) (7 January 1998)
DEM 79,266,942 (Germany) (31 December 1997)
DEM 79,199,781 (Germany) (24 December 1997)
DEM 79,164,725 (Germany) (17 December 1997)
DEM 79,109,804 (Germany) (10 December 1997)
DEM 79,042,966 (Germany) (3 December 1997)
DEM 78,906,924 (Germany) (26 November 1997)
DEM 78,639,200 (Germany) (19 November 1997)
DEM 78,081,509 (Germany) (12 November 1997)
DEM 77,281,760 (Germany) (5 November 1997)
DEM 75,819,580 (Germany) (29 October 1997)
DEM 73,602,490 (Germany) (22 October 1997)
DEM 69,905,140 (Germany) (15 October 1997)
DEM 64,184,630 (Germany) (8 October 1997)
DEM 54,855,700 (Germany) (1 October 1997)
DEM 44,368,500 (Germany) (24 September 1997)
DEM 27,654,800 (Germany) (17 September 1997)
ITL 11,365,934,715 (Italy) (6 November 1997)
AUD 10,813,337,715 (Italy) (30 October 1997)
ITL 9,903,301,715 (Italy) (23 October 1997)
ITL 8,134,581,715 (Italy) (16 October 1997)
ITL 4,880,371,715 (Italy) (9 October 1997)
$6,629,614 (Italy)
¥1,425,952,000 (Japan) (8 January 1998)
¥1,075,720,000 (Japan) (1 January 1998)
¥838,064,000 (Japan) (25 December 1997)
¥605,750,000 (Japan) (18 December 1997)
¥314,241,000 (Japan) (11 December 1997)
MXN 489,180,240 (Mexico) (2 October 1997)
MXN 483,908,030 (Mexico) (25 September 1997)
MXN 477,471,800 (Mexico) (18 September 1997)
MXN 465,926,800 (Mexico) (11 September 1997)
MXN 447,982,500 (Mexico) (4 September 1997)
MXN 418,730,800 (Mexico) (28 August 1997)
MXN 376,317,700 (Mexico) (21 August 1997)
MXN 302,096,000 (Mexico) (14 August 1997)
MXN 186,543,000 (Mexico) (7 August 1997)
$62,921,468 (Mexico)
$540,000 (Russia)
SGD 2,970,000 (Singapore)
ZAR 5,933,980 (South Africa) (18 September 1997)
ZAR 3,638,530 (South Africa) (11 September 1997)
ESP 1,515,072,619 (Spain) (6 November 1997)
ESP 1,514,415,120 (Spain) (30 October 1997)
ESP 1,512,715,850 (Spain) (23 October 1997)
ESP 1,509,417,870 (Spain) (16 October 1997)
ESP 1,503,507,670 (Spain) (9 October 1997)
ESP 1,495,502,400 (Spain) (2 October 1997)
ESP 1,480,514,500 (Spain) (25 September 1997)
ESP 1,459,130,400 (Spain) (18 September 1997)
ESP 1,394,698,200 (Spain) (11 September 1997)
ESP 1,367,493,800 (Spain) (4 September 1997)
ESP 1,304,513,600 (Spain) (28 August 1997)
ESP 1,224,972,000 (Spain) (21 August 1997)
ESP 1,114,360,000 (Spain) (14 August 1997)
ESP 997,965,000 (Spain) (7 August 1997)
ESP 859,794,000 (Spain) (31 July 1997)
ESP 701,752,000 (Spain) (24 July 1997)
ESP 432,209,000 (Spain) (17 July 1997)
$9,877,590 (Spain)

Weekend Gross

$29,725 (USA) (11 January 1998) (41 Screens)
$37,499 (USA) (4 January 1998) (58 Screens)
$171,828 (USA) (28 December 1997) (181 Screens)
$207,444 (USA) (21 December 1997) (349 Screens)
$150,400 (USA) (14 December 1997) (394 Screens)
$160,025 (USA) (7 December 1997) (539 Screens)
$250,433 (USA) (30 November 1997) (535 Screens)
$558,608 (USA) (23 November 1997) (605 Screens)
$2,117,200 (USA) (16 November 1997) (776 Screens)
$252,630 (USA) (9 November 1997) (505 Screens)
$621,083 (USA) (2 November 1997) (1,050 Screens)
$200,870 (USA) (26 October 1997) (450 Screens)
$301,530 (USA) (19 October 1997) (478 Screens)
$443,442 (USA) (12 October 1997) (677 Screens)
$687,721 (USA) (5 October 1997) (922 Screens)
$906,890 (USA) (28 September 1997) (1,080 Screens)
$1,208,375 (USA) (21 September 1997) (1,260 Screens)
$1,578,313 (USA) (14 September 1997) (1,367 Screens)
$1,803,297 (USA) (7 September 1997) (1,491 Screens)
$3,355,069 (USA) (1 September 1997) (1,561 Screens)
$2,881,113 (USA) (24 August 1997) (1,835 Screens)
$4,204,505 (USA) (17 August 1997) (2,261 Screens)
$5,652,350 (USA) (10 August 1997) (2,653 Screens)
$8,011,097 (USA) (3 August 1997) (2,932 Screens)
$19,029,928 (USA) (20 July 1997) (3,102 Screens)
$30,062,317 (USA) (13 July 1997) (3,020 Screens)
$4,204,505 (USA) (8 July 1997) (3,180 Screens)
$51,068,455 (USA) (6 July 1997) (3,020 Screens)
£6,352,760 (UK) (14 August 1998) (417 Screens)
£12,670 (UK) (18 December 1997) (64 Screens)
£31,514 (UK) (11 December 1997) (95 Screens)
£52,253 (UK) (4 December 1997) (102 Screens)
£64,384 (UK) (27 November 1997) (109 Screens)
£78,879 (UK) (20 November 1997) (107 Screens)
£84,745 (UK) (13 November 1997) (113 Screens)
£112,073 (UK) (6 November 1997) (135 Screens)
£242,939 (UK) (30 October 1997) (164 Screens)
£208,268 (UK) (23 October 1997) (149 Screens)
£264,724 (UK) (16 October 1997) (174 Screens)
£345,378 (UK) (9 October 1997) (185 Screens)
£404,833 (UK) (2 October 1997) (200 Screens)
£558,655 (UK) (25 September 1997) (249 Screens)
£925,906 (UK) (18 September 1997) (285 Screens)
£1,303,960 (UK) (11 September 1997) (350 Screens)
£2,811,230 (UK) (4 September 1997) (411 Screens)
£4,812,840 (UK) (28 August 1997) (452 Screens)
£4,982,150 (UK) (21 August 1997) (435 Screens)
£12,551,200 (UK) (7 August 1997) (417 Screens)
ARS 278 (Argentina) (17 November 1999) (1 Screen)
ARS 8,086 (Argentina) (17 December 1997) (3 Screens)
ARS 9,229 (Argentina) (3 December 1997) (3 Screens)
ARS 234 (Argentina) (1 December 1997) (1 Screen)
ARS 8,551 (Argentina) (26 November 1997) (3 Screens)
ARS 186 (Argentina) (24 November 1997) (1 Screen)
ARS 8,875 (Argentina) (19 November 1997) (3 Screens)
ARS 7,598 (Argentina) (12 November 1997) (2 Screens)
ARS 4,188 (Argentina) (12 November 1997) (3 Screens)
ARS 9,685 (Argentina) (5 November 1997) (2 Screens)
ARS 9,666 (Argentina) (29 October 1997) (2 Screens)
ARS 10,153 (Argentina) (22 October 1997) (3 Screens)
ARS 15,943 (Argentina) (15 October 1997) (3 Screens)
ARS 11,799 (Argentina) (8 October 1997) (3 Screens)
ARS 18,840 (Argentina) (1 October 1997) (6 Screens)
ARS 18,840 (Argentina) (24 September 1997) (7 Screens)
ARS 23,459 (Argentina) (17 September 1997) (6 Screens)
ARS 30,970 (Argentina) (10 September 1997) (8 Screens)
ARS 86,538 (Argentina) (3 September 1997) (15 Screens)
ARS 133,696 (Argentina) (27 August 1997) (22 Screens)
ARS 356,685 (Argentina) (20 August 1997) (33 Screens)
ARS 375,222 (Argentina) (13 August 1997) (50 Screens)
ARS 818,528 (Argentina) (6 August 1997) (86 Screens)
ARS 1,063,090 (Argentina) (30 July 1997) (86 Screens)
ARS 1,143,900 (Argentina) (23 July 1997) (86 Screens)
AUD 62,402 (Australia) (26 November 1997) (28 Screens)
AUD 104,641 (Australia) (19 November 1997) (43 Screens)
AUD 167,115 (Australia) (12 November 1997) (77 Screens)
AUD 304,695 (Australia) (5 November 1997) (139 Screens)
AUD 475,015 (Australia) (29 October 1997) (155 Screens)
AUD 837,188 (Australia) (22 October 1997) (205 Screens)
AUD 1,743,990 (Australia) (15 October 1997) (231 Screens)
AUD 3,896,410 (Australia) (8 October 1997) (280 Screens)
AUD 5,151,640 (Australia) (1 October 1997) (303 Screens)
AUD 7,288,650 (Australia) (24 September 1997) (367 Screens)
AUD 10,697,000 (Australia) (17 September 1997) (359 Screens)
ATS 18,132,500 (Austria) (18 September 1997) (85 Screens)
FRF 1,895,860 (France) (23 October 1997) (226 Screens)
FRF 3,599,170 (France) (16 October 1997) (317 Screens)
FRF 4,278,780 (France) (9 October 1997) (394 Screens)
FRF 6,551,760 (France) (2 October 1997) (499 Screens)
FRF 10,759,100 (France) (18 September 1997) (581 Screens)
FRF 15,357,400 (France) (11 September 1997) (583 Screens)
FRF 26,006,000 (France) (4 September 1997) (586 Screens)
FRF 26,834,100 (France) (28 August 1997) (586 Screens)
FRF 33,632,900 (France) (21 August 1997) (586 Screens)
FRF 64,231,900 (France) (14 August 1997) (556 Screens)
DEM 64,434 (Germany) (7 January 1998) (27 Screens)
DEM 67,161 (Germany) (31 December 1997) (32 Screens)
DEM 35,056 (Germany) (24 December 1997) (27 Screens)
DEM 54,921 (Germany) (17 December 1997) (35 Screens)
DEM 66,838 (Germany) (10 December 1997) (62 Screens)
DEM 267,724 (Germany) (26 November 1997) (125 Screens)
DEM 557,691 (Germany) (19 November 1997) (192 Screens)
DEM 799,749 (Germany) (12 November 1997) (273 Screens)
DEM 1,462,180 (Germany) (5 November 1997) (368 Screens)
DEM 136,042 (Germany) (3 November 1997) (77 Screens)
DEM 2,217,090 (Germany) (29 October 1997) (488 Screens)
DEM 3,697,350 (Germany) (22 October 1997) (664 Screens)
DEM 5,720,510 (Germany) (15 October 1997) (833 Screens)
DEM 9,328,930 (Germany) (8 October 1997) (894 Screens)
DEM 10,487,200 (Germany) (1 October 1997) (916 Screens)
DEM 16,713,700 (Germany) (24 September 1997) (913 Screens)
DEM 27,654,800 (Germany) (17 September 1997) (885 Screens)
ITL 552,597,000 (Italy) (6 November 1997) (40 Screens)
ITL 910,036,000 (Italy) (30 October 1997) (76 Screens)
ITL 1,768,720,000 (Italy) (23 October 1997) (141 Screens)
ITL 3,254,210,000 (Italy) (16 October 1997) (191 Screens)
ITL 4,880,371,715 (Italy) (9 October 1997) (192 Screens)
¥237,656,000 (Japan) (1 January 1998) (27 Screens)
¥232,314,000 (Japan) (25 December 1997) (27 Screens)
¥291,509,000 (Japan) (18 December 1997) (27 Screens)
¥314,241,000 (Japan) (11 December 1997) (27 Screens)
¥350,232,000 (Japan) (8 January 1997) (27 Screens)
MXN 11,545,000 (Mexico) (18 September 1998) (86 Screens)
MXN 115,553,000 (Mexico) (14 August 1998) (306 Screens)
MXN 5,272,210 (Mexico) (2 October 1997) (46 Screens)
MXN 6,436,230 (Mexico) (25 September 1997) (63 Screens)
MXN 17,944,300 (Mexico) (11 September 1997) (143 Screens)
MXN 29,251,700 (Mexico) (23 August 1997) (209 Screens)
MXN 74,221,700 (Mexico) (21 August 1997) (249 Screens)
MXN 42,413,100 (Mexico) (16 August 1997) (234 Screens)
MXN 186,543,000 (Mexico) (7 August 1997) (325 Screens)
ZAR 2,295,450 (South Africa) (18 September 1997) (72 Screens)
ZAR 3,638,530 (South Africa) (11 September 1997) (72 Screens)
ESP 657,499 (Spain) (6 November 1997) (3 Screens)
ESP 1,699,270 (Spain) (30 October 1997) (7 Screens)
ESP 3,297,980 (Spain) (23 October 1997) (12 Screens)
ESP 5,910,200 (Spain) (16 October 1997) (18 Screens)
ESP 8,005,270 (Spain) (9 October 1997) (21 Screens)
ESP 14,987,900 (Spain) (2 October 1997) (49 Screens)
ESP 21,384,100 (Spain) (25 September 1997) (79 Screens)
ESP 64,432,200 (Spain) (18 September 1997) (107 Screens)
ESP 27,204,400 (Spain) (11 September 1997) (113 Screens)
ESP 62,980,200 (Spain) (4 September 1997) (131 Screens)
ESP 79,541,600 (Spain) (28 August 1997) (140 Screens)
ESP 110,612,000 (Spain) (21 August 1997) (150 Screens)
ESP 116,395,000 (Spain) (14 August 1997) (156 Screens)
ESP 138,171,000 (Spain) (7 August 1997) (184 Screens)
ESP 158,042,000 (Spain) (31 July 1997) (212 Screens)
ESP 269,543,000 (Spain) (24 July 1997) (219 Screens)
ESP 432,209,000 (Spain) (17 July 1997) (220 Screens)

Admissions

5,799,742 (France) (31 March 1998)
5,606,673 (France) (28 October 1997)
5,283,643 (France) (30 September 1997)
4,137,062 (France) (2 September 1997)
320,852 (France) (12 August 1997) (opening week)
71,502 (France) (6 August 1997) (opening day)
91,963 (France) (6 August 1997) (opening day)
1,731,371 (France) (opening week)
7,233,849 (Germany) (17 November 1997)
7,175,497 (Germany) (10 November 1997)
7,094,750 (Germany) (3 November 1997)
6,922,496 (Germany) (27 October 1997)
6,682,388 (Germany) (20 October 1997)
6,283,412 (Germany) (13 October 1997)
5,734,550 (Germany) (5 October 1997)
4,815,176 (Germany) (29 September 1997)
3,714,731 (Germany) (22 September 1997)
1,954,972 (Germany) (15 September 1997) (opening week)
7,437,000 (Germany)
730,510 (Netherlands) (31 December 1998)
730,361 (Netherlands) (1 January 1998)
309,775 (Portugal) (25 September 1997)
306,177 (Portugal) (18 September 1997)
300,234 (Portugal) (11 September 1997)
290,723 (Portugal) (4 September 1997)
273,383 (Portugal) (28 August 1997)
249,971 (Portugal) (21 August 1997)
220,079 (Portugal) (14 August 1997)
176,957 (Portugal) (7 August 1997)
105,668 (Portugal) (31 July 1997) (opening week)

Rentals

$117,844,613 (USA)

Production Dates

14 March 1996 -  July 1996

Filming Dates

14 March 1996 - 27 July 1996

Copyright Holder

Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc.

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