BOX OFFICE: MEN IN BLACK Opens To $1.6 Million At Midnight Showings

BOX OFFICE: MEN IN BLACK Opens To $1.6 Million At Midnight Showings

Men in Black 3 is expected to take the top spot at the US box office after weeks of it being dominated by Earth's Mightiest Heroes, and it's off to a good start with $1.6M at midnight showings. Read on for details.

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By JoshWilding - May 25, 2012 09:05 AM EST
Filed Under: Men in Black
Source: The Hollywood Reporter


The Hollywood Reporter confirms that Men in Black 3 will indeed take the #1 spot at the North American box office this weekend, after taking an impressive $1.6 million at midnight showings last night. Was this boosted by the promise of a six minute sneak peek of The Amazing Spider-Man? Sony Pictures tells Deadline that they consider this to be, "Good. Expect a big day today, and kids to drive a huge Saturday-Sunday-Monday." Analysts meanwhile are currently predicting a Memorial weekend total of anywhere between $85M - $100M domestic and $200M overseas. Be sure to check out my 4* review of Men in Black 3 by clicking HERE

STARRING:

Will Smith as Agent J
Tommy Lee Jones as Agent K
Josh Brolin as Young Agent K
Rip Torn as Chief Zed
Emma Thompson as Agent O
Alice Eve as Young Agent O
Nicole Scherzinger as Lilly
Bill Hader as Andy Warhol

RELEASE DATE: May 25th, 2012.


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TimL
TimL - 5/25/2012, 9:33 AM
I take it it's only a matter of time until we can read a recap of the 6 minute Amazing Spiderman preview?
LucasMend
LucasMend - 5/25/2012, 9:40 AM
Of course, the TASM preview helped the box office, a lot!
Gnyah123
Gnyah123 - 5/25/2012, 9:46 AM
rhe 6 min. spiderman preview does help it out a lil bit
but im still gon go see this movie...prob. be jst as good as the first film
the second MIB sucked balls...this 1 better make up for it..
Gmoney84
Gmoney84 - 5/25/2012, 9:48 AM
What if Avengers ended up beating this? That would be AMAZING!
GiantNerd
GiantNerd - 5/25/2012, 9:50 AM
Every time I read Men In Black I hear Will Smith's credits song and it makes me want to punt a cat.

I'm down with the cast other than Big Will though.
MovieMann
MovieMann - 5/25/2012, 9:52 AM
Wow with these inflated prices, every movie is making huge opening weekends.
ManThing
ManThing - 5/25/2012, 9:54 AM
pffft
spideyxmenfan307
spideyxmenfan307 - 5/25/2012, 9:57 AM
I kinda wanted the avengers to stay on top this weekend so yeah...
jessepostal
jessepostal - 5/25/2012, 9:59 AM
I've got date night with the woman tonight and were goin to see this, spiderman just made it better!!!!!
marantaz
marantaz - 5/25/2012, 10:01 AM
It will be interesting to see if the people go to this...I probably will. I think a less than 70% rating on RT doesn't bode well, but when you're a franchise movie, maybe it doesn't matter, plus the world sucks and everyone wants to escape from it by going to the movies. It may beat the Avengers... probably will... if it doesn't, you'll never see another MIB with this cast.

Yoss... the Olsen twins? ewwwwwwwwww. I'd rather sit through Green Lantern... twice!
HelaGood
HelaGood - 5/25/2012, 10:03 AM
im gonna wait for the video of this one... not interested...

gonna see Avengers again though...
GiantNerd
GiantNerd - 5/25/2012, 10:04 AM
Gotta agree with Marantaz, the Olsen twins look like corpses.
hoodedjester
hoodedjester - 5/25/2012, 10:21 AM
not bad - so far I haven't seen much for good reviews on this
Sanderman
Sanderman - 5/25/2012, 10:22 AM
if anyone thought the second one was bad i have bad news, this one is even worse! so anyone on the fence about seeing this i would just recommend you save your money
darktoast
darktoast - 5/25/2012, 10:26 AM
Wait... Didn't the Avengers midnight showings alone bring in $18 million? How exactly does $1.6 million even remotely compare to 18? I see them maybe taking this week due to it being their opening, but they're not going to top the Avengers opening weekend, nor the Avengers total by the time it's out of theaters. You know why? The Avengers was epic. MIB is just ok.
Cosmo
Cosmo - 5/25/2012, 10:27 AM
Hell, I want to see Bill Hader doing Andy Warhol. He's a really funny impressionist!
JillValenfield
JillValenfield - 5/25/2012, 10:33 AM
I have not seen it yet, but is it worth watching it? I mean, the first one was great but the second was crap. So...is it just like the first one or the second?

Cosmo@, wow Bill Hader as Andy Warhole? He is such a funny actor but I did not know that he will be in this one :)
GiantNerd
GiantNerd - 5/25/2012, 10:39 AM
@yossarian Funny stuff my friend. That poster was good for a chuckle.
UrbanKnight
UrbanKnight - 5/25/2012, 10:50 AM
Im glad its gonna do well huge fan of the original. Cant wait to see now that the reviews are positive.

Hope it really is good.

i love the avengers, ima see it again today with my family, but it would be a shame if a good MIB movie didnt beat it in its four week!
Ceejay
Ceejay - 5/25/2012, 10:52 AM
This article fails to point out that the $1.6 million was made from just over 2000 screens, that's only half of the number of screens it will eventually open to for the weekend.

More importantly, that measly that $1.6 million is still well below expectations so its not actually off to a good start despite predictions of a $85 million weekend.
SouthernNeo
SouthernNeo - 5/25/2012, 10:53 AM
LOL @ Gusto about the diet pill ad. Awesome product placement.
Greengo
Greengo - 5/25/2012, 11:15 AM
lmao yoss.

Well it is Memorial Day weekend and school is out

If I decide to watch this I'm gonna buy an Avengers ticket and walk into MIB.
TheGuillotine
TheGuillotine - 5/25/2012, 11:18 AM
Saw these four movies last night

Battleship - 8 people in the theater (these all count my brother and I)
Dark Shadows - 5 people
The dictator - 7 people
Avengers - 35 people

Me thinks MIB3 has some work to do to beat Avengers. It very well may, but i think it will be about a 65-40 million split between the two.
DEADP0000L
DEADP0000L - 5/25/2012, 12:15 PM
WIll Smith is back in MIB3, haven't seen the film yet but how long has it been? when smith made a film
MisterBabadook
MisterBabadook - 5/25/2012, 12:37 PM
Maybe somebody can answer this: Do I have to show my lady MiB2 to understand what's going on in MiB3?
MarcoPilgrim
MarcoPilgrim - 5/25/2012, 12:39 PM
I just got back from watching it, it actually is a really solid film.
Pretty fun to watch.
Shaman
Shaman - 5/25/2012, 12:42 PM
How many screens did Avengers have to make their 18.7 Mil in midnight showings? I read somewhere that it was on 2500 screens which is only 500 screens less than MIB3. Take away those screens and it would still have made around 15 Mil. And 1.6 Mil on 2000 screens is... a good start? And it's supposed to dethrone Avengers? I know i failed math in highschool but...
Giznad
Giznad - 5/25/2012, 12:47 PM
yossarian, yeah screw facebook. This site rules!!!
CaptainObvious
CaptainObvious - 5/25/2012, 1:26 PM
I personally don't care if this movie is number 1. Avengers was a great movie and has so far had a fantastic run. It's time for another movie to have its shot at the box office, anyway.
Sanderman
Sanderman - 5/25/2012, 1:40 PM
@scabsallover no it doesn't really relate to any of the other films besides just some of the characters..be prepared though..its not that great
MisterBabadook
MisterBabadook - 5/25/2012, 2:37 PM
Dethrone #1 weekend. As in: Avengers Weekend for the week of memorial day will be #2. That's what they mean. End the streak.
MisterBabadook
MisterBabadook - 5/25/2012, 2:39 PM
Okay thanks Sanderman.
GLprime2814
GLprime2814 - 5/25/2012, 2:59 PM
I saw this last night and i enjoyed it very much, it's no avengers but it's still damn good.
BuckyCap
BuckyCap - 5/25/2012, 5:38 PM
I was less than impressed with the movie. Dialogue is used to tell you what is going on over and over and over and over again. The plot is also so simplistic that they threw in a "complicated" character to make it seem more complex than it actually is.
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