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Men in Black II(2002)
Released
2002 · FILM

Men in Black II

Agent J must outwit a deadly shapeshifting alien and rally reluctant allies to recover a galaxy‑saving artifact before it falls into the wrong hands, risking Earth’s fate and his own secretive agency’s existence.

“Same planet. New scum.”

Directed by
Barry Sonnenfeld
Written by
Lowell Cunningham, Robert Gordon
Rated
MPA · PG-13
Runtime
88 min
ActionAdventureComedy
Streaming on
  • Peacock

Synopsis

Kay and Jay reunite to provide the best, last, and only line of defense against a sinister seductress who levels the toughest challenge yet to the MIB.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 99+ credited

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Richard PearsonShot by Greg GardinerScored by Danny ElfmanDesigned by Bo Welch

Box Office

2002 · Box office

✅ Made its money back — grossed 3.2× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$445.1M

Budget$140.0M
Worldwide gross$445.1M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $190.4M — 43% of worldwide · International: $254.7M (57%)

Opening weekend: $35.1M — 18% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $35.1M — 18% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 3,557 theaters

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Also known as

  • Men In Black 2de
  • Men in Black IIde
  • MIIB - Men In Black IIde
  • Men in Black 2fr

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