Sony Pictures looks to breathe new life into the Men in Black franchise next month with the release of the spinoff/soft reboot Men in Black: International starring Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson as our new MiB Agents H and M.
According to Variety, the F. Gary Gray-directed film is tracking a domestic opening weekend of $40 million, which would be the lowest debut of the series to date (Men in Black opened to $51.1 million in 1997, followed by $52.1 million for Men in Black II in 2002 and $54.6 million for 2012’s Men in Black 3).
It’s worth noting however that Men in Black: International has a budget of $110 million, just under half that of the $225 million Sony spent on MIB 3, which went on to gross $624 million worldwide. Should International come anywhere close to matching that, then the studio will surely deem the franchise relaunch a huge success.
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F. Gary Gray (The Fate of the Furious) is directing Men in Black: International from a script by Matt Holloway and Art Marcum (Iron Man) while the cast includes Thor: Ragnarok co-stars Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson alongside Kumail Nanjiani (The Big Sick), Liam Neeson (Taken), Rafe Spall (Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom), Rebecca Ferguson (Misson: Impossible – Fallout) and Emma Thompson, who reprises her Men in Black III role as as Agent O. It set for release on June 14th.
Originally published May 26, 2019. Updated May 27, 2019.
