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Men in Black (1997)

DEMO 5.6 · BUBBLE 9.8 · BOOM 3.2 (with BEQ 7.1). Bass measured on the disc, Atmos. Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld. Action, Science Fiction, Adventure, Comedy.

Men in Black (1997) poster
Front
36%
L55%
40%
R59%
100%
C94%
LFE
11%
LFE16%
Surround
11%
Ls31%
13%
Rs34%
12%
Lrs30%
14%
Rrs33%
Wide
0%
Lw1%
1%
Rw1%
Height
37%
Ltf45%
39%
Rtf48%
0%
Ltm0%
0%
Rtm0%
17%
Ltr36%
21%
Rtr39%

Bar and top figure — level against the film’s most active channel. Bottom figure — share of the runtime the channel carries signal.

DEMO
5.6 / 10
Bubble
9.8 / 10
Boom, as released
3.2 / 10
Boom with BEQ
7.1 / 10
Measured release
Disc · Atmos · chart by aron7awol
Deep bass peak, 10–30 Hz
-35.8 dBFS · with BEQ -20.6
Depth, 10–20 vs 30–60 Hz
-15.0 dB · with BEQ +3.1
Average level, 10–30 Hz
-64.7 dBFS · with BEQ -49.5
Minutes of deep bass
2 min · with BEQ 16 min at ≥ −30 dBFS
Filtered release
its BEQ restores up to 20.4 dB at 10–20 Hz
Tomatometer
91% · as of 11 Jan 2026
Metascore
72 / 100 · as of 11 Jan 2026
Chart scale read
-10 to -69.8 dBFS
Height uptime
28.0%
LFE uptime
16.0% (shown, not scored)
Dynamic range
28.7 dB
Channels used
16 of 16
Genres
Action, Science Fiction, Adventure, Comedy
Tags
action, buddy, buddy cop, comedy, science fiction
Audio
Atmos
Released
2 Jul 1997
First listed
4 Dec 2018
Sources
PerceptualPro + BEQ
Render
current

Channel by channel, through the film

One lane per speaker, the whole film from left to right. Bar height is how loud that speaker gets (square-root scale against this film's loudest moment, so quiet passages stay visible). The amber line under a lane marks the moments counted as playing, and the figure on the right is their share of the film. For the six height speakers that share is part of BUBBLE.

Front
L
55%
R
59%
C
94%
LFE
LFE
16%
Surround
Ls
31%
Rs
34%
Lrs
30%
Rrs
33%
Wide
Lw
0.8%
Rw
1.1%
Height
Ltf
45%
Rtf
48%
Ltm
0.2%
Rtm
0.2%
Ltr
36%
Rtr
39%
0:000:491:38

Read from PerceptualPro's channel-activity graph, pixel by pixel. A lane marked unused never rises out of its line.

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