<Tr> <Th> Budget </Th> <Td> $90 million </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $589.4 million </Td> </Tr> <P> Men in Black is a 1997 American science fiction action comedy film directed by Barry Sonnenfeld and produced by Walter F. Parkes and Laurie MacDonald . Loosely adapted from The Men in Black comic book series created by Lowell Cunningham and Sandy Carruthers, the film stars Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith as two agents of a secret organization called the Men in Black, who supervise extraterrestrial lifeforms who live on Earth and hide their existence from ordinary humans . The film featured the creature effects and makeup of Rick Baker and visual effects by Industrial Light & Magic . </P> <P> The film was released on July 2, 1997, by Columbia Pictures, and grossed over $589.3 million worldwide against a $90 million budget, becoming the year's third highest - grossing film, with an estimated 54,616,700 tickets sold in the US . It received worldwide acclaim, with critics highly praising its witty, sophisticated humor, Jones and Smith's performances, and Danny Elfman's musical score . The film received three Academy Award nominations for Best Art Direction, Best Original Score, and Best Makeup, winning the latter award . The film spawned two sequels, Men in Black II (2002) and Men in Black 3 (2012), as well as an animated series . A reboot of the film series has been discussed and is in development . </P>

Movie with will smith and tommy lee jones