<Tr> <Th> Budget </Th> <Td> $40 million </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $26,891,849 </Td> </Tr> <P> The In - Laws is a 2003 American comedy film starring Michael Douglas, Albert Brooks, Candice Bergen, Robin Tunney, Maria Ricossa, Lindsay Sloane and Ryan Reynolds . The film is a remake of the original 1979 cult classic of the same name . Scenes for the 2003 film were shot on location in Chicago . The film was a box office failure and received negative reviews . </P> <P> Steve Tobias is an undercover agent of the CIA whose son, Mark, is getting married to Melissa Peyser . Her father is mild - mannered foot doctor, Jerry Peyser . When the two families meet for dinner, Peyser stumbles on to Steve Tobias' secret operation as Tobias tries to set up a deal to sell a Russian submarine, the Olga, to an arms smuggler in France as bait to catch arms smugglers . As Peyser's incidental involvement increases, he is suspected by the FBI of being part of a seemingly malicious deal . Dragged kicking and screaming, Peyser decides he does not want to be involved in the deal or with Tobias' family . The two future fathers - in - law end up dodging bullets, jumping off buildings, and stealing jets together as they attempt to avoid capture by the FBI . </P>

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