The film Men in Black is directed by Barry Sonnenfeld. The executive producer was Steven Spielberg. The movie was released in 1997 by Columbia pictures. Men in Black is based on the comic book series with the same name. Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones starred in this film as two top-secret agents (agent J and K) who monitor and control alien activity on Earth. The plot revolves around a member of an alien species searching for a small galaxy which is a large energy source and how agent J and agent K prevent that from happening. The film collected a gross amount over $5 million.