Basic Instinct
A brutal murder. A brilliant killer. A cop who can't resist the danger.
Catherine, a novelist with an insatiable sexual appetite, becomes a prime suspect when her boyfriend is brutally murdered -- a crime she had described in her latest story.
- Director
- Paul Verhoeven
- Signature
- Tension · Craft · Drama
- Worldwide
- $353M
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Catherine, a novelist with an insatiable sexual appetite, becomes a prime suspect when her boyfriend is brutally murdered -- a crime she had described in her latest story.
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The record
Awards
0 wins · 2 nominations
Academy Awards
No wins yet · 2 nominations
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Film Editing
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Original Score
The numbers
Box Office & Release
Basic Instinct returned 7.2× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $49M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $353M
- Release date
- Mar 20, 1992
- Runtime
- 2h 8m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English
- Country
- France, United States of America
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