Frantic
Danger. Desire. Desperation.
The wife of an American doctor suddenly vanishes in Paris.To find her, he navigates a puzzling web of language, locale, laissez-faire cops, triplicate-form filling bureaucrats and a defiant, mysterious waif who knows more than she tells.
- Director
- Roman Polanski
- Signature
- Drama · Tension · Craft
- Worldwide
- $18M
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The wife of an American doctor suddenly vanishes in Paris. To find her, he navigates a puzzling web of language, locale, laissez-faire cops, triplicate-form filling bureaucrats and a defiant, mysterious waif who knows more than she tells.
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Box Office & Release
Frantic returned 0.9× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $20M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $18M
- Release date
- Feb 19, 1988
- Runtime
- 2h 0m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English, French
- Country
- United States of America
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