Instinct
Nothing is more savage than civilization.
In a prison for the criminally insane, deranged anthropologist Ethan Powell is set to be examined by a bright young psychiatrist, Theo Caulder.Driven by ambition and a hunger for the truth, Caulder will eventually risk everything—even put his very life on the line—in a harrowing attempt to understand the bizarre actions of this madman.
- Worldwide
- $34M
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In a prison for the criminally insane, deranged anthropologist Ethan Powell is set to be examined by a bright young psychiatrist, Theo Caulder. Driven by ambition and a hunger for the truth, Caulder will eventually risk everything—even put his very life on the line—in a harrowing attempt to understand the bizarre actions of this madman.
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The numbers
Box Office & Release
Instinct returned 0.4× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $80M
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $34M
- Release date
- Jun 4, 1999
- Runtime
- 2h 4m
- MPAA rating
- R
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- Country
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