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“Change the way you look at the world.”
Prot is a patient at a mental hospital who claims to be from a far away planet. His psychiatrist tries to help him, only to begin to doubt his own explanations.
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Cast
60 people
Jeff Bridges
Dr. Mark Powell
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Iain Softley Director · Charles Leavitt Screenplay Gene Brewer Author
Worldwide gross $50M · Budget $48M · United States release October 26, 2001
Box office
Budget
$48,000,000
Worldwide gross
$50,315,140
Gross vs. budget
1.0×
Production
Intermedia Films
Production
Lawrence Gordon Productions
Production
IMF Internationale Medien und Film 3 & Produktions
Production
Universal Pictures
Production · Studio
Senator International
Production
IMF Internationale Medien und Film GmbH & Co. 3. Produktions KG
Production
Pathé Pictures International
Production
Germany · United Kingdom · United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · French
Release dates
United States · October 22, 2001
Premiere
United States · October 26, 2001
Theatrical
United States · March 26, 2002
Physical · Universal Studios #89147 [𝐕𝐇𝐒📼] / [𝐃𝐕𝐃📀] 𝟭𝟮𝟭 mínutєѕ
Argentina
May 9, 2002 · Theatrical
Australia
December 5, 2001 · Theatrical
Austria
October 18, 2002 · Theatrical
Belgium
May 8, 2002 · Theatrical
Brazil
April 12, 2002 · Theatrical
Bulgaria
August 23, 2002 · Theatrical
Canada
October 26, 2001 · Theatrical
Czechia
July 11, 2002 · Premiere · Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
July 25, 2002 · Theatrical
Denmark
April 12, 2002 · Theatrical
Finland
March 8, 2002 · Theatrical
France
May 8, 2002 · Theatrical
December 4, 2002 · Physical · DVD
January 1, 2019 · Digital · VOD
Germany
August 10, 2002 · Premiere · Cologne Fantasy Film Festival
October 17, 2002 · Theatrical
Greece
December 7, 2001 · Theatrical
Hong Kong SAR China
March 7, 2002 · Theatrical
Hungary
June 25, 2002 · Theatrical
Iceland
January 4, 2002 · Theatrical
Indonesia
April 28, 2021 · Physical · DVD
Ireland
April 12, 2002 · Theatrical
Israel
December 27, 2001 · Theatrical
March 26, 2002 · Physical · DVD
March 26, 2026 · Digital · iTunes / Apple TV
Italy
January 25, 2002 · Theatrical
Japan
April 13, 2002 · Theatrical
Kazakhstan
January 11, 2002 · Theatrical
Kuwait
November 26, 2002 · Theatrical
Mexico
March 26, 2002 · Physical · DVD
April 5, 2002 · Theatrical
Netherlands
April 25, 2002 · Theatrical
January 7, 2005 · TV · Yorin
July 23, 2009 · Physical · DVD
New Zealand
February 1, 2002 · Theatrical
Norway
February 1, 2002 · Theatrical
Peru
June 6, 2002 · Theatrical
Philippines
April 30, 2002 · Premiere
May 8, 2002 · Limited theatrical · Manila
May 22, 2002 · Limited theatrical · Davao
Poland
April 19, 2002 · Theatrical
Portugal
November 15, 2002 · Theatrical
Russia
January 10, 2002 · Theatrical
Singapore
April 28, 2021 · Physical · DVD
South Africa
January 11, 2002 · Theatrical
South Korea
September 19, 2003 · Theatrical
Spain
January 18, 2002 · Theatrical
Sweden
February 1, 2002 · Theatrical
Switzerland
May 8, 2002 · Theatrical · French
July 12, 2002 · Theatrical · Italian
December 26, 2002 · Theatrical · German
Taiwan
March 30, 2002 · Theatrical
Türkiye
March 1, 2002 · Theatrical
United Arab Emirates
October 19, 2017 · TV
United Kingdom
April 12, 2002 · Theatrical
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