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White Hunter, Black Heart

White Hunter, Black Heart

May 16, 1990
112 min
AdventureDrama
6.4/ 10
286 votes

Overview

Renowned filmmaker John Wilson travels to Africa to direct a new movie, but constantly leaves to hunt elephants and other game, to the dismay of his cast and crew. He eventually becomes obsessed with hunting down and killing one specific elephant.

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TMDB
6.4/10
286 votes
IMDB
6.5/10
13,509 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
84%
Tomatometer
Metacritic
M
66/100
Metascore

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Performance & Recognition

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Box Office & Budget

Budget$24,000,000Production cost
Box Office$2,300,000Worldwide gross
Profit-$21,700,000Loss
ROI
-90.4%Return on investment
US Box Office$2,319,124Domestic earnings

Awards & Nominations

2 nominations

Details

Production information

"An adventure in obsession..."

Status

Released

Original Language

en

Budget

$24,000,000

Revenue

$2,300,000

Production Companies

Warner Bros. PicturesMalpaso ProductionsRastar Productions

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