Brotherhood of the Wolf (French: Le Pacte des loups) is a 2001 French horror film directed by Christophe Gans, written by Gans and Stéphane Cabel, starring Samuel Le Bihan, Mark Dacascos, Emilie Dequenne, Monica Bellucci and Vincent Cassel.
This film is loosely based on a real-life series of killings that took place in France in the 18th century and the famous legend around the Beast of Gévaudan. Parts of the film were shot at Château de Roquetaillade. This $29 million-budgeted film was an international box office success, grossing over $70 million in worldwide theatrical release. In the United States, the film also enjoyed commercial success; Universal Pictures paid $2 million to acquire the film's United States distribution rights and this film went on grossing $11,260,096 in limited theatrical release in the United States, making it the second highest-grossing French-language film in the United States since 1980. (This film also did brisk video and DVD sales in the United States.)
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