The movie Brotherhood of the Wolf was a box office success in the United States and was ranked as the second-highest-grossing French-language movie in the country .
It was also a commercial success in the United States ; Universal Pictures paid $ 2 million to acquire the film 's United States distribution rights and this film went on grossing $ 10.9 million in limited theatrical release in the United States , making it the second-highest-grossing French-language film in the United States in the last two decades ( this film also did brisk video and DVD sales in the United States ) . `` Little pictures have a big year '' , Los Angeles Times , 3 January 2003
Brotherhood of the Wolf