<Tr> <Th> Budget </Th> <Td> $25 million </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $411 million </Td> </Tr> <P> The Bodyguard is a 1992 American romantic thriller film directed by Mick Jackson, written by Lawrence Kasdan, and starring Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston . Costner stars as a former Secret Service agent - turned - bodyguard who is hired to protect Houston's character, a music star, from an unknown stalker . Kasdan wrote the film in the mid-1970s, originally as a vehicle for Ryan O'Neal and Diana Ross . </P> <P> The film was Houston's acting debut and was the second - highest - grossing film worldwide in 1992, making $411 million worldwide . The soundtrack became the best - selling soundtrack of all time, selling more than 45 million copies worldwide . </P>

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