<Tr> <Th> Budget </Th> <Td> $78 million </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $209.1 million </Td> </Tr> <P> Red Dragon is a 2002 horror film based on the novel of the same title by Thomas Harris . Anthony Hopkins stars as psychiatrist and serial killer Dr. Hannibal Lecter . It is a prequel to The Silence of the Lambs (1991) and Hannibal (2001). The novel was originally adapted into the film Manhunter (1986). </P> <P> The film was directed by Brett Ratner and written for the screen by Ted Tally, who also wrote the screenplay for The Silence of the Lambs . Hopkins reprises Lecter, a role he played twice before in The Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal, and Edward Norton as FBI agent Will Graham . The film also stars Ralph Fiennes, Harvey Keitel, Emily Watson, Mary - Louise Parker, and Philip Seymour Hoffman . </P>

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