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The Sixth Sense

1999 PG-13 1h 47m Drama, Mystery, Thriller Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Not every gift is a blessing.

The Sixth Sense Box Office

Opening Weekend
$26.7M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$293M
Final
Worldwide Total
$673M
$379M international
Domestic Legs11.0x
Budget$40.0M
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Aug 6-8 1 $26.68M $26.68M 2,161 $12.3K 1
Aug 13-15 1 $25.76M -3.4% $69.66M 2,395 $10.8K 2
Aug 20-22 1 $23.95M -7.0% $107.51M 2,688 $8.9K 3
Aug 27-29 1 $20.10M -16.1% $138.85M 2,763 $7.3K 4
Sep 3-5 1 $22.90M +13.9% $176.25M 2,775 $8.3K 5
Sep 10-12 2 $16.51M -27.9% $197.67M 2,782 $5.9K 6
Sep 17-19 3 $11.21M -32.1% $213.28M 2,788 $4.0K 7
Sep 24-26 3 $8.44M -24.7% $225.04M 2,791 $3.0K 8
Oct 1-3 5 $7.03M -16.7% $234.55M 2,821 $2.5K 9
Oct 8-10 6 $6.12M -12.8% $242.71M 2,784 $2.2K 10
Oct 15-17 8 $5.16M -15.7% $249.86M 2,682 $1.9K 11
Oct 22-24 10 $4.06M -21.4% $255.50M 2,191 $1.9K 12
Oct 29-31 8 $3.20M -21.1% $259.84M 2,051 $1.6K 13
Nov 5-7 8 $3.13M -2.2% $264.04M 1,802 $1.7K 14
Nov 12-14 10 $2.56M -18.2% $267.74M 1,418 $1.8K 15
Nov 19-21 11 $1.62M -37.0% $269.98M 1,219 $1.3K 16
Nov 26-28 12 $1.54M -4.5% $272.32M 1,017 $1.5K 17
Dec 3-5 12 $967K -37.3% $273.55M 1,034 $934 18
Dec 10-12 12 $667K -31.0% $274.48M 856 $779 19
Dec 17-19 15 $492K -26.3% $275.18M 623 $789 20
Dec 24-26 23 $213K -56.7% $275.72M 361 $590 21
Dec 31-Jan 2 23 $342K +60.6% $276.39M 267 $1.3K 22
Jan 7-9 25 $332K -2.9% $276.86M 255 $1.3K 23
Jan 14-17 27 $416K +25.0% $277.40M 237 $1.8K 24
Jan 21-23 34 $248K -40.4% $277.71M 223 $1.1K 25
Jan 28-30 33 $236K -4.8% $278.02M 220 $1.1K 26
Feb 4-6 32 $299K +26.7% $278.39M 220 $1.4K 27
Feb 11-13 17 $1.12M +273.4% $279.58M 831 $1.3K 28
Feb 18-21 Presidents' Day 16 $1.93M +73.3% $282.01M 894 $2.2K 29
Feb 25-27 15 $1.55M -20.0% $283.92M 992 $1.6K 30
Mar 3-5 19 $1.19M -22.9% $285.52M 759 $1.6K 31
Mar 10-12 20 $968K -18.9% $286.83M 672 $1.4K 32
Mar 17-19 16 $1.28M +32.3% $288.48M 878 $1.5K 33
Mar 24-26 13 $1.28M -0.0% $290.29M 876 $1.5K 34
Mar 31-Apr 2 17 $902K -29.5% $291.75M 722 $1.2K 35
Apr 7-9 20 $513K -43.2% $292.52M 579 $885 36
Apr 14-16 24 $272K -46.9% $292.93M 450 $605 37
Apr 21-23 30 $162K -40.6% $293.24M 323 $500 38
Apr 28-30 42 $84K -48.0% $293.41M 211 $398 39

Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Cast & Crew

Directed byM. Night Shyamalan
ScreenplayM. Night Shyamalan
Produced byFrank Marshall, Kathleen Kennedy, Barry Mendel
CinematographyTak Fujimoto
MusicJames Newton Howard
StarringBruce Willis, Haley Joel Osment, Toni Collette, Olivia Williams, Trevor Morgan, Donnie Wahlberg
StudioWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

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