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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.

Box office summary
Domestic Total
$293M
Final
Opening Weekend
$26.7M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
11.0x
Opening → Total
Budget
$40.0M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$673M
$379M international
Compare with other movies
Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Aug 6-8 1 $26.7M $26.7M 2,161 $12K 1
Aug 13-15 1 $25.8M -3.4% $69.7M 2,395 $11K 2
Aug 20-22 1 $24.0M -7.0% $107.5M 2,688 $9K 3
Aug 27-29 1 $20.1M -16.1% $138.9M 2,763 $7K 4
Sep 3-5 1 $22.9M +13.9% $176.2M 2,775 $8K 5
Sep 10-12 2 $16.5M -27.9% $197.7M 2,782 $6K 6
Sep 17-19 3 $11.2M -32.1% $213.3M 2,788 $4K 7
Sep 24-26 3 $8.4M -24.7% $225.0M 2,791 $3K 8
Oct 1-3 5 $7.0M -16.7% $234.5M 2,821 $2K 9
Oct 8-10 6 $6.1M -12.8% $242.7M 2,784 $2K 10
Oct 15-17 8 $5.2M -15.7% $249.9M 2,682 $2K 11
Oct 22-24 10 $4.1M -21.4% $255.5M 2,191 $2K 12
Oct 29-31 8 $3.2M -21.1% $259.8M 2,051 $2K 13
Nov 5-7 8 $3.1M -2.2% $264.0M 1,802 $2K 14
Nov 12-14 10 $2.6M -18.2% $267.7M 1,418 $2K 15
Nov 19-21 11 $1.6M -37.0% $270.0M 1,219 $1K 16
Nov 26-28 12 $1.5M -4.5% $272.3M 1,017 $2K 17
Dec 3-5 12 $967K -37.3% $273.5M 1,034 $934 18
Dec 10-12 12 $667K -31.0% $274.5M 856 $779 19
Dec 17-19 15 $492K -26.3% $275.2M 623 $789 20
Dec 24-26 23 $213K -56.7% $275.7M 361 $590 21
Dec 31-Jan 2 23 $342K +60.6% $276.4M 267 $1K 22
Jan 7-9 25 $332K -2.9% $276.9M 255 $1K 23
Jan 14-17 27 $416K +25.0% $277.4M 237 $2K 24
Jan 21-23 34 $248K -40.4% $277.7M 223 $1K 25
Jan 28-30 33 $236K -4.8% $278.0M 220 $1K 26
Feb 4-6 32 $299K +26.7% $278.4M 220 $1K 27
Feb 11-13 17 $1.1M +273.4% $279.6M 831 $1K 28
Feb 18-21 Presidents' Day 16 $1.9M +73.3% $282.0M 894 $2K 29
Feb 25-27 15 $1.5M -20.0% $283.9M 992 $2K 30
Mar 3-5 19 $1.2M -22.9% $285.5M 759 $2K 31
Mar 10-12 20 $968K -18.9% $286.8M 672 $1K 32
Mar 17-19 16 $1.3M +32.3% $288.5M 878 $1K 33
Mar 24-26 13 $1.3M -0.0% $290.3M 876 $1K 34
Mar 31-Apr 2 17 $902K -29.5% $291.7M 722 $1K 35
Apr 7-9 20 $513K -43.2% $292.5M 579 $885 36
Apr 14-16 24 $272K -46.9% $292.9M 450 $605 37
Apr 21-23 30 $162K -40.6% $293.2M 323 $500 38
Apr 28-30 42 $84K -48.0% $293.4M 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