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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.

Compare to other movies
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

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
StarringBruce Willis, Haley Joel Osment, Toni Collette, Olivia Williams, Trevor Morgan, Donnie Wahlberg
StudioWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures