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The Sixth SenseFollow

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

Not every gift is a blessing.

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64

4.09

8.2

CS A-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$26.70M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$293.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$673.00M

$379.00M international

Domestic legs11.0x

Budget$40.0M

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Cast & crew

Full Shyamalan filmography

M. Night Shyamalan

M. Night Shyamalan Director

Bruce Willis

Bruce Willis Starring

Haley Joel Osment

Haley Joel Osment Starring

Toni Collette

Toni Collette Starring

Olivia Williams

Olivia Williams Starring

Donnie Wahlberg

Donnie Wahlberg Starring

ScreenplayM. Night Shyamalan Produced byFrank Marshall, Kathleen Kennedy, Barry Mendel CinematographyTak Fujimoto MusicJames Newton Howard StudioWalt Disney Studios

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 6-8 1 $26.7M — 2,161 $12,346 $26.7M

2 Aug 13-15 1 $25.8M −3.4% 2,395 $10,757 $69.7M

3 Aug 20-22 1 $24.0M −7.0% 2,688 $8,909 $107.5M

4 Aug 27-29 1 $20.1M −16.1% 2,763 $7,274 $138.9M

5 Sep 3-5 1 $22.9M +13.9% 2,775 $8,251 $176.2M

6 Sep 10-12 2 $16.5M −27.9% 2,782 $5,935 $197.7M

7 Sep 17-19 3 $11.2M −32.1% 2,788 $4,019 $213.3M

8 Sep 24-26 3 $8.4M −24.7% 2,791 $3,022 $225.0M

9 Oct 1-3 5 $7.0M −16.7% 2,821 $2,490 $234.5M

10 Oct 8-10 6 $6.1M −12.8% 2,784 $2,199 $242.7M

11 Oct 15-17 8 $5.2M −15.7% 2,682 $1,924 $249.9M

12 Oct 22-24 10 $4.1M −21.4% 2,191 $1,852 $255.5M

13 Oct 29-31 8 $3.2M −21.1% 2,051 $1,560 $259.8M

14 Nov 5-7 8 $3.1M −2.2% 1,802 $1,737 $264.0M

15 Nov 12-14 10 $2.6M −18.2% 1,418 $1,807 $267.7M

16 Nov 19-21 11 $1.6M −37.0% 1,219 $1,325 $270.0M

17 Nov 26-28 12 $1.5M −4.5% 1,017 $1,516 $272.3M

18 Dec 3-5 12 $966.5K −37.3% 1,034 $934 $273.5M

19 Dec 10-12 12 $666.9K −31.0% 856 $779 $274.5M

20 Dec 17-19 15 $491.7K −26.3% 623 $789 $275.2M

21 Dec 24-26 23 $213.1K −56.7% 361 $590 $275.7M

22 Dec 31-Jan 2 23 $342.3K +60.6% 267 $1,281 $276.4M

23 Jan 7-9 25 $332.5K −2.9% 255 $1,303 $276.9M

24 Jan 14-17 27 $415.6K +25.0% 237 $1,753 $277.4M

25 Jan 21-23 34 $247.8K −40.4% 223 $1,110 $277.7M

26 Jan 28-30 33 $235.9K −4.8% 220 $1,072 $278.0M

27 Feb 4-6 32 $298.9K +26.7% 220 $1,358 $278.4M

28 Feb 11-13 17 $1.1M +273.4% 831 $1,343 $279.6M

29 Feb 18-21 Presidents' Day 16 $1.9M +73.3% 894 $2,163 $282.0M

30 Feb 25-27 15 $1.5M −20.0% 992 $1,560 $283.9M

31 Mar 3-5 19 $1.2M −22.9% 759 $1,571 $285.5M

32 Mar 10-12 20 $967.8K −18.9% 672 $1,440 $286.8M

33 Mar 17-19 16 $1.3M +32.3% 878 $1,458 $288.5M

34 Mar 24-26 13 $1.3M −0.0% 876 $1,461 $290.3M

35 Mar 31-Apr 2 17 $902.5K −29.5% 722 $1,249 $291.7M

36 Apr 7-9 20 $512.8K −43.2% 579 $885 $292.5M

37 Apr 14-16 24 $272.3K −46.9% 450 $605 $292.9M

38 Apr 21-23 30 $161.6K −40.6% 323 $500 $293.2M

39 Apr 28-30 42 $84.1K −48.0% 211 $398 $293.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Aug 6 #1 $8.0M — $8.0M 2,161 $3,704 1

Sat Aug 7 #1 $9.7M +21% $17.7M 2,161 $4,466 2

Sun Aug 8 #1 $8.7M −10% $26.7M 2,161 $4,025 3

Mon Aug 9 #1 $4.4M −50% $31.0M 2,161 $2,013 4

Tue Aug 10 #1 $4.4M +2% $35.5M 2,161 $2,046 5

Wed Aug 11 #1 $4.2M −6% $39.6M 2,161 $1,928 6

Thu Aug 12 #1 $4.3M +3% $43.9M 2,161 $1,979 7

Fri Aug 13 #1 $7.6M +78% −5% $51.5M 2,395 $3,182 8

Sat Aug 14 #1 $10.0M +32% +4% $61.5M 2,395 $4,186 9

Sun Aug 15 #1 $8.0M −20% −8% $69.7M 2,395 $3,337 10

Mon Aug 16 #1 $3.5M −56% −18% $73.2M 2,395 $1,481 11

Tue Aug 17 #1 $3.7M +3% −17% $76.9M 2,395 $1,528 12

Wed Aug 18 #1 $3.4M −8% −19% $80.2M 2,395 $1,411 13

Thu Aug 19 #1 $3.3M −2% −23% $83.6M 2,395 $1,382 14

Fri Aug 20 #1 $7.2M +116% −6% $90.7M 2,688 $2,665 15

Sat Aug 21 #1 $9.8M +37% −2% $100.5M 2,688 $3,657 16

Sun Aug 22 #1 $7.0M −29% −13% $107.5M 2,688 $2,588 17

Mon Aug 23 #1 $2.8M −59% −20% $110.3M 2,688 $1,057 18

Tue Aug 24 #1 $3.0M +6% −17% $113.4M 2,688 $1,124 19

Wed Aug 25 #1 $2.7M −9% −19% $116.1M 2,688 $1,019 20

Thu Aug 26 #1 $2.6M −3% −20% $118.8M 2,688 $984 21

Fri Aug 27 #1 $5.8M +120% −19% $124.6M 2,763 $2,102 22

Sat Aug 28 #1 $8.5M +47% −13% $133.1M 2,763 $3,088 23

Sun Aug 29 #1 $5.6M −35% −20% $138.9M 2,763 $2,015 24

Mon Aug 30 #1 $2.1M −63% −27% $140.9M 2,763 $747 25

Tue Aug 31 #1 $2.2M +6% −28% $143.1M 2,763 $789 26

Wed Sep 1 #1 $1.9M −11% −29% $145.0M 2,763 $702 27

Thu Sep 2 #1 $1.9M — −27% $147.0M 2,763 $701 28

Fri Sep 3 #1 $5.4M +176% −8% $152.3M 2,775 $1,929 29

Sat Sep 4 #1 $8.4M +57% −1% $160.8M 2,775 $3,037 30

Sun Sep 5 #1 $8.8M +5% +58% $169.6M 2,774 $3,180 31

Mon Sep 6 #1 $6.4M −28% +209% $176.2M 2,775 $2,297 32

Tue Sep 7 #1 $1.7M −73% −20% $178.0M 2,775 $626 33

Wed Sep 8 #1 $1.6M −7% −17% $179.6M 2,775 $580 34

Thu Sep 9 #1 $1.6M −3% −19% $181.2M 2,775 $563 35

Fri Sep 10 #2 $4.9M +216% −8% $186.1M 2,775 $1,780 36

Sat Sep 11 #1 $7.4M +50% −12% $193.5M 2,782 $2,668 37

Sun Sep 12 #2 $3.8M −48% −57% $197.7M 2,782 $1,376 38

Mon Sep 13 #2 $1.0M −74% −84% $198.7M 2,782 $364 39

Tue Sep 14 #2 $1.2M +19% −31% $199.9M 2,782 $433 40

Wed Sep 15 #2 $1.1M −10% −33% $201.0M 2,782 $389 41

Thu Sep 16 #2 $1.1M +2% −29% $202.1M 2,782 $397 42

Fri Sep 17 #3 $3.5M +213% −30% $205.5M 2,789 $1,241 43

Sat Sep 18 #3 $4.8M +40% −35% $210.4M 2,789 $1,734 44

Sun Sep 19 #3 $2.8M −42% −27% $213.3M 2,789 $1,004 45

Mon Sep 20 #3 $862.6K −69% −15% $214.1M 2,788 $309 46

Tue Sep 21 #3 $947.5K +10% −21% $215.1M 2,788 $340 47

Wed Sep 22 #3 $787.6K −17% −27% $215.9M 2,788 $282 48

Thu Sep 23 #3 $733.5K −7% −34% $216.6M 2,788 $263 49

Fri Sep 24 #3 $2.4M +229% −30% $219.0M 2,791 $863 50

Sat Sep 25 #3 $4.1M +68% −16% $223.1M 2,790 $1,454 51

Sun Sep 26 #3 $1.9M −53% −32% $225.0M 2,791 $683 52

Mon Sep 27 #4 $571.5K −70% −34% $225.6M 2,791 $205 53

Tue Sep 28 #4 $679.6K +19% −28% $226.3M 2,791 $243 54

Wed Sep 29 #4 $614.5K −10% −22% $226.9M 2,791 $220 55

Thu Sep 30 #4 $614.8K — −16% $227.5M 2,791 $220 56

Fri Oct 1 #6 $2.0M +226% −17% $229.5M 2,820 $710 57

Sat Oct 2 #5 $3.4M +68% −17% $232.9M 2,820 $1,193 58

Sun Oct 3 #5 $1.7M −51% −13% $234.5M 2,821 $587 59

Mon Oct 4 #4 $477.2K −71% −17% $235.0M 2,821 $169 60

Tue Oct 5 #4 $540.8K +13% −20% $235.6M 2,821 $192 61

Wed Oct 6 #4 $496.3K −8% −19% $236.1M 2,821 $176 62

Thu Oct 7 #4 $524.1K +6% −15% $236.6M 2,821 $186 63

Fri Oct 8 #7 $1.7M +215% −18% $238.2M 2,765 $597 64

Sat Oct 9 #6 $2.8M +70% −17% $241.0M 2,765 $1,012 65

Sun Oct 10 #7 $1.7M −39% +3% $242.7M 2,784 $615 66

Mon Oct 11 #7 $691.0K −60% +45% $243.4M 2,784 $248 67

Tue Oct 12 #5 $440.0K −36% −19% $243.8M 2,784 $158 68

Wed Oct 13 #5 $414.3K −6% −17% $244.3M 2,784 $149 69

Thu Oct 14 #5 $442.7K +7% −16% $244.7M 2,784 $159 70

Fri Oct 15 #8 $1.4M +221% −14% $246.1M 2,682 $529 71

Sat Oct 16 #8 $2.5M +77% −10% $248.6M 2,682 $936 72

Sun Oct 17 #8 $1.3M −50% −26% $249.9M 2,682 $471 73

Mon Oct 18 #7 $350.5K −72% −49% $250.2M 2,682 $131 74

Tue Oct 19 #7 $405.8K +16% −8% $250.6M 2,682 $151 75

Wed Oct 20 #7 $408.0K +1% −2% $251.0M 2,682 $152 76

Thu Oct 21 #6 $420.4K +3% −5% $251.4M 2,682 $157 77

Fri Oct 22 #10 $1.2M +188% −15% $252.7M 2,191 $552 78

Sat Oct 23 #7 $2.0M +66% −20% $254.7M 2,191 $915 79

Sun Oct 24 #10 $931.0K −54% −26% $255.5M 2,191 $425 80

Mon Oct 25 #10 $258.9K −72% −26% $255.8M 2,191 $118 81

Tue Oct 26 #8 $301.1K +16% −26% $256.1M 2,191 $137 82

Wed Oct 27 #7 $274.9K −9% −33% $256.3M 2,191 $125 83

Thu Oct 28 #7 $299.0K +9% −29% $256.6M 2,191 $136 84

Fri Oct 29 #9 $960.0K +221% −21% $257.6M 2,051 $468 85

Sat Oct 30 #7 $1.5M +56% −25% $259.1M 2,051 $729 86

Sun Oct 31 #8 $709.0K −53% −24% $259.8M 2,051 $346 87

Mon Nov 1 #9 $246.9K −65% −5% $260.1M 2,051 $120 88

Tue Nov 2 #9 $298.0K +21% −1% $260.4M 2,051 $145 89

Wed Nov 3 #9 $253.2K −15% −8% $260.6M 2,051 $123 90

Thu Nov 4 #9 $277.3K +10% −7% $260.9M 2,051 $135 91

Fri Nov 5 #8 $920.0K +232% −4% $261.8M 1,802 $511 92

Sat Nov 6 #8 $1.5M +68% +3% $263.4M 1,802 $855 93

Sun Nov 7 #9 $650.0K −58% −8% $264.0M 2,051 $317 94

Mon Nov 8 #10 $171.3K −74% −31% $264.2M 2,051 $84 95

Tue Nov 9 #10 $208.4K +22% −30% $264.4M 2,051 $102 96

Wed Nov 10 #9 $299.9K +44% +18% $264.7M 1,802 $166 97

Thu Nov 11 #9 $457.0K +52% +65% $265.2M 1,802 $254 98

Fri Nov 12 #10 $810.0K +77% −12% $266.0M 1,418 $571 99

Sat Nov 13 #10 $1.2M +43% −25% $267.1M 1,418 $817 100

Sun Nov 14 #14 $529.0K −54% −19% $267.7M 1,418 $373 101

Mon Nov 15 #14 $141.8K −73% −17% $267.9M 1,418 $100 102

Tue Nov 16 #12 $168.4K +19% −19% $268.1M 1,418 $119 103

Wed Nov 17 #12 $151.3K −10% −50% $268.2M 1,418 $107 104

Thu Nov 18 #12 $157.0K +4% −66% $268.4M 1,418 $111 105

Fri Nov 19 #11 $507.0K +223% −37% $268.9M 1,220 $416 106

Sat Nov 20 #11 $781.0K +54% −33% $269.6M 1,220 $640 107

Sun Nov 21 #13 $332.0K −57% −37% $270.0M 1,219 $272 108

Mon Nov 22 #11 $113.1K −66% −20% $270.1M 1,219 $93 109

Tue Nov 23 #11 $167.8K +48% $270.3M 1,219 $138 110

Sun Nov 28 #13 $237.0K — −29% $272.3M 1,017 $233 115

Mon Nov 29 #13 $65.3K −72% −42% $272.4M 1,017 $64 116

Tue Nov 30 #14 $68.9K +6% −59% $272.5M 1,017 $68 117

Wed Dec 1 #14 $63.5K −8% $272.5M 1,017 $62 118

Thu Dec 2 #14 $66.8K +5% $272.6M 1,017 $66 119

Sun Dec 5 #13 $192.0K — −19% $273.5M 1,034 $186 122

Mon Dec 6 #14 $59.9K −69% −8% $273.6M 1,034 $58 123

Tue Dec 7 #14 $68.5K +14% −1% $273.7M 1,034 $66 124

Wed Dec 8 #14 $66.3K −3% +5% $273.7M 1,034 $64 125

Thu Dec 9 #14 $66.4K — −1% $273.8M 1,034 $64 126

Sun Dec 12 #13 $139.0K — −28% $274.5M 856 $162 129

Mon Dec 13 #13 $45.6K −67% −24% $274.5M 856 $53 130

Tue Dec 14 #14 $50.3K +10% −27% $274.6M 856 $59 131

Wed Dec 15 #12 $52.4K +4% −21% $274.6M 856 $61 132

Thu Dec 16 #11 $58.8K +12% −12% $274.7M 856 $69 133

Sun Dec 19 #15 $134.0K — −4% $275.2M 623 $215 136

Mon Dec 20 #15 $82.7K −38% +81% $275.3M 623 $133 137

Tue Dec 21 #15 $95.6K +16% +90% $275.4M 623 $153 138

Mon Dec 27 #19 $75.1K — −9% $275.8M 273 $275 144

Tue Dec 28 #20 $77.3K +3% −19% $275.9M 273 $283 145

Wed Dec 29 #19 $79.3K +3% $275.9M 273 $291 146

Mon Jan 17 #26 $57.9K — $277.4M 237 $244 165

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$244.7M

Aug 6Aug 23Sep 10Sep 27Oct 14

Weekend grossWk 10 · $6.1M

$26.7M

$25.8M

$24.0M

$20.1M

$22.9M

$16.5M

$11.2M

$8.4M

$7.0M

$6.1M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,821 → 2,784 −1.3%

2,161 open2,784 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −12.8%

−3.4%

W1→2

−7.0%

W2→3

−16.1%

W3→4

+13.9%

W4→5

−27.9%

W5→6

−32.1%

W6→7

−24.7%

W7→8

−16.7%

W8→9

−12.8%

W9→10

Steepest −32.1%Biggest gain +13.9%

Run milestones

$200M in 41 days

$100M

Day 16

Aug 21

$200M

Day 41

Sep 15

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Records held

#10 Biggest 5th weekendsAll-time $22.9M #11 Biggest original filmsAll-time $293.4M #15 Best second-weekend holds$20M+ openers, all-time −3.4%

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