Director
M. Night ShyamalanFollow
14 films•1 also starring•1999–2024•Thriller · Drama · Mystery
Avg critics49%
Avg audience59%
Avg domestic$105.0M
Domestic
$1.47B
Lifetime
Worldwide
$3.24B
Lifetime
Avg opening
$31.1M
3-day
Filmography
| Film | Year | Opening | Domestic | Legs | Worldwide | CinemaScore | RT | Yearly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 The Sixth Sense | 1999 | $26.7M | $293.0M | 11.0x | $673.0M | A- | 86% | — |
 Signs | 2002 | $60.1M | $228.0M | 3.79x | $408.0M | B | 76% | #6 |
 Split | 2017 | $40.0M | $138.3M | 3.46x | $278.8M | A | 79% | #23 |
 The Last Airbender | 2010 | $40.3M | $132.0M | 3.27x | $320.0M | C | 5% | #19 |
 The Village | 2004 | $50.7M | $114.0M | 2.25x | $258.0M | C | 43% | #20 |
 Glass | 2019 | $40.3M | $111.0M | 2.75x | $247.0M | B | 37% | #25 |
 Unbreakable | 2000 | $30.3M | $95.0M | 3.13x | $248.0M | C | 71% | #22 |
 The Visit | 2015 | $25.4M | $65.2M | 2.60x | $98.7M | — | 68% | — |
 The Happening | 2008 | $30.5M | $64.5M | 2.11x | $163.0M | D | 17% | #50 |
 After Earth | 2013 | $27.5M | $60.5M | 2.20x | $244.0M | B | 12% | — |
 Old | 2021 | $16.3M | $48.3M | 3.00x | $90.2M | C+ | 50% | #28 |
 Trap | 2024 | $15.5M | $42.8M | 2.80x | $82.7M | C+ | 56% | #41 |
 Lady in the Water | 2006 | $18.0M | $42.3M | 2.30x | $72.8M | B- | 25% | — |
 Knock at the Cabin | 2023 | $14.1M | $35.4M | 2.50x | $54.8M | — | 67% | — |
Click any column to sort. Yearly rank is the film’s place on its release year’s domestic chart; a film outside that year’s top 50 shows a dash.
Film by film
0$250M$500M
DomesticInternationalColumn height is worldwide · one film every 1.9 years
Profitability
Return on budget
4.3x
$3.24B worldwide on $752.0M of production budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget
Domestic vs international split
Domestic $1.47BInternational $1.77B
Return by film
Worldwide ÷ budget0x2.5x breakeven31.0x
Budgets are reported production costs and exclude marketing, so this is a gross-to-budget ratio rather than studio profit. Films with no reported budget, and streaming releases with no real theatrical run, are left out of this section entirely, including from the totals, rather than counted as zero.
Records held
All records#5Biggest January openingsGlass$40.3M#7Biggest January openingsSplit$40.0M#7Biggest August openingsSigns$60.1M#10Biggest 5th weekendsThe Sixth Sense$22.9M#11Biggest horror openingsSigns$60.1M#11Biggest original filmsThe Sixth Sense$293.4M#13Biggest Thanksgiving openingsUnbreakable$46.0M#15Best second-weekend holds ($20M+ openers)The Sixth Sense−3.4%#19Biggest horror filmsSplit$138.3M
Top 9 of 11 placings across 10 all-time charts. Where a film places on the same chart in consecutive weekends, only its best placing is shown.
What’s next
Full scheduleConnected
Counted from this filmography. The number is how many of these films each one accounts for.