The Sixth Sense (1999): trivia & fun facts

Fun facts

• Bruce Willis was cast in the role of Malcolm Crowe as part of a deal to compensate the studio for Willis's role in the implosion of Broadway Brawler the year before.
• With a total gross of $29.2 million, The Sixth Sense set the record for having the largest Labor Day weekend gross until 2007 when it was surpassed by Halloween.
• During Labor Day, it made $6.3 million, making it the biggest September Monday gross, holding that record until it was beaten by It in 2017.
• The film was a commercial success, grossing over $672 million worldwide, becoming the second-highest-grossing film of 1999 and Shyamalan's highest-grossing film to date.
• In a 2025 interview, Collette said she only realized she was part of a horror movie after witnessing a scene being edited involving Mischa Barton and Osment.
• The Sixth Sense had a production budget of approximately $40 million (plus $25 million for prints and advertising).
• In the United Kingdom, it was given at first a limited release on nine screens, and entered at number 8 at the UK box office before climbing up to number one the following week with 430 theatres playing the film.
• David Vogel, then-president of production of Walt Disney Studios, read M. Night Shyamalan's spec script and loved it.
• During the casting process for the role of Cole Sear, Shyamalan had been apprehensive about Haley Joel Osment's video audition, saying later he was "this really sweet cherub, kind of beautiful, blond boy".
• James Newton Howard was honored by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers for his composition of the music for the film.
• Especially lauded was the supporting role of actor Haley Joel Osment, whose nominations include an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award and a Critics' Choice Movie Award.

Source: Wikipedia

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