#171 All-time worldwide

#2 1999 releases

Movie profile

The Sixth Sense

Name: The Sixth Sense
Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Drama
Released: 1999-08-06
Duration: 107 min

1999 · 107 min · Spyglass Entertainment

Mystery Thriller Drama

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $672.8M

Budget $40.0M

Gross minus budget $632.8M

ROI 16.82x

Domestic gross

$336.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$336.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$60.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Sixth Sense ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #171 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1999 releases #2 Release-year chart position of 250 titles Ranked against movies released in 1999. Studio / company #1 Spyglass Entertainment of 11 titles Position inside the mapped Spyglass Entertainment movie set. Primary genre #7 Mystery of 982 titles Genre context based on the first mapped genre on this profile.

Nearby worldwide ranks

Comparable titles immediately around this movie by reported worldwide gross.

#168 Forrest Gump 1994 · $677.4M #169 Doctor Strange 2016 · $676.3M #170 Full River Red 2023 · $673.6M #172 Man of Steel 2013 · $668.0M #173 Kung Fu Panda 2 2011 · $665.7M #174 The Wandering Earth II 2023 · $665.0M

Quick answer

How did The Sixth Sense (1999) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Sixth Sense (1999) earned a reported $672.8M worldwide against a reported $40.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $632.8M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 16.82x. In this database it currently ranks #171 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #2 among 1999 releases.

Worldwide gross: $672,800,000
Budget: $40,000,000
Gross minus budget: $632,800,000
ROI: 16.82x

Source: Reported box office data. Last updated: Jul 8, 2026. Gross-minus-budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and later home/streaming revenue.

Synopsis

Story

After being shot by a resentful former patient whom he failed to help, a Philadelphia child psychologist seeks redemption by treating a young boy with a disturbing secret.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date: Aug 6, 1999
Production: Spyglass Entertainment, The Kennedy/Marshall Company, Hollywood Pictures
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Writers: M. Night Shyamalan
Countries: US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companySpyglass Entertainment Release year chart1999 box office Genre chartMystery Genre chartThriller Genre chartDrama

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1999, The Sixth Sense is positioned in this dataset as a Mystery, Thriller, Drama title from Spyglass Entertainment. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $672.8M, reported production budget is $40.0M, gross-minus-budget is $632.8M, ROI is 16.82x. For comparison, it currently sits #171 all-time in the current chart set and #2 among 1999 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.

AI-generated contextual summary based on available movie, genre, ranking and box office data. It does not replace official distributor notes or financial reporting.

Data noteGross minus budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and downstream revenue. Domestic, international and opening weekend figures marked as estimated are modelled estimates.