The film reportedly cost 40 million dollars and earned 672.8 million worldwide.
Six Oscar nominations covered picture, director, screenplay, supporting actor, supporting actress and editing.
Frank Marshall reportedly wanted the revealing cut toward Willis removed after Cole says he sees dead people.
Wahlberg reportedly lost 40 pounds and shaved his eyebrows for his brief appearance.
The claim that this was Shyamalan’s second film is explicitly corrected: Praying with Anger preceded Wide Awake, making it his third.
Shyamalan also reportedly rewrote She’s All That without credit and held a Stuart Little writing credit.
David Vogel reportedly paid 3 million for the script and Shyamalan’s directing guarantee without corporate approval, then lost his Disney position.
Disney reportedly sold production rights to Spyglass while retaining distribution and 12.5 percent of receipts.
Osment impressed Shyamalan by reading the entire script three times rather than only his part.
The movie reportedly had 80 million rentals in 2000 and was omitted from Entertainment Weekly’s 1999 summer preview.
Early drafts made Malcolm a crime-scene photographer, potentially explaining the wardrobe.
Willis reportedly owed Disney films after Broadway Brawler collapsed and accepted 10 million dollars, half his usual fee.
A claim that the kitchen glass originated as Philadelphia-only sour-cream packaging is explicitly doubted.
Red marks contact with the other world or heightened emotion, including the church, birthday, tent, recorder, basement doorknob, restaurant, wake and Anna’s shawl.
Young Sherlock Holmes’s novelization reportedly uses the phrase Sixth Sense; shared filmmakers and Osment’s later AI role are noted.
Malcolm’s clothes are reportedly pieces worn or touched on the night of his death.
A reported Are You Afraid of the Dark? inspiration involves a boy who discovers he is dead because only his sister can see him.
The soundtrack reportedly spoils the ending with a final track titled Malcolm Is Dead.
