``The Sixth Sense'' Becomes the Tenth Highest Grossing Film of All Time.

Entertainment Editors

BURBANK, Calif.--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--March 27, 2000

Hollywood Pictures/Spyglass Entertainment's blockbuster psychological thriller, "The Sixth Sense," added a new milestone over the weekend (3/24-26) as it became the 10th top-grossing domestic film of all time, it was announced today by Richard Cook, chairman of The Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group.

With its extraordinary domestic gross to date of $290.3 million, "The Sixth Sense" has now surpassed "The Empire Strikes Back" ($290,271,960) to secure the No. 10 spot on the list of all-time top-grossing domestic films. Earlier this month, the film had moved ahead of "Home Alone" ($285.8 million) to nab eleventh place on the box office charts.

In addition to its enormously successful domestic performance, "The Sixth Sense" continues to be a major blockbuster in the international markets. Its overseas gross-to-date has already reached a phenomenal $353.4 million and the film currently ranks as the seventh biggest international release of all time and the ninth biggest combined gross of all time. The worldwide gross to date is $643.7 million.

Commenting on this latest box office achievement, Cook said, "Clearly `The Sixth Sense' has earned its place on the top ten list of all-time box office successes. Moviegoers all over the world have fallen under its spell and delighted in the thrills and surprises it delivers. M. Night Shymalan has created a truly amazing film and we are enormously gratified that it has gotten the recognition it so richly deserves. We share the success with our Spyglass partners Roger Birnbaum and Gary Barber and producers Frank Marshall, Kathleen Kennedy, Barry Mendel and Sam Mercer."

A Hollywood Pictures and Spyglass Entertainment presentation, "The Sixth Sense" was written and directed by M. Night Shymalan and produced by Frank Marshall, Kathleen Kennedy and Barry Mendel. Sam Mercer was the executive producer.