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M. Night Shyamalan’sThe Sixth Senseis regarded as one of the greatest horror movies of all time. The movie not only garnered enormous critical and box-office success but also made Bruce Willis one of the richest actors in Hollywood with an enormous payday.
Shyamalan’s brilliant screenplay and immaculate direction provided one of the best horror experiences of all time. But it seems that the movie would’ve never seen the light of day if M. Night Shyamalan wasn’t determined to escape from the paws of Harvey Weinstein, now known as a convicted s*x offender.
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Shyamalan madeThe Sixth Senseto escape from Miramax
TheUnbreakabledirector shared that his career has suffered from many low points and one of that instances was his contract with Miramax, the company which was owned by Harvey Weinstein. In an interview withThe Hollywood Reporter, Shyamalan called Weinstein the biggest monster of Hollywood. Shyamalan recalled how he wasn’t allowed to leave, as his directing rights were owned by Miramax.
But theUnbreakabledirector was determined to leave Miramax, and eventually found a loophole in their contract and decided to write the greatest screenplay ever. This led to the director writing the screenplay forThe Sixth Sense, which was purchased by Disney, and Shyamalan was finally out of the helms of the Hollywood monster and went on to direct one of the best horror movies.
M. Night Shyamalan’s resoluteness fabricated one of the greatest horror films of all time, which went on to become a box office giant. Apart from being a box-office success, it also provided Bruce Willis with a whopping $114 million under his belt.
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Shyamalan’s determination to leave Miramax made Bruce Willis millions
AlthoughBruce Willisis among some of the richest actors in Hollywood with a colossal net worth of $250 million, a majority of it arrived from his inclusion in the 1999 classicThe Sixth Sense. Even though the actor went on to earn a great portion of his total earnings from the horror classic, initially the actor wasn’t interested to star in the movie.
In the beginning, Bruce Willis wasn’t interested to play the role of Malcolm Crowe inThe Sixth sensebut had to star in the project due to contractual obligations with Disney. After negotiations, the actor agreed to star in the movie for a salary of $14 million along with 17% of the movie’s total global box office gross.
Even though experts doubt the movie’s chances to break even, the movie defied all odds and became one of the biggest box-office successes of 1999, grossing a total of $672 million. And Bruce Willis went on to earn $100 million from the movie’s profit along with the initial $14 million.
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M. Night Shyamalan’s determination to escape from the shadow of Hollywood’s biggest monster Harvey Weinstein gave rise to his magnum opus. The movie not only marked its name among the greatest movies of this genre but also made Bruce Willis an enormous earning.
The Sixth Senseis available to stream on Disney+.
Source:The Hollywood Reporter
Santanu Roy
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Santanu Roy is a Senior Entertainment Writer at FandomWire, majorly focusing on movies, with over 2,000 articles under his belt. He has been pursuing a degree in Animation and possesses a deep love for the medium of animation. Having spent the better part of the last two years pumping out articles for FW, Santanu excels at covering movie analysis and news surrounding Pixar, DCU, DreamWorks, and Batman’s cinematic legacy.With psychological thrillers and intimate slice-of-life dramas ranking among his favorite genres, Santanu is a big admirer of Luca Guadagnino, Shane Black, Park Chan-wook, and Brad Bird.
