This last weekend saw the opening of M Night Shyamalan’s new movie After Earth, starring Will Smith. It made $27m. Which isn’t bad. But it was expected to make $40m and it cost $130m to make.

The reviews are stinkers. But then, as this chart shows, Shyamalan’s films have been getting steadily worse for some time.

Strangely, this fact has not affected their box office takings, as this table below shows.

 

 

 

Movie	Opening Weekend	Worldwide Gross	Domestic Gross	Estimated Budget
“The Sixth Sense“	$27 million	$687 million	$294 million	$40 million
“Unbreakable“	$30 million	$248 million	$95 million	$75 million
“Signs“	$60 million	$408 million	$228 million	$72 million
“The Village“	$51 million	$257 million	$114 million	$60 million
“Lady in the Water“	$18 million	$73 million	$42 million	$70 million
“The Happening“	$31 million	$163 million	$65 million	$48 million
“The Last Airbender“	$40 million	$319 million	$131 million	$150 million
“After Earth“	$27 million	—	—	$130 million

 

 

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