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In some cases, not even being great is enough for a film to succeed at the box office like the recentMIrelease, which got overshadowed by theBarbenheimerhype train despite being as good as its predecessors. A similar thing happened with Kevin Bacon’sStir of Echoes,which marked its debut alongside Bruce Willis’The Sixth Sense, the film that pushed M. Night Shyamalan to prominence.
AlthoughStir of Echoesremains one of the best thrillers in theX-MenStar’s career, however, the actor knew that going up against Bruce Willis’The Sixth Sensewas a losing battle from the get-go.
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Kevin Bacon’sStir of Echoesstood no chance against Bruce Willis’The Sixth Sense
Bacon told theSAG-ATRA Foundation:
“We were really proud of that movie. We were aware of The Sixth Sense, and really begged the distributor to put [ours] out before The Sixth Sense because there was a real buzz around [that].”
However, the studios weren’t keen on shiting the film’s release, which resulted inStir of Echoeslosing into obscurity whileThe Sixth Sensemade around $672M against a budget of $40M.
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KnowingThe Sixth Sense‘s ending made the job harder for Bruce Willis
While Bruce Willis enjoyed a healthy paycheck from his work onThe Sixth Sense, the ending crafted by M. Night Shyamalan left the actor pretty perplexed just like the rest of us. Willis further expressed that knowing the ending made it harder for him to pull off his character. Speaking onThe Sixth Sensedocumentary, the actor said,
“Once I knew the ending of the film and that my character was indeed dead, I had to forget about it and act as if I weren’t. I never really thought about acting as a ghost.”
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AlthoughThe Sixth Sensedeserved everything it got following its brilliance, it’s a shame Bacon’sStir of Echoesfailed to make big, making only $21M from a budget of $12M.
Stir of Echoesis available to rent on Apple TV.
Source:SAG-ATRA Foundation
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.
