in its opening weekend (july 21–23, 2006), the film grossed a total of $18.2 million, placing third in the u.s. box office results for that weekend. it was shyamalan's lowest opening for any of his five major films. as a result of the negative reviews and poor word-of-mouth, its second week fell sharply to $7.1 million, pushing its total to only $32.2 million. its third weekend was no better, falling another 62.1% to $2.7 million. as of 2011, its total was $42.285 million. in addition, the film made only $30.5 million in the foreign box office, pulling its tally to approximately $72.785 million internationally.