:Bowfinger

B movie film producer Bobby Bowfinger has been saving up to direct a movie since he was ten years old: he now has $2,184 to pay for production costs. He has a script ("Chubby Rain") penned by an accountant, Afrim, and a camera operator, Dave, who has access to studio equipment through his job as a gofer. Bowfinger then lines up several actors who are hungry for work, along with a crowd of undocumented Mexican immigrants as his camera crew; the only other thing he needs is a studio deal in order to distribute his masterwork.

He extracts a promise from high-ranking Universal Pictures executive Jerry Renfro that Universal will distribute the film if it includes currently hot action star Kit Ramsey. Ramsey{{snd}}a pompous, neurotic, and paranoid actor{{snd}}refuses, so Bowfinger concocts a plan to covertly film all of Ramsey's scenes without his knowledge. The actors, told that Ramsey is method acting and will not be interacting with them outside of their scenes, walk up to Ramsey in public and recite their lines while hidden cameras catch Ramsey's confused reactions.

The plan goes well at first: Ramsey (who is a member of a Scientology-like organization called MindHead) swallows the movie's alien invasion premise and believes he is genuinely being stalked by aliens, resulting in an exceptionally genuine and intense performance. However, the strain on his already-precarious mental state leads him to go into hiding in order to maintain his sanity, stalling the film's production.

Bowfinger resorts to hiring a Ramsey lookalike named Jiff. Jiff is unassuming, amiable, and so naïve that Bowfinger is able to persuade him to run across a busy freeway for a scene by assuring him the speeding cars are all being driven by "stunt drivers". During a chat with the other cast members, Jiff reveals that he is Kit's twin brother, explaining the likeness. Using this new knowledge, Bowfinger tasks Jiff with finding out Kit's location and plans so they can ambush him and film the final scene.

Only one scene remains to be shot: the finale set at the Griffith Observatory. Though otherwise pleased with Kit's unscripted dialogue, Bowfinger considers his character's final line "Gotcha, suckas!" to be the key moment of the film. Bowfinger directs Daisy, the female lead, to guide Kit through the scene under the guise of showing him how to get rid of the "aliens". During the filming, Kit becomes terrified and struggles to deliver the final line. At this point, Kit's MindHead mentor, Terry Stricter, who has discovered evidence that Kit's "aliens" may not be just in his head, shows up at the observatory and shuts down production.

Bowfinger's camera crew show him B-roll footage of Kit Ramsey they were filming off-set, just in case they caught anything they could use. The footage shows Kit donning a paper bag over his head and exposing himself to the Laker Girl Cheerleading Squad, something Terry Stricter previously dissuaded him from doing. Bowfinger blackmails Stricter and the MindHead leadership with the footage, threatening to release it and ruin Ramsey's career (which would impact MindHead's finances as Ramsey is a major donor). Stricter acquiesces and Bowfinger finishes the film with Kit's cooperation, and the cast and crew finally get to attend the film's premiere where they are awed by the result. Following the apparent success of the film, Bowfinger receives an offer to direct a martial arts film in Taiwan starring Jiff. The film ends with an elaborate fight scene from the new movie, Fake Purse Ninjas, featuring everyone who worked on Chubby Rain.

{{Cast listing|

• Steve Martin as Bobby Bowfinger
• Eddie Murphy as Kit Ramsey / Jiffrenson "Jiff" Ramsey
• Heather Graham as Daisy
• Christine Baranski as Carol
• Terence Stamp as Terry Stricter
• Robert Downey Jr. as Jerry Renfro
• Jamie Kennedy as Dave
• Adam Alexi-Malle as Afrim
• Kohl Sudduth as Slater
• Barry Newman as Hal, Kit's agent
• Alejandro Patiño as Sanchez
• Alfred De Contreras as Martinez
• Ramiro Fabian as Hector
• John Cho as Nightclub cleaner
• Phill Lewis as Auditioning actor
• Marisol Nichols as Auditioning actress

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The film was produced by Brian Grazer's company Imagine Entertainment, in conjunction with Universal Studios.{{cite news |author= |date=August 18, 1999 |title=Universal Names New Head of Production |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/08/18/business/universal-names-new-head-of-production.html |access-date=2007-12-18}} The working title for the film was Bowfinger's Big Thing.{{cite news |author=Fleeman |first=Michael |date=January 6, 1999 |title=Coming in '99: The Wild Wild Phantom Menace ... and more |work=The Standard-Times |agency=Associated Press |url=https://www.southcoasttoday.com/story/entertainment/local/1999/01/11/coming-in-99-wild-wild/50535552007/ |access-date=March 5, 2023}}{{cite news |author= |date=May 6, 1999 |title=What's on summer's movie screens |work=Deseret News |url=https://www.deseret.com/1999/5/7/19444175/what-s-on-summer-s-movie-screens |access-date=March 5, 2023}} Writer/co-star Steve Martin originally wrote the role of Kit Ramsey with an actor such as Keanu Reeves in mind, but Grazer suggested Eddie Murphy instead and Martin approved.{{cite web |title=Bowfinger (1999) |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/MovieDetails/60915 |website=AFI Catalog of Feature Films}} The film was initially scheduled for a July 30, 1999, release, but in May, Universal pushed its release back to August 27.{{cite news |last=Hindes |first=Andrew |date=May 26, 1999 |title=U's 'Bowfinger' pushed to August |work=Variety |url=https://variety.com/1999/film/news/u-s-bowfinger-pushed-to-august-1117502511/ |access-date=2023-03-05}} Its final release date was August 13, 1999.{{cite news | last =McNary | first =Dave | title =Hollywood Sizzles: Box Office Heat Wave Breaking Summer Records | work =Los Angeles Daily News | date =June 24, 1999 }} The film's costs amounted to US$44 million.{{cite news | last =McNary | first =Dave | title =How Big A 'Menace'? 'Phantom' Not The Only Game In Town | work =Los Angeles Daily News | date =May 11, 1999 }} The executives at Universal wanted to cut the freeway scene because they felt it would be too expensive; Martin replied he would not cut the funniest scene in the film.{{cite news | last = Semlyen | first = Nick | title = In conversation with Steve Martin | work = Empire | page = 116 |date=March 2009}}

Heather Graham described her character Daisy in an interview with CNN's Entertainment News; "I'm this naive, innocent girl who wants to be an actress. I'm willing to stop at nothing."{{cite news | date =June 15, 1999 | last =Vercammen | first =Paul | title =Heather Graham earns adoration as Felicity Shagwell | work =CNN Entertainment News | publisher =CNN | url =http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/Movies/9906/15/heather.graham/ }} Graham stated that she has a "special attachment" to the roles she chooses, and explained, "I think it's kind of like you fall in love with the person, like you fall in love with the script." The character of Daisy was inspired by actress Anne Heche, whom Martin was dating at the time.{{Cite news |date=February 13, 2017 |title=Steve Martin & Anne Heche | My unlikely Valentine: Hollywood's most bizarre celebrity couples |newspaper=The Telegraph |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/unlikely-valentine-hollywoods-bizarre-celebrity-couples/steve-martin-anne-heche/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170214015313/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/unlikely-valentine-hollywoods-bizarre-celebrity-couples/steve-martin-anne-heche/ |archive-date=2017-02-14 |quote=Martin later used Heche as his inspiration for one of his most memorable characters }}{{cite news |author=Vincent |first=Mal |date=August 12, 1999 |title=Fickle Finger ? |work=The Virginian-Pilot |url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1999-08-12-9908110491-story.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210630194422/https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1999-08-12-9908110491-story.html |archive-date=2021-06-30 |quote="I wasn't thinking of Anne," Martin says. "Anne and I are still good friends. Only that last scene could be identified with her at all." |via=Orlando Sentinel}}

The fictional organization "MindHead" has been compared by film critics to the Church of Scientology.{{cite news | last =Laforest | first =Kevin N. | title =Review: Bowfinger | work =Montreal Film Journal | publisher =1998–2007 Montreal Film Journal | url =http://www.montrealfilmjournal.com/review.asp?R=R0000078 | access-date =2008-01-10 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20090113101241/http://www.montrealfilmjournal.com/review.asp?R=R0000078 | archive-date =2009-01-13 | url-status =dead }} Paul Clinton wrote in CNN online: "Bowfinger could just be viewed as an out-there, over-the-top spoof about Hollywood, films, celebrities and even the Church of Scientology. But Martin has written a sweet story about a group of outsiders with impossible dreams."{{cite news | last =Clinton | first =Paul | title =Review: 'Bowfinger' over-the-top farcical treat | work =CNN | pages =Section: Movies | date =August 12, 1999 | url =http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/Movies/9908/12/review.bowfinger/index.html | access-date = 2007-12-18 }} Andrew O'Hehir wrote in Salon that "Too much of 'Bowfinger' involves the filmmakers' generically wacky pursuit of the increasingly paranoid Kit, who flees into the clutches of a pseudo-Scientology outfit called MindHead (their slogan: 'Truth Through Strength')."{{cite news | last =O'Hehir | first =Andrew | title =Bowfinger: Martin and Murphy team up for a good-natured sendup of the mindless summer blockbuster -- and just barely avoid making one themselves. | work =Salon | date =August 12, 1999 | url =http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/1999/08/12/bowfinger/index.html | access-date = 2007-12-18}} The Denver Post, the Daily Record and the San Francisco Chronicle made similar comparisons,{{cite news |last=Booth |first=Michael |date=July 16, 2007 |title=Martin skewers Hollywood |work=The Denver Post |url=https://www.denverpost.com/2007/07/16/martin-skewers-hollywood/ |access-date=2007-12-18}}{{cite news |author= |date=October 22, 1999 |title=Martin makes Murphy make magic; BOWFINGER |pages=Section: Features |work=Daily Record}}{{cite news |last=Morris |first=Wesley |date=August 13, 1999 |title="Bowfinger" has the touch |work=San Francisco Chronicle |url=https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Bowfinger-has-the-touch-3306858.php |access-date=March 5, 2023}} and the Albuquerque Journal and the Fort Worth Star-Telegram called MindHead a "thinly veiled" parody of Scientology.{{cite news |author= |date=January 1, 2007 |title='Bowfinger' Lacks Chemistry Between Martin, Murphy |work=Albuquerque Journal}}{{cite news |author= |date=January 21, 2000 |title=Hollywood looks in the mirror, and laughs |work=Fort Worth Star-Telegram}} A review in The New York Times described actor Terence Stamp's role in the film as "a cult leader for a Scientology-like organization called Mind Head", and The Dallas Morning News and the Houston Chronicle made similar statements about Stamp's character.{{cite news |author= |date=October 23, 1999 |title=Actor Terence Stamp makes the most of his film roles |work=The Dallas Morning News}}{{cite news |last=Holden |first=Stephen |date=September 3, 1999 |title=CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK; Laughs, Schmaffs. Does It Have an Edge? |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/09/03/movies/critic-s-notebook-laughs-schmaffs-does-it-have-an-edge.html |access-date=March 5, 2023}}{{cite news | last =Millar | first =Jeff | title =Good acting gives hard-to-follow 'Limey' a boost | work =Houston Chronicle | pages =Page 4 | date =October 15, 1999 }} Writer Steve Martin told the New York Daily News "I view it as a pastiche of things I've seen come and go through the years", and stated "Scientology gets a lot of credit or blame right now, because they're the hottest one."{{cite news |author= |date=July 28, 1999 |title=Steve Martin on Scientology |work=New York Daily News}} The Cincinnati Enquirer noted in its review "For the record, Mr. Martin denies MindHead is based on Scientology."{{cite news |last=McGurk |first=Margaret A. |date=August 13, 1999 |title=Murphy and Martin: Commandants of comedy strut their absurdist stuff in 'Bowfinger' |work=The Cincinnati Enquirer |url=http://www.cincinnati.com/freetime/movies/mcgurk/bowfinger.html |url-status=dead |access-date=2008-01-10 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120722133727/http://www.cincinnati.com/freetime/movies/mcgurk/bowfinger.html |archive-date=2012-07-22}}

The film spoofs the cult of celebrity and experiences film producers can undergo when attempting to get a movie made in Hollywood. Time Out Film Guide called the film a "satire on Hollywood's lunatic fringe."{{cite news |last= |title=Bowfinger movie review |work=Time Out Film Guide |url=https://www.timeout.com/movies/bowfinger |access-date=2008-01-10}} The Seattle Post-Intelligencer noted that "it takes swipes at stupid action films" and "the ageism of the industry."{{cite news |last=Arnold |first=William |date=August 13, 1999 |title='Bowfinger' hits the comedy jackpot |work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer |url=http://seattlep-i.nwsource.com/movies/bowq.shtml |url-status=dead |access-date=2023-03-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010520132801/http://seattlep-i.nwsource.com/movies/bowq.shtml |archive-date=2001-05-20}} The Seattle Post-Intelligencer also noted Eddie Murphy's ability to spoof himself in the film, including "kidding his own legendary paranoia, evoking his real-life sex scandal and allowing himself to be the butt of Martin's extended gag." Leonard Schwarz of Palo Alto Online described the film as "arch and knowing about the ways of Hollywood", including "producers who want to keep their cars more than their kids when they get divorced."{{cite news | last =Schwarz | first =Leonard | title =Movies - Review: Bowfinger | work =Palo Alto Online | pages =Section: Movie Screener | date =August 1999 }} Russell Smith of The Austin Chronicle noted the film's satire of "L.A. movie culture, and brain-dead blockbuster films." An article in the San Francisco Chronicle by Bob Graham wrote that "Martin the writer plants some wicked barbs in Hollywood's rear end about creative financing of movies and hoarding of profits, the art of the deal, hipper-than-thou attitudes and exploitation."{{cite news |last=Graham |first=Bob |date=August 13, 1999 |title=Bowfinger Pokes Hipsters In Hollywood |work=San Francisco Chronicle |url=https://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/Bowfinger-Pokes-Hipsters-In-Hollywood-2914582.php |access-date=2008-01-10}} Laurie Scheer wrote in Creative Careers in Hollywood: "Steve Martin's performance as Bobby Bowfinger is one that is not to be missed, especially if you are choosing a career as a producer."{{cite book | last =Scheer | first =Laurie | title =Creative Careers in Hollywood | publisher =Allworth Communications, Inc. | year =2002 | isbn = 1-58115-243-4| page =135}}

Themes within the film have been compared to Mel Brooks' The Producers; a critique in the Denver Rocky Mountain News wrote that the film has "...the madcap velocity of Mel Brooks' The Producers."{{cite news | last = Denerstein | first = Robert | title =Follywood Tinseltown Takes it on the Chin in 'Bowfinger' | work =Denver Rocky Mountain News | date =August 13, 1999 }} Roger Ebert wrote that "Like Mel Brooks' The Producers, it's about fringe players who strike out boldly for the big time." Janet Maslin of The New York Times wrote, "The title character in the hilarious, good-hearted Bowfinger is a tireless schemer who, like Zero Mostel in The Producers, is part of a great show-biz tradition: being ruthless, delusional and hellbent on turning lemons into lemonade."{{cite news |last=Maslin |first=Janet |date=August 13, 1999 |title=FILM REVIEW; A Genuine Fake in a World of Make-Believe |work=The New York Times |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/film/081399bowfinger-film-review.html |access-date=March 5, 2023}} Jeff Millar of the Houston Chronicle compared Steve Martin's character in the film to Ed Wood, and Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times described Bowfinger International Pictures as "a company so threadbare even schlockmeister Ed Wood would've looked down on it."{{cite news|last=Millar |first=Jeff |title=Movie reviews: Bowfinger |work=Houston Chronicle |date=March 11, 2004 |url=https://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ae/movies/reviews/316029.html |access-date=2008-01-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090115004123/http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ae/movies/reviews/316029.html |archive-date=January 15, 2009 }}{{cite news|last=Turan |first=Kenneth |title=Bowfinger: Murphy's Rich Man, Poor Man: On Target |work=Los Angeles Times |date=August 13, 1999 |url=http://www.calendarlive.com/movies/reviews/cl-movie990812-1,0,6661502.story |access-date=2008-01-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090224195300/http://www.calendarlive.com/movies/reviews/cl-movie990812-1%2C0%2C6661502.story |archive-date=February 24, 2009 }} Comparisons were also made to Tim Burton's eponymous film about the director, Ed Wood.{{cite news|last=Grady |first=Pam |title=Bowfinger (1999) |work=Reel.com |publisher=Movie Gallery US, LLC and Hollywood Entertainment Corporation |url=http://www.reel.com/movie.asp?MID=45639&Tab=reviews&buy=open&CID=13#tabs |access-date=2008-01-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051102043047/http://reel.com/movie.asp?MID=45639&buy=open&Tab=reviews&CID=13 |archive-date=November 2, 2005 }}

On Rotten Tomatoes, Bowfinger holds an approval rating of 82% based on 114 reviews, with an average rating of 7/10. The website's critical consensus reads: "A witty commentary on modern film-making, with enough jokes to keep it entertaining throughout."{{cite web |url= https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/bowfinger/ |title= Bowfinger |access-date= 2025-02-26 |publisher= Flixster | work= Rotten Tomatoes }}

At Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 71 out of 100, based on 33 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.{{Metacritic film|title=Bowfinger}} Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B−" on an A+ to F scale.{{cite web |url= https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |title= Bowfinger B− |work= CinemaScore |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181220122629/https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |archive-date= 2018-12-20 }}

Roger Ebert gave the film three and a half out of four stars, and wrote "Bowfinger is one of those comedies where everything works."{{cite news | date = August 13, 1999 | last =Ebert | first = Roger | author-link= Roger Ebert | title =Bowfinger | work =Chicago Sun-Times | url = https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/bowfinger-1999 | access-date = December 18, 2007}} The film received three out of four stars from the TLA Video & DVD Guide, where it was described as a "goodspirited, funny look at a hack Hollywood producer who will go to any lengths to get his film made."{{cite book | last =Bleiler | first =David | title =TLA Video & DVD Guide 2005: The Discerning Film Lover's Guide | publisher =St. Martin's Griffin | location=New York City|year =2004 | url =https://archive.org/details/tlavideodvdguide00davi/page/80 | isbn =0-312-31690-9 | page =[https://archive.org/details/tlavideodvdguide00davi/page/80 80] }}

The Seattle Post-Intelligencer gave the film a rating of "A−" in its review, writing "This is one terrific comedy that doesn't let up for an instant." The Rocky Mountain News highlighted the film as a "Critics' Choice", and wrote that "Steve Martin takes gentle but funny aim at Hollywood" in the film.{{cite news | last1 =Voelz Chandler | first1 =Mary |first2=Mike |last2=Pearson |first3=Dusty |last3=Saunders |first4=Robert |last4=Denerstein |first5=Michael |last5=Mehle |first6=Marc |last6=Shulgold |first7=Patti |last7=Thorn | title =Critics' Choice: The best of the arts this week, compiled by News entertainment writers and critics | work =Rocky Mountain News | date =August 15, 1999 }}

In The Washington Post, Jane Horwitz described the film as a "riotous farce".{{cite news | last =Horwitz | first =Jane | title = A Comedic 'Mickey' | newspaper =The Washington Post | date =August 20, 1999 | url =https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/movies/filmgoer/filmgoer0820.htm | access-date = 2007-12-18}} The Kansas City Star called it a "frequently hilarious comedy".{{cite news |author= |date=August 20, 1999 |title=Eddie Murphy doubles the laughs in 'Bowfinger' |pages=Section: What's New |work=Kansas City Star}}

The New York Times{{'}} Janet Maslin wrote, "This hilarious, good-hearted spiritual descendant of The Producers is a comic coup for Mr. Martin."

A review in the Deseret Morning News was critical, giving the film two and a half out of four stars, and called it a "funny but frantic and somewhat mean-spirited comedy."{{cite news |author=Vice |first=Jeff |date=April 11, 2000 |title=Film review: Bowfinger |work=Deseret News |url=https://www.deseret.com/2000/4/11/20089242/film-review-bowfinger |access-date=March 5, 2023}} Film critic Russell Smith of The Austin Chronicle gave the film two and a half stars, and wrote, "As a diehard Martin fan, I'm still hoping for a comeback, but it'll take better efforts than this to get me back in his cheering section."{{cite news |last=Smith |first=Russell |date=August 20, 1999 |title=Bowfinger |work=The Austin Chronicle |publisher=Austin Chronicle Corp |url=https://www.austinchronicle.com/events/film/1999-08-20/bowfinger/ |access-date=January 10, 2008}} Leonard Maltin also gave the film two and a half stars, and wrote in his Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide: "Likeable costars carry this comedy a long way; there are some good laughs throughout, but it's never as satisfying as you'd like it to be."{{cite book | last =Maltin | first =Leonard | author-link =Leonard Maltin | title =Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide 2004 Edition | publisher =Penguin Group (USA) Inc. | location=New York City|date =August 2003 | isbn =0-451-20940-0 | page =[https://archive.org/details/leonardmaltinsmo00leon/page/168 168] }}

Stacey Wilson Hunt of Vulture considered Bowfinger as Murphy's underrated classic. In an interview with Hunt, Murphy said: "I love Bowfinger. That's a funny one. It was all mostly on page—I don't remember doing a lot of improvising. I kind of played what he wanted to play. It was all Steve Martin's creation."{{cite web |last=Hunt |first=Stacey Wilson |date=December 15, 2016 |title=Eddie Murphy on Making His First Indie Movie, Celebrating Pluto Nash, and Returning to Stand-up |url=https://www.vulture.com/2016/12/eddie-murphy-mr-church-snl-standup.html |website=Vulture |publisher=New York Media}}

Bowfinger debuted at the #2 spot behind The Sixth Sense, with an initial box office weekend return of {{USD}}18.2 million at 2,700 theaters in the United States.{{cite news |last=King |first=Susan |date=August 17, 1999 |title=Weekend Box Office; 'Sixth Sense' Pulls Big Dollars and Cents |page=5 |work=Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-aug-17-ca-868-story.html |access-date=March 5, 2023}}{{cite news | last =Natale | first =Richard | title =Sense' Scares Off Challengers; Box Office.Thriller holds onto No. 1 spot, keeping 'Bowfinger' comedy at bay | work =Los Angeles Times | page=1 | date = August 16, 1999 }} It held onto the number two spot in its second week, earning an additional $10.7 million and grossing $35.7 million within its first ten days.{{cite news |last=Klady |first=Leonard |date=August 23, 1999 |title=B.O. dollars & 'Sense': Thriller tops for 3rd week at $24 mil; 'Mickey' taps $10 mil |work=Variety |url=https://variety.com/1999/film/news/b-o-dollars-sense-1117750648/ |access-date=December 18, 2007}}{{cite news |author= |date=August 23, 1999 |title=Blame It On The Rain |work=The Boston Globe}}{{cite news |last=McNary |first=Dave |date=August 22, 1999 |title=UPI Focus: 'Sixth Sense' tops US box office |work=UPI |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1999/08/22/UPI-Focus-Sixth-Sense-tops-US-box-office/4636935294400/ |access-date=March 5, 2023}} As of September 7, 1999, Bowfinger was at the fourth spot, with a weekend return of $7 million and a total gross of $55.5 million.{{cite magazine |last=Wolk |first=Josh |date=September 7, 1999 |title=The Sixth Sense dominates again, in its fifth week |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |url=https://ew.com/article/1999/09/07/sixth-sense-dominates-again-its-fifth-week/ |access-date=March 5, 2023}} By September 13, 1999, the film had slipped to 5th place, with a weekend return of $3.7 million, for a total take of $60.5 million.{{cite news |last=Klady |first=Leonard |date=September 13, 1999 |title='Stigmata' bleeds BO: 'Sense' slips to second; 'Stir' in mix |work=Variety |url=https://variety.com/1999/film/news/stigmata-bleeds-b-o-1117755599/ |access-date=December 18, 2007}} By October 11, 1999, the film had earned $65 million in the United States.{{cite news | last =Lyman | first =Rick | title = Universal Hopes 1999's Hits Will Silence the Rumor Mill | work =The New York Times | date =October 11, 1999 | url =https://www.nytimes.com/1999/10/11/business/universal-hopes-1999-s-hits-will-silence-the-rumor-mill.html | access-date = December 18, 2007}} The film did not fare as well overseas as it did in the United States.{{cite news |last=Groves |first=Don |date=December 15, 1999 |title=America's pics find foreign B.O. hit, miss puzzle |work=Variety |url=https://variety.com/1999/film/news/america-s-pics-find-foreign-b-o-hit-miss-puzzle-1117760038/ |access-date=December 18, 2007}}

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1. "There is Always One More Time" - Johnny Adams
2. "You're a Wonderful One" - Marvin Gaye
3. "And I Love You So" - Perry Como
4. "Mambo U.K." - Cubanismo
5. "Super Bad, Super Slick" - James Brown
6. "Secret Agent Man" - Johnny Rivers
7. "Betsy Chases Kit/The First Shot/A Short Ride/Dave Makes a Call/Dave Returns Camera"
8. "Cafe Set-Up/Shooting The Cafe/Stealing Renfro's Car/Auditioning the Butts"
9. "Chubby Rain"
10. "Clothing Store/Daisy Rescues Kit"
11. "The Observatory"
12. "Finale/Fed Ex Delivers"

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