Editing M. Night Shyamalan (section)

==Critical analysis and box-office performance==
''Rolling Stone'' wrote that ''The Sixth Sense'' gave Shyamalan the reputation of "the guy who makes the scary movies with a twist".<ref name="hiatt20181220">{{Cite magazine |last=Hiatt |first=Brian |date=December 20, 2018 |title=The Fall and Rise of M. Night Shyamalan |url=https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-fall-and-rise-of-m-night-shyamalan |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=July 24, 2020 |archive-date=November 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211126141824/https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-fall-and-rise-of-m-night-shyamalan |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2008, Shyamalan said it was a common misperception that "all my movies have twist endings, or that they're all scary. All my movies are spiritual and all have an emotional perspective".<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/film-and-tv/features/the-5minute-interview-m-night-shyamalan-writer-and-director-837413.html | work=The Independent | location=London | title=The 5-minute Interview: M Night Shyamalan, Writer and director | date=May 31, 2008 | access-date=May 12, 2010 | archive-date=June 3, 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080603012947/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/film-and-tv/features/the-5minute-interview-m-night-shyamalan-writer-and-director-837413.html | url-status=live }}</ref> He nonetheless avoided plot twists for years, until again using them starting with ''The Visit'' in 2015. ''Rolling Stone'' wrote in 2018,{{r|hiatt20181220}}

{{blockquote|In his twenties, [Shyamalan] says, "I don't think you could have told me that making thrillers for your whole life wasn't a bad thing. At first it was a sense of, 'Hey, I can make anything.' But that’s hypocritical, because when I pick up an [[Agatha Christie]] novel in my library, I have a strong expectation. So, I get it&nbsp;... When I became happy with the idea of making thrillers for the rest of my life, everything went right."}}

After the release of ''The Village'', ''[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]''{{'}}s Michael Agger noted that Shyamalan was following "an uncomfortable pattern" of "making fragile, sealed-off movies that fell apart when exposed to outside logic".<ref>{{cite web |work=Slate |date=July 30, 2004 |url=http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2004/07/village_idiot.html |title=The case against M. Night Shyamalan |access-date=July 12, 2012 |archive-date=October 24, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024123442/http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2004/07/village_idiot.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Shyamalan has also been nominated for, and in some cases won, numerous [[Golden Raspberry Awards]] for ''Lady in the Water'' in 2006, ''The Happening'' in 2008, ''The Last Airbender'' in 2010, and ''After Earth'' in 2013.<ref>{{Cite web |agency=PTI |date=5 February 2007 |title=Shyamalan nominated for worst director award |url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/news/world/shyamalan-nominated-for-worst-director-award/articleshow/15678583.cms |access-date=2024-06-22 |website=Mumbai Mirror |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Lewinski |first=John Scott |title=Award Season Outrage: No Razzies for Happening |url=https://www.wired.com/2009/02/award-season-ou/ |access-date=2024-06-22 |magazine=Wired |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-02-27 |title=M Night Shyamalan's Last Airbender wins Razzie Awards |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-12589752 |access-date=2024-06-22 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Obias |first=Rudie |date=2014-03-02 |title=After Earth "Wins" Three Razzie Awards |url=https://www.giantfreakinrobot.com/ent/scifi/earth-wins-razzie-awards.html |access-date=2024-06-22 |website=GIANT FREAKIN ROBOT |language=en-US}}</ref> In 2016 he was also nominated for the [[Razzie Redeemer Award]].<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Rosen|first=Christopher|title=Razzies nominations 2016: 50 Shades of Grey, Pixels lead pack of year's worst|url=https://ew.com/article/2016/01/13/razzies-nominations-2016-list/|date=January 13, 2016|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|access-date=March 30, 2019|archive-date=May 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220518041004/https://ew.com/article/2016/01/13/razzies-nominations-2016-list/|url-status=live}}</ref>

''The Village'', ''Lady in the Water,'' ''Split'' and ''Trap'' have been included in ''[[Cahiers du Cinéma]]'' [[Cahiers du Cinéma's Annual Top 10 Lists|annual top ten lists]].

Shyamalan is also known for setting and shooting his films in and around [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]], along with nearby [[Reading, Pennsylvania]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Filming under way at Reading's Pagoda for Shyamalan's 'The Last Airbender'|url=http://www2.readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=132206|access-date=July 31, 2021|website=Reading Eagle|archive-date=December 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221204143043/http://www2.readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=132206|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|author=Kathy Lauer-Williams|title=No Pagoda scenes after all in 'The Last Airbender'|url=https://www.mcall.com/news/local/mc-xpm-2010-07-01-mc-airbender-pagoda-reading-20100630-story.html|access-date=July 31, 2021|website=mcall.com|date=July 2010|language=en-US|archive-date=July 3, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220703181411/https://www.mcall.com/news/local/mc-xpm-2010-07-01-mc-airbender-pagoda-reading-20100630-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title='One of the greatest places to shoot in the world': M. Night Shyamalan pushes Pa. to boost film tax credit|url=https://whyy.org/articles/one-of-the-greatest-places-to-shoot-in-the-world-m-night-shyamalan-pushes-pa-to-boost-film-tax-credit/|access-date=July 31, 2021|website=Whyy.org|language=en-US|archive-date=July 31, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210731200133/https://whyy.org/articles/one-of-the-greatest-places-to-shoot-in-the-world-m-night-shyamalan-pushes-pa-to-boost-film-tax-credit/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title="The Last Airbender" Takes Over Reading Pagoda|url=https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/local/the-last-airbender-takes-over-reading-pagoda/1876964/|access-date=July 31, 2021|website=NBC10 Philadelphia|date=April 2009|language=en-US|archive-date=July 31, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210731200134/https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/local/the-last-airbender-takes-over-reading-pagoda/1876964/|url-status=live}}</ref> Most of his early commercially successful films were co-produced and released by [[Walt Disney Studios (division)|Walt Disney Studios]]' [[Touchstone Pictures|Touchstone]] and [[Hollywood Pictures]] imprints. Films of his resurgence, however, were usually released by [[Universal Pictures]].

=== Critical reception and box-office performance ===
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{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|+ {{sronly|Critical and public response to films from M. Night Shyamalan}}
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Film
! scope="col" | [[Rotten Tomatoes]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/m_night_shyamalan|title=M. Night Shyamalan|publisher=[[Fandango Media]]|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210212024135/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/m_night_shyamalan|archive-date=February 12, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=August 2, 2021}}</ref>
! scope="col" | [[Metacritic]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/person/m-night-shyamalan|title=M. Night Shyamalan|website=[[Metacritic]]|date=January 31, 1999 |publisher=[[CBS Interactive]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130040621/https://www.metacritic.com/person/m-night-shyamalan|archive-date=November 30, 2020|url-status=live|access-date=August 2, 2021}}</ref>
! scope="col" | [[CinemaScore]]<ref name="CinemaScore">{{cite web |url=https://www.cinemascore.com/ |title=CinemaScore |publisher=[[CinemaScore]] |access-date=February 12, 2021 |archive-date=January 2, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180102130540/https://www.cinemascore.com/ |url-status=live }} Each film's score can be accessed from the website's search bar.</ref>
!Budget
!Box-office<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=M. Night Shyamalan – Box Office |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/person/131930401-M-Night-Shyamalan |website=The Numbers |access-date=May 9, 2020 |archive-date=June 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200621135802/https://www.the-numbers.com/person/131930401-M-Night-Shyamalan |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| 1992
! scope=row | ''[[Praying with Anger]]''
| {{N/A}}
| {{N/A}}
| {{N/A}}
| {{N/A}}
| {{N/A}}
|-
| 1998
! scope=row | ''[[Wide Awake (1998 film)|Wide Awake]]''
| 45% (33 reviews)
| {{N/A}}
| {{N/A}}
|$6 million
|data-sort-value="$0.3 million"|$305,704
|-
| 1999
! scope=row | {{sort|Sixth Sense|''[[The Sixth Sense]]''}}
| 86% (158 reviews)
| 64 (35 reviews)
| align="center" | {{sort grade|A–}}
|$40 million
|$673 million
|-
| 2000
! scope=row | ''[[Unbreakable (film)|Unbreakable]]''
| 70% (173 reviews)
| 62 (31 reviews)
| align="center" | {{sort grade|C}}
|$75 million
|$248 million
|-
| 2002
! scope=row | ''[[Signs (2002 film)|Signs]]''
| 75% (237 reviews)
| 59 (36 reviews)
| align="center" | {{sort grade|B}}
|$72 million
|$408 million
|-
| 2004
! scope=row | {{sort|Village|''[[The Village (2004 film)|The Village]]''}}
| 44% (222 reviews)
| 44 (40 reviews)
| align="center" | {{sort grade|C}}
|$60 million
|$257 million
|-
| 2006
! scope=row | ''[[Lady in the Water]]''
| 25% (212 reviews)
| 36 (36 reviews)
| align="center" | {{sort grade|B–}}
|$70 million
|$73 million
|-
| 2008
! scope=row | {{sort|Happening|''[[The Happening (2008 film)|The Happening]]''}}
| 18% (185 reviews)
| 34 (38 reviews)
| align="center" | {{sort grade|D}}
|$48 million
|$163 million
|-
| 2010
! scope=row | {{sort|Last Airbender|''[[The Last Airbender (film)|The Last Airbender]]''}}
| 5% (192 reviews)
| 20 (33 reviews)
| align="center" | {{sort grade|C}}
|$150 million
|$319 million
|-
| 2013
! scope=row | ''[[After Earth]]''
| 12% (212 reviews)
| 33 (41 reviews)
| align="center" | {{sort grade|B}}
|$130 million
|$251 million
|-
| 2015
! scope=row | {{sort|Visit|''[[The Visit (2015 American film)|The Visit]]''}}
| 68% (229 reviews)
| 55 (34 reviews)
| align="center" | {{sort grade|B–}}
|$5 million
|$98 million
|-
| 2016
! scope=row | ''[[Split (2016 American film)|Split]]''
| 78% (313 reviews)
| 63 (48 reviews)
| align="center" | {{sort grade|B+}}
|$9 million
|$279 million
|-
| 2019
! scope=row | ''[[Glass (2019 film)|Glass]]''
| 37% (395 reviews)
| 43 (53 reviews)
| align="center" | {{sort grade|B}}
|$20 million
|$247 million
|-
| 2021
! scope=row| ''[[Old (film)|Old]]''
| 50% (313 reviews)
| 55 (52 reviews)
| align="center" | {{sort grade|C+}}
|$18 million
|$90 million
|-
|2023
! scope=row| ''[[Knock at the Cabin]]''
| 67% (216 reviews)
| 63 (54 reviews)
| align="center" | {{sort grade|C}}
|$20 million
|$54 million
|-
|2024
! scope=row| ''[[Trap (2024 film)|Trap]]''
| 57% (230 reviews)
| 53 (45 reviews)
| align="center" | {{sort grade|C+}}
|$30 million
|$80 million
|- style="font-weight: bold; background-color: #EAECF0;" class="sortbottom"
! scope="row" colspan="5" | Total
| $753 million
| $3.241 billion 
|-
|}