The novelization for the film was written by Terry Bisson and published by Tor in November, 2000.
The 6th Day grossed $13,020,883 over its opening November 17th weekend. It made $34,604,280 in total domestic grosses and another $61,481,197 internationally. Its total worldwide gross is $96,085,77 off a budget of $82,000,000. [2]
At its widest release The 6th Day was screened in 2,516 theaters. It had remained in release for a total of fifty-eight weeks (410 days).
The 6th Day opened up at #4 at the box office, grossing only $4,287,130. It was beat out by How the Grinch Stole Christmas and Rugrats in Paris, both of which were opening films, as well as Charlie's Angels, which was entering its third week. [3]
On the movie review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, The 6th Day has a Tomatometer rating of 40% based on 117 posted critic reviews. It has 47 positive reviews and 70 negative reviews, averaging 5.20 out of 10. The film has an audience score of 32% based on more than 100,000 ratings, averaging 2.9 out of 5.
On Letterboxd The 6th Day has a weighted average rating of 2.65 out of 5 based on 25,501 user ratings.
Actress Taylor Reid, who plays Clara Gibson, is credited as Taylor Anne Reid in this film. She is also known for making appearance on the TV series Dark Angel and the television mini-series Taken.
The events of this film take place in the year 2015. Another science fiction film that takes place in the then-future year of 2015 is Back to the Future Part II.
