Bruce Willis had to do this film to make up for some, er, problems with Disney. He shut down production of one of their films by firing the director. Hmm, making him star in a film and then killing him off 10 minutes into it seems like a pretty harsh punishment. But maybe not as bad as casting him in Armageddon. Another punishment for ruining the other production was that he was only paid $10 million for this film—half of what he usually gets for a movie. Now, that's scary. (Source)

Apparently, the family storyline in the film was so strong that Toni Collette didn't even realize it would be considered a "horror film." Because a film about a kid seeing dead people is your typical holiday family fare? (Source)

The usually ripped Donnie Wahlberg lost a lot of weight to play Vincent—so much that we bet you didn't even recognize him...if you knew who he was in the first place. (Source)

Haley Joel Osment couldn't always cry on cue. His dad suggested to Bruce Willis that he yell at Osment off-camera to make him cry. It did the trick. (Source)