The Happening (2008 film)

The Happening
Poster for "The Happening" featuring a highway filled with abandoned vehicles.
Theatrical release poster
Directed byM. Night Shyamalan
Written byM. Night Shyamalan
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyTak Fujimoto
Edited byConrad Buff
Music byJames Newton Howard
Production
companies
Distributed by20th Century Fox[1]
Release dates
  • June 10, 2008 (2008-06-10) (New York City)
  • June 13, 2008 (2008-06-13) (United States)
Running time
90 minutes[2]
Countries
  • United States
  • India
LanguageEnglish
Budget$48–60 million[a]
Box office$163.4 million[3]

The Happening is a 2008 science fiction thriller film written, directed, and produced by M. Night Shyamalan. It stars Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel, John Leguizamo, and Betty Buckley and revolves around an inexplicable natural disaster causing mass suicides.

The film premiered in New York City on June 10, 2008, and was theatrically released in the United States by 20th Century Fox on June 13. It received generally negative reviews from critics and grossed $163 million worldwide.

  1. ^ a b "The Happening". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d e "The Happening". British Board of Film Classification. Archived from the original on January 9, 2021. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
  3. ^ a b "The Happening". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
  4. ^ Fleming, Michael (March 29, 2007). "Wahlberg to star in Shyamalan film". Variety. Archived from the original on August 21, 2018. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
  5. ^ Mendelson, Scott (July 25, 2021). "Box Office: 'Old' Proves That M. Night Shyamalan Remains A Bankable Horror Director". Forbes. Retrieved October 18, 2021.


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