
The Happening
A science teacher, his wife, and a young girl struggle to survive a plague that causes those infected to commit suicide.
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Released
- 2008
- Country
- United States, India
Details
Release year: 2008
Storyline
A science teacher, his wife, and a young girl struggle to survive a plague that causes those infected to commit suicide.
Top credits
Mark Wahlberg ā Elliot Moore
Zooey Deschanel ā Alma Moore
John Leguizamo ā Julian
Ashlyn Sanchez ā Jess
Did you know
⢠Mark Wahlberg admitted that he regrets working on this movie, but said, "You can't blame me for wanting to try to play a science teacher. At least I wasn't playing a cop or a crook."
⢠The movie was shot completely in sequence.
⢠M. Night Shyamalan: The voice of "Joey," who calls Alma a few times throughout the movie. The audience never sees him nor learns of his fate.
Box Office
Gross (Domestic): $64,506,874
Opening Weekend (Domestic): $30,517,109 (2008-06-15)
User reviews
Nature fights back
Unfairly maligned
It's not happening
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- SDDS, Dolby Digital, DTS
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
- Color
- Color





















