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The Happening

The Happening

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jun 11, 2008

Runtime

1h 30m

Genres

Thriller, Science Fiction

User Score

54%

Original Title

The Happening

Production Companies

Spyglass Entertainment, Blinding Edge Pictures, UTV Motion Pictures, 20th Century Fox, Dune Entertainment III, The Walt Disney Company

Director

M. Night Shyamalan

Budget

$60,000,000

Revenue

$163,403,799

Description

When a deadly airborne virus threatens to wipe out the northeastern United States, teacher Elliot Moore and his wife Alma flee from contaminated cities into the countryside in a fight to discover the truth. Is it terrorism, the accidental release of some toxic military bio weapon -- or something even more sinister?