The Happening

2008 | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Synopsis

A science teacher, his wife, and a young girl struggle to survive a plague that causes those infected to commit suicide.

Scores

Overall Score
80.7
Popularity Percentile (Year)
94.6%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
93.1%
Review Aggregate
27.7

Critic Consensus

17.4% Fresh • 184 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely negative, with 17% of 184 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize thin plot, funny, suspenseful. Many reviews cite pacing issues, thin plot as the main reasons it falls short.

thin plotfunnysuspensefulscarycharacter-drivenvisually strikingpacing issuesgrittymacabreemotional

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Mark Wahlberg2008$4,687,000$6,829,000(est)
Zooey Deschanel2008$2,885,000$4,204,000(est)
John Leguizamo2008$2,172,000$3,165,000(est)
Betty Buckley2008$1,776,000$2,588,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score17.0
RT critic review count184
Rotten Tomatoes audience score24.0
RT audience rating count250,000
IMDb rating5.0
IMDb votes224,125

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2008$64,506,872$93,988,884
International2008$98,896,930$144,096,463
Worldwide2008$163,403,790$238,085,330

Earnings / Profitability

Estimated net revenues and net expenses for films based on reported and estimated numbers. This income statement should be considered most viable for the first 24 months after the inital movie's release (ie after most lucrative pay windows).
CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Revenues
Theatrical Net Revenue2008$71,812,208$104,633,027
Digital Rentals ?2008$1,811,000$2,638,694
Digital Purchases ?2008$646,000$941,246
Physical Rentals ?2008$15,009,000$21,868,665
Physical Purchases ?2008$31,099,000$45,312,386
TV & Streaming Revenue2008$16,126,718$23,497,221
Total Revenues2008$136,503,926$198,891,239
Expenses
Budget ?2008$48,000,000$69,937,765
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2008$60,000,000 (est)$87,422,206 (est)
Participations2008$5,460,000$7,955,421
Residuals ?2008$4,273,000$6,225,918
Interest & Overhead2008$8,160,000$11,889,420
Total Expenses2008$125,893,000$183,430,730
Movie Net Profit or Loss2008$10,610,926$15,460,509

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