| Release Date | 11 June 2008 |
| Budget | $48,000,000 |
| US Box Office | $64,000,000 |
| Tagline | We've Sensed It. We've Seen The Signs. Now... It's Happening. |
| Genre | Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller |
| Country | USAIndia |
| Filming Locations | 100 W 18th St, New York City, New York, USA |
| Language | English, French |
| Sound Mix | SDDS, Dolby Digital, DTS |
| Color | Color |
| Film Type | Feature |
| Film Class | Psychological Thriller |
| Themes | Plagues and Epidemics |
| Tones | Tense, Enigmatic, Eerie, Disturbing, Ominous |
| Tags | End Of The World, Father, Natural Disaster, On The Run |
The Happening is a 2008 science fiction thriller film written, co-produced and directed by M. Night Shyamalan that follows a man, his wife, and his best friend along with his friend's daughter, as they try to escape from an inexplicable natural disaster. The plot revolves around a mysterious neurotoxin that causes anyone exposed to it to commit suicide. The protagonist, a science teacher named Elliot Moore (Mark Wahlberg), attempts to escape from the mystery substance with his friends as hysteria grips the East Coast of the United States. It was advertised as being M. Night Shyamalan's first R-rated (or 15 Certificate in the United Kingdom) film and received mostly negative reviews from film critics.