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The HappeningFollow

2008 • R • 1h 31m • Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi • 20th Century Fox

We've sensed it. We've seen the signs. Now...it's happening.

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34

2.13

5.0

CS D

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$30.50M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$64.50M

Final

Worldwide total

$163.00M

$98.90M international

Domestic legs2.11x

Budget$48.0M

2008 rank#50

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Cast & crew

Full Shyamalan filmography

M. Night Shyamalan

M. Night Shyamalan Director

Mark Wahlberg

Mark Wahlberg Starring

Zooey Deschanel

Zooey Deschanel Starring

John Leguizamo

John Leguizamo Starring

Betty Buckley

Betty Buckley Starring

Spencer Breslin

Spencer Breslin Starring

ScreenplayM. Night Shyamalan Produced byM. Night Shyamalan, Sam Mercer, Barry Mendel CinematographyTak Fujimoto MusicJames Newton Howard Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jun 13-15 3 $30.5M — 2,986 $10,220 $30.5M

2 Jun 20-22 5 $10.5M −65.7% 2,986 $3,510 $50.7M

3 Jun 27-29 8 $3.9M −62.7% 2,483 $1,573 $59.1M

4 Jul 4-6 13 $1.4M −63.2% 1,795 $801 $62.1M

5 Jul 11-13 17 $446.5K −69.0% 510 $875 $63.4M

6 Jul 18-20 23 $165.8K −62.9% 242 $685 $63.7M

7 Jul 25-27 27 $138.5K −16.4% 211 $656 $64.0M

8 Aug 1-3 30 $115.3K −16.7% 151 $763 $64.1M

9 Aug 8-10 37 $79.9K −30.7% 134 $596 $64.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jun 13 #2 $13.1M — $13.1M 2,986 $4,384 1

Sat Jun 14 #3 $10.3M −21% $23.4M 2,986 $3,461 2

Sun Jun 15 #3 $7.1M −31% $30.5M 2,986 $2,373 3

Mon Jun 16 #3 $3.1M −56% $33.6M 2,986 $1,048 4

Tue Jun 17 #3 $2.5M −22% $36.1M 2,986 $820 5

Wed Jun 18 #3 $2.2M −11% $38.3M 2,986 $732 6

Thu Jun 19 #3 $2.0M −9% $40.3M 2,986 $663 7

Fri Jun 20 #5 $3.3M +65% −75% $43.5M 2,986 $1,095 8

Sat Jun 21 #5 $4.0M +22% −61% $47.5M 2,986 $1,334 9

Sun Jun 22 #5 $3.2M −19% −54% $50.7M 2,986 $1,080 10

Mon Jun 23 #5 $1.3M −60% −59% $52.0M 2,986 $434 11

Tue Jun 24 #5 $1.2M −11% −53% $53.2M 2,986 $385 12

Wed Jun 25 #5 $1.0M −11% −53% $54.2M 2,986 $341 13

Thu Jun 26 #7 $997.4K −2% −50% $55.2M 2,986 $334 14

Fri Jun 27 #8 $1.2M +19% −64% $56.4M 2,483 $477 15

Sat Jun 28 #8 $1.5M +29% −62% $57.9M 2,483 $617 16

Sun Jun 29 #8 $1.2M −22% −63% $59.1M 2,483 $479 17

Mon Jun 30 #9 $549.2K −54% −58% $59.7M 2,483 $221 18

Tue Jul 1 #10 $392.7K −28% −66% $60.1M 2,483 $158 19

Wed Jul 2 #12 $239.0K −39% −77% $60.3M 1,803 $132 20

Thu Jul 3 $313.1K +31% −69% $60.6M 1,803 $173 21

Fri Jul 4 #13 $348.3K +11% −71% $61.0M 1,803 $193 22

Sat Jul 5 #12 $629.6K +81% −59% $61.6M 1,803 $349 23

Sun Jul 6 #12 $460.9K −27% −61% $62.1M 1,803 $255 24

Mon Jul 7 #12 $222.5K −52% −59% $62.3M 1,803 $123 25

Tue Jul 8 #12 $221.7K n/c −44% $62.5M 1,803 $122 26

Wed Jul 9 #12 $213.2K −4% −11% $62.7M 1,803 $118 27

Thu Jul 10 $198.9K −7% −36% $62.9M 1,803 $110 28

Fri Jul 11 $139.4K −30% −60% $63.0M 510 $273 29

Sat Jul 12 $181.4K +30% −71% $63.2M 510 $355 30

Sun Jul 13 $125.7K −31% −73% $63.4M 510 $246 31

Mon Jul 14 $57.0K −55% −74% $63.4M 510 $111 32

Tue Jul 15 $56.7K −1% −74% $63.5M 510 $111 33

Wed Jul 16 $55.0K −3% −74% $63.5M 510 $107 34

Thu Jul 17 $45.5K −17% −77% $63.6M 510 $89 35

Fri Jul 18 $55.6K +22% −60% $63.6M 242 $229 36

Sat Jul 19 $63.8K +15% −65% $63.7M 242 $263 37

Sun Jul 20 $46.4K −27% −63% $63.7M 242 $191 38

Mon Jul 21 $20.7K −55% −64% $63.8M 242 $85 39

Tue Jul 22 $20.8K n/c −63% $63.8M 242 $85 40

Wed Jul 23 $20.0K −4% −64% $63.8M 242 $82 41

Thu Jul 24 $20.5K +2% −55% $63.8M 242 $84 42

Fri Jul 25 $42.9K +110% −23% $63.9M 211 $203 43

Sat Jul 26 $55.2K +28% −14% $63.9M 211 $261 44

Sun Jul 27 $40.4K −27% −13% $64.0M 211 $191 45

Mon Jul 28 $17.3K −57% −16% $64.0M 211 $82 46

Tue Jul 29 $18.2K +5% −12% $64.0M 211 $86 47

Wed Jul 30 $18.4K +1% −8% $64.0M 211 $87 48

Thu Jul 31 $17.0K −8% −17% $64.0M 211 $80 49

Fri Aug 1 $24.1K +42% −44% $64.1M 151 $159 50

Sat Aug 2 $34.6K +44% −37% $64.1M 151 $229 51

Sun Aug 3 $56.7K +64% +40% $64.1M 151 $375 52

Mon Aug 4 $14.5K −74% −16% $64.2M 151 $96 53

Tue Aug 5 $13.9K −4% −24% $64.2M 151 $91 54

Wed Aug 6 $11.9K −14% −35% $64.2M 151 $79 55

Thu Aug 7 $12.4K +4% −27% $64.2M 151 $81 56

Fri Aug 8 $25.2K +104% +5% $64.2M 134 $187 57

Sat Aug 9 $31.4K +25% −9% $64.3M 134 $234 58

Sun Aug 10 $23.4K −25% −59% $64.3M 134 $174 59

Mon Aug 11 $12.4K −47% −15% $64.3M 134 $92 60

Tue Aug 12 $12.3K −1% −11% $64.3M 134 $92 61

Wed Aug 13 $10.9K −12% −9% $64.3M 134 $81 62

Thu Aug 14 $11.8K +9% −4% $64.3M 134 $88 63

Fri Aug 15 $22.5K +90% −10% $64.3M 65 $346 64

Sat Aug 16 $25.8K +14% −18% $64.4M 65 $396 65

Sun Aug 17 $13.1K −49% −44% $64.4M 65 $201 66

Mon Aug 18 $7.0K −47% −44% $64.4M 65 $107 67

Tue Aug 19 $6.4K −9% −48% $64.4M 65 $97 68

Wed Aug 20 $6.2K −3% −43% $64.4M 65 $95 69

Thu Aug 21 $5.9K −4% −50% $64.4M 65 $91 70

Fri Aug 22 $8.3K +39% −63% $64.4M 46 $180 71

Sat Aug 23 $12.9K +55% −50% $64.4M 46 $279 72

Sun Aug 24 $6.6K −49% −50% $64.4M 46 $142 73

Mon Aug 25 $2.8K −57% −59% $64.4M 46 $61 74

Tue Aug 26 $2.5K −12% −61% $64.4M 46 $54 75

Wed Aug 27 $2.7K +7% −57% $64.4M 46 $58 76

Thu Aug 28 $3.2K +19% −46% $64.4M 46 $69 77

Fri Aug 29 $6.6K +107% −20% $64.5M 25 $264 78

Sat Aug 30 $10.2K +54% −21% $64.5M 25 $406 79

Sun Aug 31 $19.5K +92% +197% $64.5M 25 $780 80

Mon Sep 1 #76 $1.9K −90% −31% $64.5M 25 $77 81

Tue Sep 2 $744 −62% −70% $64.5M 25 $29 82

Wed Sep 3 $968 +30% −64% $64.5M 25 $38 83

Thu Sep 4 $779 −20% −76% $64.5M 25 $31 84

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$64.4M

Jun 13Jun 30Jul 18Aug 4Aug 21

Weekend grossWk 9 · $79.9K

$30.5M

$10.5M

$3.9M

$1.4M

$446.5K

$165.8K

$138.5K

$115.3K

$79.9K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9

Theater countPeak 2,986 → 65 −97.8%

2,986 open65 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 9 · −30.7%

−65.7%

W1→2

−62.7%

W2→3

−63.2%

W3→4

−69.0%

W4→5

−62.9%

W5→6

−16.4%

W6→7

−16.7%

W7→8

−30.7%

W8→9

Steepest −69.0%Best hold −16.4%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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