Name: The Happening
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Released: 2008
Rating: 3.4
Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel, John Leguizamo, Ashlyn Sanchez, Betty Buckley

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri Jun 13	#2	$13.09M		—	$13.09M	2,986	$4.4K	1
Sat Jun 14	#3	$10.34M	-21%	—	$23.43M	2,986	$3.5K	2
Sun Jun 15	#3	$7.09M	-31%	—	$30.52M	2,986	$2.4K	3
Mon Jun 16	#3	$3.13M	-56%	—	$33.65M	2,986	$1.0K	4
Tue Jun 17	#3	$2.45M	-22%	—	$36.10M	2,986	$820	5
Wed Jun 18	#3	$2.19M	-11%	—	$38.29M	2,986	$732	6
Thu Jun 19	#3	$1.98M	-9%	—	$40.27M	2,986	$663	7
Fri Jun 20	#5	$3.27M	+65%	-75%	$43.54M	2,986	$1.1K	8
Sat Jun 21	#5	$3.98M	+22%	-61%	$47.52M	2,986	$1.3K	9
Sun Jun 22	#5	$3.23M	-19%	-54%	$50.75M	2,986	$1.1K	10
Mon Jun 23	#5	$1.30M	-60%	-59%	$52.05M	2,986	$434	11
Tue Jun 24	#5	$1.15M	-11%	-53%	$53.20M	2,986	$385	12
Wed Jun 25	#5	$1.02M	-11%	-53%	$54.22M	2,986	$341	13
Thu Jun 26	#7	$997K	-2%	-50%	$55.21M	2,986	$334	14
Fri Jun 27	#8	$1.18M	+19%	-64%	$56.40M	2,483	$477	15
Sat Jun 28	#8	$1.53M	+29%	-62%	$57.93M	2,483	$617	16
Sun Jun 29	#8	$1.19M	-22%	-63%	$59.12M	2,483	$479	17
Mon Jun 30	#9	$549K	-54%	-58%	$59.67M	2,483	$221	18
Tue Jul 1	#10	$393K	-28%	-66%	$60.06M	2,483	$158	19
Wed Jul 2	#12	$239K	-39%	-77%	$60.30M	1,803	$132	20
Thu Jul 3		$313K	+31%	-69%	$60.61M	1,803	$173	21
Fri Jul 4	#13	$348K	+11%	-71%	$60.96M	1,803	$193	22
Sat Jul 5	#12	$630K	+81%	-59%	$61.59M	1,803	$349	23
Sun Jul 6	#12	$461K	-27%	-61%	$62.05M	1,803	$255	24
Mon Jul 7	#12	$223K	-52%	-59%	$62.28M	1,803	$123	25
Tue Jul 8	#12	$222K	n/c	-44%	$62.50M	1,803	$122	26
Wed Jul 9	#12	$213K	-4%	-11%	$62.71M	1,803	$118	27
Thu Jul 10		$199K	-7%	-36%	$62.91M	1,803	$110	28
Fri Jul 11		$139K	-30%	-60%	$63.05M	510	$273	29
Sat Jul 12		$181K	+30%	-71%	$63.23M	510	$355	30
Sun Jul 13		$126K	-31%	-73%	$63.36M	510	$246	31
Mon Jul 14		$57K	-55%	-74%	$63.41M	510	$111	32
Tue Jul 15		$57K	-1%	-74%	$63.47M	510	$111	33
Wed Jul 16		$55K	-3%	-74%	$63.53M	510	$107	34
Thu Jul 17		$46K	-17%	-77%	$63.57M	510	$89	35
Fri Jul 18		$56K	+22%	-60%	$63.63M	242	$229	36
Sat Jul 19		$64K	+15%	-65%	$63.69M	242	$263	37
Sun Jul 20		$46K	-27%	-63%	$63.74M	242	$191	38
Mon Jul 21		$21K	-55%	-64%	$63.76M	242	$85	39
Tue Jul 22		$21K	n/c	-63%	$63.78M	242	$85	40
Wed Jul 23		$20K	-4%	-64%	$63.80M	242	$82	41
Thu Jul 24		$20K	+2%	-55%	$63.82M	242	$84	42
Fri Jul 25		$43K	+110%	-23%	$63.86M	211	$203	43
Sat Jul 26		$55K	+28%	-14%	$63.92M	211	$261	44
Sun Jul 27		$40K	-27%	-13%	$63.96M	211	$191	45
Mon Jul 28		$17K	-57%	-16%	$63.97M	211	$82	46
Tue Jul 29		$18K	+5%	-12%	$63.99M	211	$86	47
Wed Jul 30		$18K	+1%	-8%	$64.01M	211	$87	48
Thu Jul 31		$17K	-8%	-17%	$64.03M	211	$80	49
Fri Aug 1		$24K	+42%	-44%	$64.05M	151	$159	50
Sat Aug 2		$35K	+44%	-37%	$64.09M	151	$229	51
Sun Aug 3		$57K	+64%	+40%	$64.14M	151	$375	52
Mon Aug 4		$15K	-74%	-16%	$64.16M	151	$96	53
Tue Aug 5		$14K	-4%	-24%	$64.17M	151	$91	54
Wed Aug 6		$12K	-14%	-35%	$64.18M	151	$79	55
Thu Aug 7		$12K	+4%	-27%	$64.20M	151	$81	56
Fri Aug 8		$25K	+104%	+5%	$64.22M	134	$187	57
Sat Aug 9		$31K	+25%	-9%	$64.25M	134	$234	58
Sun Aug 10		$23K	-25%	-59%	$64.28M	134	$174	59
Mon Aug 11		$12K	-47%	-15%	$64.29M	134	$92	60
Tue Aug 12		$12K	-1%	-11%	$64.30M	134	$92	61
Wed Aug 13		$11K	-12%	-9%	$64.31M	134	$81	62
Thu Aug 14		$12K	+9%	-4%	$64.32M	134	$88	63
Fri Aug 15		$23K	+90%	-10%	$64.35M	65	$346	64
Sat Aug 16		$26K	+14%	-18%	$64.37M	65	$396	65
Sun Aug 17		$13K	-49%	-44%	$64.38M	65	$201	66
Mon Aug 18		$7K	-47%	-44%	$64.39M	65	$107	67
Tue Aug 19		$6K	-9%	-48%	$64.40M	65	$97	68
Wed Aug 20		$6K	-3%	-43%	$64.40M	65	$95	69
Thu Aug 21		$6K	-4%	-50%	$64.41M	65	$91	70
Fri Aug 22		$8K	+39%	-63%	$64.42M	46	$180	71
Sat Aug 23		$13K	+55%	-50%	$64.43M	46	$279	72
Sun Aug 24		$7K	-49%	-50%	$64.44M	46	$142	73
Mon Aug 25		$3K	-57%	-59%	$64.44M	46	$61	74
Tue Aug 26		$2K	-12%	-61%	$64.44M	46	$54	75
Wed Aug 27		$3K	+7%	-57%	$64.45M	46	$58	76
Thu Aug 28		$3K	+19%	-46%	$64.45M	46	$69	77
Fri Aug 29		$7K	+107%	-20%	$64.46M	25	$264	78
Sat Aug 30		$10K	+54%	-21%	$64.47M	25	$406	79
Sun Aug 31		$20K	+92%	+197%	$64.49M	25	$780	80
Mon Sep 1	#76	$2K	-90%	-31%	$64.49M	25	$77	81
Tue Sep 2		$744	-62%	-70%	$64.49M	25	$29	82
Wed Sep 3		$968	+30%	-64%	$64.49M	25	$38	83
Thu Sep 4		$779	-20%	-76%	$64.49M	25	$31	84

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Jun 13-15	3	$30.52M	—	$30.52M	2,986	$10.2K	1
Jun 20-22	5	$10.48M	-65.7%	$50.75M	2,986	$3.5K	2
Jun 27-29	8	$3.91M	-62.7%	$59.12M	2,483	$1.6K	3
Jul 4-6	13	$1.44M	-63.2%	$62.05M	1,795	$801	4
Jul 11-13	17	$446K	-69.0%	$63.36M	510	$875	5
Jul 18-20	23	$166K	-62.9%	$63.74M	242	$685	6
Jul 25-27	27	$139K	-16.4%	$63.96M	211	$656	7
Aug 1-3	30	$115K	-16.7%	$64.14M	151	$763	8
Aug 8-10	37	$80K	-30.7%	$64.28M	134	$596	9

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

Daily Gross

Cumulative Total

Weekend Gross Trend

Theater Count

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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Weekly Gross Decline (%)

Cast & Crew

Directed byM. Night Shyamalan

ScreenplayM. Night Shyamalan

Produced byM. Night Shyamalan, Sam Mercer, Barry Mendel

CinematographyTak Fujimoto

MusicJames Newton Howard

StarringMark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel, John Leguizamo, Ashlyn Sanchez, Betty Buckley, Spencer Breslin

Studio20th Century Fox

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