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Quick Info

Rating

5.4/10

Release2008

Runtime1h 30m

StatusReleased

Budget$60,000,000

Revenue$163,403,799

Production

20th Century Fox

UTV Motion Pictures

Spyglass Entertainment

Blinding Edge Pictures

Dune Entertainment III

Movie

The Happening

2008

1h 30m

5.4

Thriller

Science Fiction

Synopsis

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?

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