India Synopsis
“We've Sensed It. We've Seen The Signs. Now… It's Happening.”
When a deadly airborne virus threatens to wipe out the northeastern United States, teacher Elliott 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?
Audience Engagement
3,252 audience reviews — more than 99% of India films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 99th percentile among India films.
Thriller + Science Fiction in India
14 India titles in our catalog blend the Thriller and Science Fiction genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding The Happening itself).
Other Titles From Dune Entertainment
The 2007–2009 India Window
The Happening holds position #108 of 164 India films in the 2007–2009 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2000s India Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in India, 454 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Happening premiered alongside 51 others.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 1h 31m runtime, production spent $659K per minute on screen and earned $1.8M per minute back.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 51 other India films in 2008.
The 651st India title from India we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1913).
Our India catalog contains 1,983 titles in total (1,904 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on The Happening, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- park · 4
- tree · 1
- crisis · 1
- strange behavior · 1
- unexplained · 1
- toxin · 1
- unprecedented · 1
- nature · 15
- virus · 11
- natural disaster · 10
- suicide · 51
- husband wife relationship · 46
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #1,655 of 1,983 India films indexed here (17th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -1.0 points below the India average of 6.4/10.
Among India Thriller productions specifically: #399 of 482 (top 83%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | India |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | United States of America, India, France |
| Original Language | En |
| Spoken Languages | English, French |
| Production Companies | Dune Entertainment, Spyglass Entertainment, Blinding Edge Pictures, UTV Motion Pictures, 20th Century Fox |
| Runtime | 1h 31m |
| Release Date | June 11, 2008 |
| IMDb | tt0949731 |
| Official Site | www.thehappeningmovie.com |