Knowing

Knowing, stylized as KNOW1NG, is a 2009 science fiction thriller film directed by Alex Proyas. It stars Nicolas Cage and Rose Byrne.

Fifty years after Lucinda Embry put a list of numbers into her school's time capsule, a boy named Caleb retrieves it. His father, John, discovers that the numbers perfectly predict every major disaster that has occurred since that time. Now he and Lucinda's daughter Diana have to figure out how to stop the last few in the list before more people die.

Victims[]

Before the Film[]

Lucinda's Unnamed Mother - Died from unknown causes off-screen, implied.
Lucinda's Unnamed Father - Died from unknown causes off-screen, implied.
2,996 Unnamed People - Died in the September 11th terrorist attacks in 2001 off-screen, article shown.
10,153 Unnamed People - Died in an earthquake in Mexico City off-screen in 1985, article shown.
4,056 Unnamed People - Died from the Chernobyl Meltdown in Ukraine in 1986 off-screen, article shown.
6,434 Unnamed People - Died in the Great Hanshin Earthquake in 1995 off-screen, article shown.
270 Unnamed People - Died in the Pan Am Flight 103 bomb explosion in Lockerbie off-screen, article shown.
168 Unnamed People - Died in the Oklahoma City Bombing in 1995 off-screen, article shown.
419 Unnamed People - Died in a pile-up in California off-screen, article shown.
213 Unnamed People - Died in an office building fire off-screen, article shown.
346 Unnamed People - Died in a plane crash (Turkish Airlines Flight 981) off-screen, article shown.
1,577 Unnamed People - Died in Hurricane Katrina off-screen, article shown.
229,866 Unnamed People - Died in the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami off-screen, article shown.
At Least 10,677 Unnamed People - Died in various unknown disasters off-screen, articles shown.
At Least 2,740 Unnamed People - Died in various unknown disasters off-screen, implied by the circled numbers on the notes.
47 Unnamed People - Died in a hotel fire in Phoenix, Arizona off-screen, article shown.
Allison Koestler - Died in a hotel fire in Phoenix, Arizona off-screen, mentioned and article shown.
Mr. Wayland - Died from unknown causes off-screen, mentioned.
382 Unnamed People - Died in a Bolivian mudslide off-screen, article shown.
257 Unnamed People - Died in an unknown Antarctica disaster off-screen, article shown.
113 Unnamed People - Died in floods off-screen, article shown.
134 Unnamed People - Died in a fire off-screen, article shown.
273 Unnamed People - Died when their tanker sank off-screen, article shown.
238 Unnamed People - Died in an East German mine collapse off-screen, article shown.
- Total - 269, 873

During the Film[]

Lucinda Embry-Wayland - Died from cancer off-screen, mentioned and article shown.
81 Unnamed People - Killed in a plane crash and the resulting fire and explosions.
178 Unnamed People - Killed in a New York City subway crash.
Diana Wayland - Fatally wounded in a car accident.
6,932,766,142 Unnamed People - Incinerated by a solar flare mostly off-screen.
Spencer - Incinerated by a solar flare off-screen.
Jessica - Incinerated by a solar flare off-screen.
Stacy - Incinerated by a solar flare off-screen.
Donald - Incinerated by a solar flare off-screen.
Principal Clark - Incinerated by a solar flare off-screen.
Priscilla Taylor - Incinerated by a solar flare off-screen.
Professor Phil Beckman - Incinerated by a solar flare off-screen.
Kim Beckman - Incinerated by a solar flare off-screen.
Reverend Koestler - Incinerated by a solar flare.
Mrs. Koestler - Incinerated by a solar flare.
Grace Koestler - Incinerated by a solar flare.
Professor Jonathan "John" Koestler - Incinerated by a solar flare.
- Total - 6,932,766,415

Deaths[]

Total - 6,933,036,288
- 6,933,036,270 Victims of Unknown Gender
- 10 Women
- 8 Men

Notes[]

Disasters from the film that actually occurred in reality do not have their actual death tolls, either having more or less. For example, Hurricane Katrina actually killed 1,833 people in reality, but it killed only 1,577 in the film.
Any death counts written on the whiteboard and papers in the film that didn't have a known disaster linked to them are combined together. Some of the death counts written on the whiteboard are practically illegible and are therefore not included.
The number for the 6 billion people counted at the end is taken from the total population in 2009, minus anyone who died during the film and Abby and Caleb, who survived. The number is likely not accurate to the film's universe.
No animals were counted, despite a few appearing in the film, as none of them died on-screen and no total number can be ascertained.

Trivia[]

Actor Liam Hemsworth plays a small role as Spencer in this film. It was his first ever film role, though he had prior experience with television.