Back in 2018, The Meg was a big time success at the box office, debuting to $45 million here in the United States and going on to gobble up $530 million worldwide. It’s no surprise that Warner Bros. is back at it with Meg 2: The Trench, now playing in theaters worldwide.
How is the shark attack sequel performing at the box office? Meg 2: The Trench debuted to $30 million here in the United States over the weekend, $15 million less than the previous movie opened to back in 2018. But Warner Bros. is no doubt counting on Meg 2 making the bulk of its money internationally; worldwide, the film has already scared up $142 million.
A good chunk of that worldwide total so far is coming out of China.
Scott Mendelson notes, “The Meg 2 opened with $53 million in China, just above the $50 million debut of The Meg in 2018. It’s only the third Hollywood sequel to open above its respective franchise installment in China since 2019, alongside Avatar 2 and Godzilla Vs. Kong.”
Will Meg 2 reach the $530 million worldwide high of the first movie in the coming weeks? And will WB be ordering up another sequel anytime soon? We’ll be keeping a close eye…
The reported production budget for this year’s brand new sequel was $129-$139 million, a little bit less than the reported $130-$178 million production budget of the first one.
In Meg 2: The Trench, “A research team – including Jason Statham – encounters multiple threats while exploring the depths of the ocean, including a malevolent mining operation.”
Meg 2: The Trench is directed by Ben Wheatley (In the Earth, Free Fire), from a screenplay by Jon Hoeber & Erich Hoeber (The Meg, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts) and Dean Georgaris (The Meg, Lara Croft: Toom Raider – The Cradle of Life), and a screen story by Dean Georgaris and Jon Hoeber & Erich Hoeber, based on the novel The Trench by Steve Alten.
Meagan writes in her review for Bloody Disgusting, “Ben Wheatley goes full throttle on the B-movie spectacle, packing the nearly two-hour runtime to the gills with aquatic horror madness and nonstop entertainment.” Meagan continues, “It’s hard to get upset about a big summer blockbuster sequel releasing in 2023 with the schlocky sensibilities of ’80s aquatic horror.”
“It’s dumb and it knows it.”
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