The Meg (2018)

The Meg
Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $145,443,742Details
International Box Office $381,824,086Details
Worldwide Box Office $527,267,828
Home Market Performance
Est. Domestic DVD Sales $21,352,370 Details
Est. Domestic Blu-ray Sales $15,390,551 Details
Total Est. Domestic Video Sales $36,742,921
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Synopsis

A deep-sea submersible—part of an international undersea observation program—is attacked by a massive creature, previously thought to be extinct, and now lies disabled at the bottom of the deepest trench in the Pacific…with its crew trapped inside. With time running out, expert deep sea rescue diver Jonas Taylor is recruited by a visionary Chinese oceanographer, against the wishes of his daughter Suyin, to save the crew—and the ocean itself—from this unstoppable threat: a pre-historic 75-foot-long shark known as the Megalodon. What no one could have imagined is that, years before, Taylor had encountered this same terrifying creature. Now, teamed with Suyin, he must confront his fears and risk his own life to save everyone trapped below…bringing him face to face once more with the greatest and largest predator of all time.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$45,402,195 (31.2% of total gross)
Legs:3.20 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:27.6% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$178,000,000 (worldwide box office is 3.0 times production budget)
Theater counts:4,118 opening theaters/4,118 max. theaters, 6.5 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $172,105,772

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 401-500) 437 $145,443,742
All Time International Box Office (Rank 101-200) 197 $381,824,086
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 201-300) 228 $527,267,828

See the Box Office tab (Domestic) and International tab (International and Worldwide) for more Cumulative Box Office Records.


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Movie Details

Domestic Releases: August 10th, 2018 (Wide) by Warner Bros.
August 10th, 2018 (IMAX) by Warner Bros.
International Releases: August 9th, 2018 (Wide) (China)
August 9th, 2018 (Wide), released as Shark - Il primo squalo (Italy)
August 10th, 2018 (Wide) (Brazil)
August 10th, 2018 (Wide), released as Мега звяр (Bulgaria)
August 10th, 2018 (Wide), released as MEG: Monstrum z hlubin (Czech Republic)
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Video Release: November 13th, 2018 by Warner Home Video
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for action/peril, bloody images and some language.
(Rating bulletin 2500 (Cert #51305), 11/1/2017)
Running Time: 113 minutes
Franchise: The Meg
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Keywords: Animals Gone Bad, Underwater, Exes in Love, Rescue, Dishonorable Discharge, Redemption, 3-D, 3-D - Post-production Conversion, IMAX: DMR
Source:Based on Fiction Book/Short Story
Genre:Action
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Science Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Warner Bros., Gravity Pictures, Flagship Entertainment, Apelles Entertainment, di Bonaventura Pictures, Maeday Productions, On a Roll Productions
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date
Days In
Release
Biggest 4th Monday 45 $3,281,008 Sep 3, 2018 25
Labor Day (All Movies, 3-Day) 38 $10,535,459 Aug 31, 2018 24
Labor Day (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 147 $12,691,968 Aug 31, 2018 24
Labor Day (All Movies, 4-Day, Fri-Mon) 31 $13,816,467 Aug 31, 2018 24
Labor Day (All Movies, 4-Day, Fri-Mon, Inflation Adjusted) 72 $16,644,561 Aug 31, 2018 24
Biggest Domestic August Weekend 14 $45,402,195 Aug 10, 2018 3
Top Based on Fiction Book/Short Story Weekend Domestic 89 $45,402,195 Aug 10, 2018 3
Top Science Fiction Weekend Domestic 91 $45,402,195 Aug 10, 2018 3
Top Warner Bros. Weekend Domestic 80 $45,402,195 Aug 10, 2018 3
Biggest Domestic August Day 39 $16,604,015 Aug 10, 2018 1

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Aug 10, 2018 1 $45,402,195   4,118 $11,025   $45,402,195 1
Aug 17, 2018 2 $21,151,012 -53% 4,118 $5,136   $83,760,074 2
Aug 24, 2018 2 $12,812,615 -39% 4,031 $3,179   $105,083,261 3
Aug 31, 2018 2 $10,535,459 -18% 3,761 $2,801   $120,521,875 4
Sep 7, 2018 4 $6,094,327 -42% 3,511 $1,736   $131,637,101 5
Sep 14, 2018 7 $3,862,851 -37% 2,851 $1,355   $137,145,041 6
Sep 21, 2018 9 $2,265,438 -41% 2,003 $1,131   $140,438,357 7
Sep 28, 2018 13 $1,032,182 -54% 1,243 $830   $141,980,287 8
Oct 5, 2018 23 $266,049 -74% 533 $499   $142,491,832 9
Oct 12, 2018 32 $75,584 -72% 202 $374   $142,673,948 10
Oct 19, 2018 25 $138,454 +83% 203 $682   $142,839,245 11
Oct 26, 2018 32 $95,916 -31% 168 $571   $142,976,043 12

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Aug 9, 2018 P $4,000,000     0     $4,000,000  
Aug 10, 2018 1 $16,604,015     4,118 $4,032   $16,604,015 1
Aug 11, 2018 1 $16,277,249 -2%   4,118 $3,953   $32,881,264 2
Aug 12, 2018 1 $12,520,931 -23%   4,118 $3,041   $45,402,195 3
Aug 13, 2018 1 $4,552,992 -64%   4,118 $1,106   $49,955,187 4
Aug 14, 2018 1 $6,036,127 +33%   4,118 $1,466   $55,991,314 5
Aug 15, 2018 2 $3,411,043 -43%   4,118 $828   $59,402,357 6
Aug 16, 2018 2 $3,206,705 -6%   4,118 $779   $62,609,062 7
Aug 17, 2018 2 $5,791,027 +81% -65% 4,118 $1,406   $68,400,089 8
Aug 18, 2018 2 $8,975,055 +55% -45% 4,118 $2,179   $77,375,144 9
Aug 19, 2018 2 $6,384,930 -29% -49% 4,118 $1,550   $83,760,074 10
Aug 20, 2018 2 $2,183,364 -66% -52% 4,118 $530   $85,943,438 11
Aug 21, 2018 2 $2,943,477 +35% -51% 4,118 $715   $88,886,915 12
Aug 22, 2018 2 $1,915,288 -35% -44% 4,118 $465   $90,802,203 13
Aug 23, 2018 2 $1,468,443 -23% -54% 4,118 $357   $92,270,646 14
Aug 24, 2018 3 $3,301,396 +125% -43% 4,031 $819   $95,572,042 15
Aug 25, 2018 2 $5,724,960 +73% -36% 4,031 $1,420   $101,297,002 16
Aug 26, 2018 2 $3,786,259 -34% -41% 4,031 $939   $105,083,261 17
Aug 27, 2018 2 $1,214,428 -68% -44% 4,031 $301   $106,297,689 18
Aug 28, 2018 2 $1,635,382 +35% -44% 4,031 $406   $107,933,071 19
Aug 29, 2018 2 $1,131,884 -31% -41% 4,031 $281   $109,064,955 20
Aug 30, 2018 2 $921,461 -19% -37% 4,031 $229   $109,986,416 21
Aug 31, 2018 2 $2,337,310 +154% -29% 3,761 $621   $112,323,726 22
Sep 1, 2018 2 $4,010,693 +72% -30% 3,761 $1,066   $116,334,419 23
Sep 2, 2018 2 $4,187,456 +4% +11% 3,761 $1,113   $120,521,875 24
Sep 3, 2018 2 $3,281,008 -22% +170% 3,761 $872   $123,802,883 25
Sep 4, 2018 2 $832,765 -75% -49% 3,761 $221   $124,635,648 26
Sep 5, 2018 3 $496,718 -40% -56% 3,761 $132   $125,132,366 27
Sep 6, 2018 3 $410,408 -17% -55% 3,761 $109   $125,542,774 28
Sep 7, 2018 5 $1,383,161 +237% -41% 3,511 $394   $126,925,935 29
Sep 8, 2018 4 $3,046,057 +120% -24% 3,511 $868   $129,971,992 30
Sep 9, 2018 4 $1,665,109 -45% -60% 3,511 $474   $131,637,101 31
Sep 10, 2018 5 $442,430 -73% -87% 3,511 $126   $132,079,531 32
Sep 11, 2018 6 $540,692 +22% -35% 3,511 $154   $132,620,223 33
Sep 12, 2018 5 $380,079 -30% -23% 3,511 $108   $133,000,302 34
Sep 13, 2018 5 $281,888 -26% -31% 3,511 $80   $133,282,190 35
Sep 14, 2018 7 $1,048,632 +272% -24% 2,851 $368   $134,330,822 36
Sep 15, 2018 7 $1,773,400 +69% -42% 2,851 $622   $136,104,222 37
Sep 16, 2018 7 $1,040,819 -41% -37% 2,851 $365   $137,145,041 38
Sep 17, 2018 8 $232,604 -78% -47% 2,851 $82   $137,377,645 39
Sep 18, 2018 9 $372,925 +60% -31% 2,851 $131   $137,750,570 40
Sep 19, 2018 9 $256,878 -31% -32% 2,851 $90   $138,007,448 41
Sep 20, 2018 10 $165,471 -36% -41% 2,851 $58   $138,172,919 42
Sep 21, 2018 11 $582,791 +252% -44% 2,003 $291   $138,755,710 43
Sep 22, 2018 9 $1,113,280 +91% -37% 2,003 $556   $139,868,990 44
Sep 23, 2018 10 $569,367 -49% -45% 2,003 $284   $140,438,357 45
Sep 24, 2018 13 $128,648 -77% -45% 2,003 $64   $140,567,005 46
Sep 25, 2018 13 $187,048 +45% -50% 2,003 $93   $140,754,053 47
Sep 26, 2018 13 $116,307 -38% -55% 2,003 $58   $140,870,360 48
Sep 27, 2018 14 $77,745 -33% -53% 2,003 $39   $140,948,105 49
Sep 28, 2018 14 $279,539 +260% -52% 1,243 $225   $141,227,644 50
Sep 29, 2018 12 $496,843 +78% -55% 1,243 $400   $141,724,487 51
Sep 30, 2018 12 $255,800 -49% -55% 1,243 $206   $141,980,287 52
Oct 1, 2018 - $63,206 -75% -51% 1,243 $51   $142,043,493 53
Oct 2, 2018 - $86,408 +37% -54% 1,243 $70   $142,129,901 54
Oct 3, 2018 15 $57,516 -33% -51% 1,243 $46   $142,187,417 55
Oct 4, 2018 - $38,366 -33% -51% 1,243 $31   $142,225,783 56
Oct 5, 2018 - $70,647 +84% -75% 533 $133   $142,296,430 57
Oct 6, 2018 - $116,785 +65% -76% 533 $219   $142,413,215 58
Oct 7, 2018 - $78,617 -33% -69% 533 $147   $142,491,832 59
Oct 8, 2018 - $40,824 -48% -35% 533 $77   $142,532,656 60
Oct 9, 2018 - $28,654 -30% -67% 533 $54   $142,561,310 61
Oct 10, 2018 - $19,843 -31% -66% 533 $37   $142,581,153 62
Oct 11, 2018 - $17,211 -13% -55% 533 $32   $142,598,364 63
Oct 12, 2018 - $20,691 +20% -71% 202 $102   $142,619,055 64
Oct 13, 2018 - $35,042 +69% -70% 202 $173   $142,654,097 65
Oct 14, 2018 - $19,851 -43% -75% 202 $98   $142,673,948 66
Oct 15, 2018 - $7,563 -62% -81% 202 $37   $142,681,511 67
Oct 16, 2018 - $7,984 +6% -72% 202 $40   $142,689,495 68
Oct 17, 2018 - $5,379 -33% -73% 202 $27   $142,694,874 69
Oct 18, 2018 - $5,917 +10% -66% 202 $29   $142,700,791 70
Oct 19, 2018 - $36,074 +510% +74% 203 $178   $142,736,865 71
Oct 20, 2018 - $61,539 +71% +76% 203 $303   $142,798,404 72
Oct 21, 2018 - $40,841 -34% +106% 203 $201   $142,839,245 73
Oct 22, 2018 - $9,718 -76% +28% 203 $48   $142,848,963 74
Oct 23, 2018 - $11,528 +19% +44% 203 $57   $142,860,491 75
Oct 24, 2018 - $9,011 -22% +68% 203 $44   $142,869,502 76
Oct 25, 2018 - $10,625 +18% +80% 203 $52   $142,880,127 77
Oct 26, 2018 - $25,241 +138% -30% 168 $150   $142,905,368 78
Oct 27, 2018 - $43,017 +70% -30% 168 $256   $142,948,385 79
Oct 28, 2018 - $27,658 -36% -32% 168 $165   $142,976,043 80
Oct 29, 2018 - $6,998 -75% -28% 168 $42   $142,983,041 81
Oct 30, 2018 - $6,776 -3% -41% 168 $40   $142,989,817 82
Oct 31, 2018 - $7,950 +17% -12% 168 $47   $142,997,767 83
Nov 1, 2018 - $8,089 +2% -24% 168 $48   $143,005,856 84

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Aug 10, 2018 1 $62,609,062   4,118 $15,204   $62,609,062 1
Aug 17, 2018 2 $29,661,584 -53% 4,118 $7,203   $92,270,646 2
Aug 24, 2018 2 $17,715,770 -40% 4,031 $4,395   $109,986,416 3
Aug 31, 2018 2 $15,556,358 -12% 3,761 $4,136   $125,542,774 4
Sep 7, 2018 4 $7,739,416 -50% 3,511 $2,204   $133,282,190 5
Sep 14, 2018 7 $4,890,729 -37% 2,851 $1,715   $138,172,919 6
Sep 21, 2018 11 $2,775,186 -43% 2,003 $1,386   $140,948,105 7
Sep 28, 2018 14 $1,277,678 -54% 1,243 $1,028   $142,225,783 8
Oct 5, 2018 24 $372,581 -71% 533 $699   $142,598,364 9
Oct 12, 2018 34 $102,427 -73% 202 $507   $142,700,791 10
Oct 19, 2018 26 $179,336 +75% 203 $883   $142,880,127 11
Oct 26, 2018 33 $125,729 -30% 168 $748   $143,005,856 12

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Argentina 8/17/2018 $740,949 0 0 0 $1,987,392 1/1/2019
Australia 8/17/2018 $2,483,619 408 408 1,728 $7,486,562 10/20/2022
Brazil 8/10/2018 $2,114,000 882 882 3,101 $7,600,000 10/16/2018
Bulgaria 8/10/2018 $93,117 0 0 0 $483,131 2/26/2019
China 8/9/2018 $49,860,000 74,361 74,361 167,641 $152,350,000 8/20/2020
Colombia 8/17/2018 $0 0 396 396 $2,800,000 1/1/2019
Czech Republic 8/10/2018 $166,408 96 96 273 $565,148 1/1/2019
France 8/24/2018 $4,700,000 428 478 1,343 $13,900,000 10/16/2018
Germany 8/10/2018 $1,860,000 557 568 1,544 $6,800,000 10/16/2018
Indonesia 8/10/2018 $2,700,000 650 650 1,142 $6,500,000 1/1/2019
Italy 8/9/2018 $1,877,571 0 0 0 $5,700,000 9/10/2018
Japan 9/7/2018 $3,300,000 382 382 763 $13,400,000 10/16/2018
Lithuania 8/24/2018 $64,812 137 137 328 $189,559 9/25/2018
Malaysia 8/10/2018 $2,420,000 506 506 1,168 $6,300,000 10/16/2018
Mexico 8/10/2018 $6,298,448 0 2,185 4,785 $21,100,000 10/16/2018
Netherlands 8/10/2018 $1,052,235 94 98 655 $4,265,389 10/2/2018
Peru 8/24/2018 $0 0 152 152 $3,100,000 1/1/2019
Poland 8/24/2018 $412,674 0 0 0 $1,024,130 1/1/2019
Portugal 8/24/2018 $398,706 90 90 394 $1,460,662 10/16/2018
Russia (CIS) 8/10/2018 $5,187,175 1,460 1,548 5,617 $13,500,000 2/26/2019
Slovakia 8/10/2018 $152,435 65 65 177 $445,022 9/28/2018
South Korea 8/14/2018 $1,581,324 598 598 944 $4,042,648 11/8/2018
Spain 8/10/2018 $2,359,296 294 316 2,286 $12,700,000 10/16/2018
Taiwan 8/10/2018 $0 0 0 0 $3,640,000 8/21/2018
Thailand 8/10/2018 $1,700,000 453 453 453 $1,700,000 8/21/2018
Turkey 8/10/2018 $222,449 335 340 1,753 $1,407,397 2/26/2019
United Arab Emirates 8/10/2018 $2,115,000 133 133 133 $4,820,000 1/1/2019
United Kingdom 8/10/2018 $4,662,382 499 549 2,567 $20,300,000 10/16/2018
 
Rest of World $62,257,046
 
International Total$381,824,086 10/20/2022

International Cumulative Box Office Records


Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records


Weekly US DVD Sales

DateRankUnits
this
Week
% ChangeTotal
Units
Spending
this
Week
Total
Spending
Weeks
in
Release
Nov 18, 20181235,861 235,861$4,707,786$4,707,7861
Nov 25, 20182492,652-61% 328,513$1,849,334$6,557,1202
Dec 2, 2018481,742-12% 410,255$1,631,570$8,188,6903
Dec 9, 20181338,324-53% 448,579$764,947$8,953,6374
Dec 16, 20182027,712-28% 476,291$553,132$9,506,7695
Dec 23, 20182829,424+6% 505,715$587,303$10,094,0726
Jan 6, 20192612,615 538,450$251,795$10,747,4628
Jan 27, 20192511,429 569,314$228,123$11,363,50811
Oct 4, 2020920,784 598,320$435,633$11,963,25299
Oct 11, 2020823,587+13% 621,907$494,384$12,457,636100
Oct 18, 20201024,878+5% 646,785$521,443$12,979,079101
Oct 25, 20201124,884n/c671,669$521,569$13,500,648102
Nov 1, 2020619,867-20% 691,536$416,412$13,917,060103
Nov 8, 2020419,681-1% 711,217$412,514$14,329,574104
Jan 3, 2021823,007 749,819$482,457$15,139,058112
Jan 10, 2021626,038+13% 775,857$546,017$15,685,075113
Jan 17, 2021432,057+23% 807,914$672,235$16,357,310114
Jan 24, 2021419,342-40% 827,256$408,310$16,765,620115
Jan 31, 2021314,095-27% 841,351$297,545$17,063,165116
Feb 7, 2021423,021+63% 864,372$485,973$17,549,138117
Feb 14, 2021520,547-11% 884,919$433,747$17,982,885118
Feb 21, 2021321,615+5% 906,534$456,293$18,439,178119
Feb 28, 2021912,692-41% 919,226$267,928$18,707,106120
Mar 21, 20211818,047 937,273$380,792$19,087,898123
Mar 28, 20211714,999-17% 952,272$316,479$19,404,377124
May 30, 20211110,995 963,267$231,995$19,636,372133
Jun 6, 20211114,184+29% 977,451$299,282$19,935,654134
Jun 27, 2021179,254 986,705$195,259$20,130,913137
Jul 4, 2021816,748+81% 1,003,453$353,215$20,484,128138
Jul 11, 2021915,690-6% 1,019,143$330,902$20,815,030139
Jul 18, 20211211,989-24% 1,031,132$252,848$21,067,878140
Jul 25, 2021159,957-17% 1,041,089$209,993$21,277,871141
Jul 23, 2023149,324 1,050,413$74,499$21,352,370245

Weekly US Blu-ray Sales

DateRankUnits
this
Week
% ChangeTotal
Units
Spending
this
Week
Total
Spending
Weeks
in
Release
Nov 18, 20182164,842 164,842$4,180,988$4,180,9881
Dec 2, 2018762,541 299,167$1,562,274$7,581,7423
Dec 9, 2018830,631-51% 329,798$723,477$8,305,2194
Dec 16, 2018752,931+73% 382,729$820,657$9,125,8765
Dec 23, 20181260,398+14% 443,127$933,146$10,059,0226
Dec 30, 20181133,999-44% 477,126$558,665$10,617,6877
Jan 6, 20191813,226-61% 490,352$291,238$10,908,9258
Jan 20, 20191414,504 513,880$217,186$11,342,43510
Jan 27, 2019930,055+107% 543,935$314,550$11,656,98511
Feb 3, 20192010,469-65% 554,404$168,290$11,825,27512

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Lead Ensemble Members

Jason Statham    Jonas Taylor
Li Bingbing    Suyin Zhang
Rainn Wilson    Jack Morris
Ruby Rose    Jaxx Herd
Winston Chao    Dr. Minway Zhang
Cliff Curtis    James “Mac” Mackreides

Supporting Cast

Sophia Cai Shuya    Meiying
Page Kennedy    DJ
Robert Taylor    Dr. Heller
Ólafur Darri Ólafsson    The Wall
Jessica McNamee    Lori
Masi Oka    Toshi
Raymond Vinten    Dive Control Technician
Mai Hongmei    Mother
Wei Yi    Awesome Kid on Beach
Vithaya Pansringarm    Thai Boat Captain
Rob Kipa-Williams    D’Angelo
Tawanda Manyimo    Marks
Mark Trotter    Injured Sailor
James Gaylyn    David E. Jordan
Andrew Grainger    Morris’ Lawyer
Steven A. Davis    Speedboat Crewman
Glen Levy    Speedboat Mercenary
Edwin Wright    Morris’ Helicopter Pilot
Marc Copage    Interrogator
Sui Fong Ivy Tsui    Bride
Jeremy Tan    Groom
Teresa Lee    Bridesmaid
Douglas Lee    Wedding Photographer
Tim Wong    News Camera Operator
Yoson An    News Helicopter Pilot
Piroon Vongvaruj    Thai Boat Crewman
Boaz Magege    Launch Controller
Yao Yao    Dude on Raft

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

Jon Turteltaub    Director
Lorenzo di Bonaventura    Producer
Colin Wilson    Producer
Belle Avery    Producer
Dean Georgaris    Screenwriter
Jon Hoeber    Screenwriter
Erich Hoeber    Screenwriter
Steve Alten    Story based on “Meg: A Novel of Deep Terror” by
Gerald R. Molen    Executive Producer
Wei Jiang    Executive Producer
Randy Greenberg    Executive Producer
Catherine Xujun Ying    Executive Producer
Chantal Nong    Executive Producer
Barrie M. Osborne    Executive Producer
Tom Stern    Director of Photography
Grant Major    Production Designer
Steven Kemper    Editor
Kelly Matsumoto    Editor
Harry Gregson-Williams    Composer
Joe Chen    Associate Producer
Ming Beaver Kwei    Associate Producer
Chunzi Wang    Associate Producer
Alexandra Loewy    Co-Producer
Ben Erwei Ji    Co-Producer
Adrian de Wet    Visual Effects Supervisor
Amanda Neale    Costume Designer
Mindy Marin    Casting Director
Poping Auyeung    Casting Director
Geoff Hansen    First Assistant Director
Simon Ambridge    Unit Production Manager
Betty Fotofili    Second Assistant Director
James Madigan    Second Unit Director
Ken Atchity    Associate Producer
Chi-Li Wong    Associate Producer
Tom Hern    Associate Producer
Kim Sinclair    Supervising Art Director
Rob Bavin    Art Director
Jill Cormack    Art Director
Sam Storey*    Art Director
Ken Turner    Art Director
Zahra Archer    Set Designer
Landon Lott    Set Designer
Brendon Sweeney    Set Designer
Rob Askew    Set Designer
Colette Mullin    Set Designer
Yvonne Yip    Set Designer
Alister Baxter    Set Designer
Ross Perkin    Set Designer
Aimee Lee    Set Designer
Mark Stephen    Set Designer
Amber Richards    Set Decorator
Dianne Moffatt    Script Supervisor
Tony Johnson    Sound Mixer
Wendy Chesebrough Lowe    Post-Production Supervisor
Greg Thompson    Additional Editor
Kimberly Boritz-Brehm    First Assistant Editor
Meghan L. Noble    First Assistant Editor
Travis Cantey    Second Assistant Editor
Peter Skarratt    Second Assistant Editor
Allegra De Souza    Supervising Music Editor
Adam Milo Smalley    Supervising Musid Editor
Erik Aadahl    Supervising Sound Editor
Ethan Van der Ryn    Supervising Sound Editor
Ron Bartlett    Re-recording Mixer
D.M. Hemphill    Re-recording Mixer
Jason W. Jennings    Sound Designer
Michele Perrone    Supervising Dialogue Editor
Tim Walston    Sound Effects Editor
Chris Diebold    Sound Effects Editor
Randy Torres    Sound Effects Editor
Matt Cavanaugh    Sound Effects Editor
David V. Butler    Dialogue Editor
Mary Jo Lang    Foley Mixer
Stephen Garrad    Visual Effects Producer
Katherine Milne    Costume Supervisor
Steve Ingram    Special Effects Supervisor
Phil McLaren    Special Effects Coordinator
Karl Chisholm    Special Effects Coordinator
Dean Clarke    Special Effects Coordinator
Amy Ingram    Special Effects Coordinator
Stephanie Economou    Additional Music
Bernd Mazagg    Score Recordist
Al Clay    Score Mixer

The bold credits above the line are the "above-the-line" credits, the other the "below-the-line" credits.

Home Market Releases for November 13th, 2018

November 14th, 2018

Incredibles 2

There are not many big releases on this week’s list. The Meg is the biggest, but not the best. As for the best, I’m going with Pixar Short Film Collection: Volume Three on Blu-ray. More...

International Box Office: The Nun is Number One with $79.3 million

September 12th, 2018

The Nun

The Nun topped the chart with $79.3 million on 15,835 screens in 60 markets for a global opening weekend of $133.1 million. This might be enough to give Warner Bros. a small amount of profit already. It depends on how much the studio will end up spending on advertising. The film’s biggest opening was in Mexico, where it earned $10.5 million on 3,967 screens. It also earned impressive first place debuts in Indonesia ($7.6 million on 1,289 screens); Brazil ($6.6 million on 1,235 screens); and India ($5.2 million on 1,603 screens). It earned first place in the U.K., but with $5.3 million on 593 screens, which is quite a bit weaker than its debut here, relative to the size of the two markets. This is also true of its first place, $2.7 million debut on 326 screens in Australia. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: The Nun Stuns, Box Office Still Falls

September 11th, 2018

The Nun

The Nun topped expectations with $53.81 million over the weekend. Peppermint was well back in second place with $13.42 million, which is an acceptable debut for this time of year. Crazy Rich Asians was in a close third place and overall the box office was quite strong. The total box office was $121 million, which is 23% better than last weekend. Granted, this is 26% lower than the same weekend last year. Normally a drop this severe would be troubling, but this isn’t a normal situation. Firstly, this weekend last year was the weekend It debuted and rewrote the record book. Secondly, 2018 is still ahead of 2017 by 10% or $770 million at $8.36 billion to $7.59 billion. This means 2018’s gains during the weekdays almost made up for its losses over the weekend. More...

Weekend Estimates: The Nun Continues WB’s Dominance of the Box Office

September 9th, 2018

The Nun

The Nun topped expectations by a sizable margin with $53.5 million during its opening weekend. This is easily the best opening in the franchise so far and the best opening for a Warner Bros. film this year. The film also got off to a fast start internationally with $77.5 million on 15,615 screens in 60 markets. Its best markets were Mexico ($10.7 million on 3,967 screens) and Indonesia ($7.7 million on 1,216). At this point, the film is almost guaranteed a massive profit, despite is awful reviews and its mere C from CinemaScore. Even if it earns less during the rest of its run than it opened with, which is too pessimistic, it will still be a major financial success. There’s no way the franchise will end any time soon. More...

Friday Estimates: The Nun Breaks its Vow of Poverty with $22.37 million

September 8th, 2018

The Nun

The Nun is crushing expectations with a $22.37 million opening Friday haul. I wasn’t expecting it to top $20 million on Friday, so this is great news. On the other hand, its reviews have continued to fall and are now at just 29% positive. Meanwhile, it only managed a C from CinemaScore, which is the worst in the franchise by far. (The two Conjuring movies both earned A minus, while the two Annabelle movies each earned a B score.) That said, this isn’t terrible for a horror movie and even terrible legs won’t put a damper on this debut, so Warner Bros. must be ecstatic about this result. More...

Weekend Prediction: Will The Nun be Second to None?

September 6th, 2018

The Nun

It’s the weekend after Labor Day, which is historically one of the worst weekends of the year at the box office. However, that’s not the case this year, as The Nun is expected to be a major hit. In fact, it should have the best opening in the franchise so far. On the other hand, Peppermint will be happy with a second place debut. Finally, God Bless the Broken Road is opening semi-wide, but the box office lacks any real depth, so it could come close to the top five. This weekend last year was the weekend It destroyed the record book. There’s no way 2018 will win in the year-over-year comparison, but 2018 has such a large lead over 2017 that even a few embarrassing losses won’t put a serious dent into it’s advantage. More...

International Box Office: Fallout Spreads to China with $77.64 million

September 5th, 2018

Mission: Impossible—Fallout

Mission: Impossible—Fallout rocketed into first place with $89.1 million in 65 theaters over the weekend for totals of $442.7 million internationally and $647.1 million worldwide. The film debuted in first place in China with $76.14 million over the weekend for a total opening of $77.64 million. It had to settle for second place in Italy with $2.22 million, as Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation remained in first place in that market. It won’t take long before this film takes over top spot in the franchise. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Summer Ends on a Sweet Note with Crazy Rich Asians Crossing $100 million

September 5th, 2018

Crazy Rich Asians

Crazy Rich Asians came close enough to our predictions over the weekend that I’m willing to call it a victory. The only other film to earn more than $10 million over the three-date weekend was The Meg. This wasn’t enough to help the overall box office grow, but the overall box office only fell 3.6% when compared to last weekend earning $99 million. It is a little disappointing to drop below the $100 million mark, but it could have been much worse. Speaking of much worse, this weekend last year, the overall box office was just $76 million, meaning 2018 improved on the three-day mark by 29% and stretched its year-to-date lead. 2018 now sits 10.6% or $790 million ahead of 2017 at $8.22 billion to $7.43 million. The lead won’t remain this large for long, not with It’s opening on the horizon. That said, it would take a spectacular collapse for 2018 to completely lose this lead. More...

Weekend Estimates: Labor Monday Update

September 3rd, 2018

Crazy Rich Asians

We have some Monday morning updates for the weekend box office and as expected, Crazy Rich Asians continued to dominate at the box office. It earned $6.21 million on Monday for a four-day total of $28.31 million and a three-week total of $117.04 million. It became just the fourth film released by Warner Bros. this year to get to the century mark and it will quickly become the studio’s biggest hit of the year so far, as it will overtake Ocean’s 8 shortly. More...

Weekend Estimates: Crazy Killing it at the Box Office with $28 million

September 2nd, 2018

Crazy Rich Asians

Crazy Rich Asians is just destroying the competition over the weekend and should pull in an estimated $22.24 million over the three days. We won’t have a Monday estimate from Warner Bros. until Monday, but I would imagine the four-day weekend would be about $28 million, giving the film a running tally of $117 million after 20 days of release. This is a little lower than our weekend prediction, but close enough that I’m calling it a victory. Internationally, the film made $10.4 million on 1,565 screens in 24 markets for an early total of $19.9 million. The film opened in Australia with $5.4 million on 447 screens, which is better than its opening here, relative to the size of the two markets. More...

Friday Estimates: Crazy Matches Expectations with $5.87 million

September 1st, 2018

Crazy Rich Asians

Crazy Rich Asians will easily remain on top of the chart this weekend, as it earned $5.87 million on Friday. Depending on when you are reading this, it might have already crossed $100 million domestically, a milestone it will certainly reach by the end of business on Saturday. The film is on pace for $24 million over the three-day weekend and $30 million over four, matching our prediction perfectly. More...

Weekend Predictions: Will the Box Office Relax Over Labor Day?

August 31st, 2018

Operation Finale

The last weekend of summer is a slow weekend. There’s only one true wide release, Kin, and it’s not expected to open in the top five. Operation Finale is opening in just over 1,800 theaters, but it should open in the top five, even though it is a Wednesday release. Searching is expanding into 1,200 theaters this weekend and that should get it into the top ten. Meanwhile, Crazy Rich Asians should complete the threepeat without any real competition. This weekend last year, The Hitman’s Bodyguard was the only film to earn more than $10 million. More...

International Box Office: Ant-Man has a Giant-Sized Chinese Debut

August 29th, 2018

Ant-Man and the Wasp

Ant-Man and the Wasp jumped into first place on the international chart earning $71.2 million in 28 markets for totals of $332.6 million internationally and $544.1 million worldwide. This past weekend, the film debuted in first place in China with $66.62 million over the weekend for a total opening of $68.14 million. This is the fourth biggest opening for the MCU in that market and 66% more than the original opened with. The film opens in Japan, its final market, next weekend. It should get to $600 million worldwide shortly after it debuts there. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Crazy Rich Asians Continues Box Office Dominance with Nearly $25 million

August 28th, 2018

Crazy Rich Asians

Summer officially ends next weekend with Labor Day, but Crazy Rich Asians is keeping the summer going with a sophomore stint of $24.80 million over the weekend. This is nearly twice as much as the second place film, The Meg. Meanwhile, the only true wide release of the week, The Happytime Murders, missed low end expectations with $9.53 million. The overall box office is down 21% from last weekend to just $103 million. That’s a sharp decline, but not uncommon for this time of year. More importantly, it was 49% more than the same weekend last year. That’s not as impressive as it seems, as this weekend last year one of the worst weekends in the past decade. Year-to-date, 2018 extended its lead to 10.1% or $740 million at $8.05 billion to $7.19 billion. On the down side, it won’t be long before 2017 really starts to eat into that lead. More...

Weekend Estimates: Crazy Rich Nearly Matches Opening Weekend with $25 million

August 26th, 2018

Crazy Rich Asians

Crazy Rich Asians led the way over the weekend with $25.01 million for a two-week total of $76.82 million. This is way more than expected and actually in line with our opening weekend prediction. Its sophomore stint decline was just a 6% from its opening three-day weekend; it’s just a 29% decline from its opening five-day weekend. On the downside, this is such an amazing hold that it is hard for analysts to figure out where it will go from here. We can safely say it will continue to pull in millions of dollars for weeks to come, but we don’t know if it will soar past $150 million or not. If it has a more normal decline next week, we will be able to be more sure. Regardless of what it does over the rest of its domestic run or how well it performs internationally, it will be a massively profitable movie and one of Warner Bros.’ biggest hits of the year. More...

Friday Estimates: The Rich Keep Getting Richer

August 25th, 2018

Crazy Rich Asians

Crazy Rich Asians is this year’s The Hitman’s Bodyguard, at least in terms of legs. The film fell just 4% from its opening Friday earning $7.0 million on this Friday. The film was a Wednesday opening, so it likely won’t perform better on Saturday compared to last weekend, but the film will still earn about $23 million over the weekend. The book Crazy Rich Asians is based on is the first in a trilogy and I would be amazed if Warner Bros. hasn’t already begun work on the next two installments. More...

Weekend Predictions: Can Happytime Overtake Crazy Rich Asians at the Box Office?

August 23rd, 2018

Crazy Rich Asians

Summer is winding down and there are only one and a half wide releases this week. The Happytime Murders is a high-concept, lowbrow comedy that is probably too out there to find an audience. Meanwhile, A.X.L. is opening in less than 2,000 theaters and tracking has it opening below the Mendoza Line. This does mean Crazy Rich Asians has a real shot at repeating on top of the box office chart. This weekend last year, The Hitman’s Bodyguard was the only film to earn more than $10 million. This year, we should have two or three films do the same and 2018 should easily win in the year-over-year chart. More...

International Box Office: The Meg Continues to Terrorize the Competition

August 21st, 2018

The Meg

The Meg remained in first place on the international chart with $68.9 million on 23,767 screens in 55 markets, for totals of $232.2 million internationally and $316.0 million worldwide. Its biggest new market of the weekend was Australia, where it earned first place with $2.48 million on 413 screens. It also opened in South Korea, but struggled with $1.57 million on 598 screens over the weekend for a total opening of $3.19 million. Its biggest market overall was China, where it added $30.78 million over the weekend for a two-week total of $117.09 million. It fell just 38% during its sophomore stint, while it actually rose to second place, despite there being four new releases in the top ten. That’s stunning. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Crazy Rich Asians are $1 million Richer than Estimated

August 21st, 2018

Crazy Rich Asians

Crazy Rich Asians beat the weekend estimates by more than $1 million, which is great news for the film’s future, as it suggests even better word-of-mouth. The rest of the new releases were well back, but their weakness didn’t sink the weekend box office, as it pulled in $129 million. This was still down 12% from last weekend, but more importantly, this was a stunning 35% higher than the same weekend last year, which helped extend 2018’s lead over 2017. 2018’s lead is now 9.6% or $690 million at $7.88 billion to $7.19 billion. I suspect we have likely nearly reached the peak this lead will be throughout the rest of the year, but it would take a major collapse for 2018 to not finish with a healthy victory in the year-over-year comparison. More...

Weekend Estimates: Crazy Getting Richer over the Weekend

August 19th, 2018

Crazy Rich Asians

Crazy Rich Asians beat expectations and easily came out on top of the box office over the weekend. The film earned $25.24 million between Friday and Sunday, for a five-day opening of $34.00 million, which is amazing for a film that cost $30 million to make. It not only beat our original prediction, but its weekend estimates have grown since it debuted on Wednesday, which is a very good sign that the word-of-mouth is helping ticket sales. Its 92% positive reviews and its A-rating from CinemaScore back up that explanation. With this opening, the film would have to have terrible legs and completely bomb internationally to not break even. Having terrible legs seems unlikely, but we will know more about that next weekend. As for its international numbers, the film hasn’t opened in any major international markets, so it is too soon to tell. It does debut in Australia before the end of the month, so that will be the film’s first big test. More...

Friday Estimates: Asians’ Crazy Rich First Place Opening

August 18th, 2018

Crazy Rich Asians

Crazy Rich Asians led the way on Friday with an impressive $7.26 million. Since it opened on Wednesday, it should have better legs than most new releases earn. Likewise, its reviews and its A from CinemaScore will also help its legs, putting it on pace for between $22 million and $23 million over the three-day weekend. Over four days, the film should make about $31 million, which is more than it cost to make. Even taking into account the studio’s share of the box office, Warner Bros. will cover its production budget before the end of the month, just on the its domestic numbers. Unless it really struggles internationally, it will break even before it reaches the home market. This might be enough to get more movies with predominantly Asian-American casts made in Hollywood. More...

Thursday Night Previews: Mile 22’s $1 million Debut Dwarfed by Crazy Rich Asians

August 17th, 2018

Mile 22

Mile 22 opened with $1 million during its midnight previews. This is not that impressive and it means the film will very likely open on the extreme lower end of our predictions, with under $15 million. Terrible reviews won’t help its legs, although I assume the film’s CinemaScore will be relatively better, but I don’t expect it to stick around in theaters for that long. More...

Weekend Predictions: Will Crazy have a Rich Opening, or will Meg Swallow the New Releases?

August 16th, 2018

Crazy Rich Asians

Crazy Rich Asians leads a group of three films, both in terms of buzz and in terms of reviews. It also opened with $5.01 million on Wednesday, so its already looking like a box office success. On the other hand, Mile 22 has the worst reviews of the week and its buzz is only mediocre. That said, its buzz is still louder than Alpha’s buzz is. On the other hand, Alpha’s reviews are good enough that if it doesn’t struggle too much during its opening weekend, then its word-of-mouth should help its legs. This weekend last year, The Hitman’s Bodyguard opened with $21.38 million. That’s probably more than any film opening this weekend will make. On the other hand, the only other film to earn more than $10 million last year was Annabelle: Creation, while we should have four films do the same this year. The depth should help 2018 earn an easy win. More...

Theater Averages: Skating Madeline

August 16th, 2018

Skate Kitchen

Skate Kitchen and Madeline’s Madeline had nearly identical openings earning $18,605 and $18,009 respectively. Both films were playing in only one theater a piece. The only other film in the $10,000 club was The Meg at $11,025. More...

International Box Office: The Meg Swims the Seven Seas

August 16th, 2018

The Meg

The Meg led the way on the international chart cracking the century mark with $101.5 million on 30,212 screens in 42 markets and a worldwide opening of $146.9 million. This is great news, and the film cost Warner Bros. $130 million to make, after tax rebates and the like, so the film needed a monster opening to break even any time soon. The film’s biggest market was China, where it earned $49.83 million on 16,307 screens. It only managed third in that market, but it was a very busy weekend with two massive local hits also debuting this weekend. The film was able to top the charts in Mexico with $6.30 million on 1,936 screens and in Russia with $5.48 million on 2,628. It wasn’t as potent in the U.K., but it still topped the chart with $4.66 million in 499 theaters. The film has yet to open in South Korea, Australia, France, and Japan, so it should stick around the top five for a bit. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Meg Chows Down on Moviegoers

August 14th, 2018

The Meg

The Meg was arguably the biggest box office surprise of the summer, earning more during its opening weekend than many thought it would earn in total and it doubled our prediction. It also earned more than the next three films earned combined, so it was a rather one-sided affair at the box office. Its $45.40 million debut did help the overall box office rise 5.6% from last weekend reaching $147 million. More importantly, this is 26% higher than the same weekend last year. Year-to-date, 2018 now has a 9.1% / $640 million lead over 2017 at $7.68 billion to $7.04 million. More...

Weekend Estimates: Meg is Biggest Killer Shark Movie In Decades

August 12th, 2018

The Meg

The Meg not only beat our initial prediction, it topped yesterday’s revised estimate and that’s a really good sign. Warner Bros. is reporting an opening weekend of $44.5 million. If this is accurate, then the film’s internal multiplier will be a healthy 2.70. Granted, its reviews are mixed and it only managed a B plus from CinemaScore and that’s not a great sign for its long term chances. However, there are no movies opening for the rest of the summer that are as big as this film, so that could help its legs. After all, The Hitman’s Bodyguard had a multiplier of 3.53. Internationally, the numbers were even better, as the film earned $96.8 million, including $50.3m on 12,650 screens in China. It is also a hit in Mexico ($6.2 million) and Russia ($5.0 million), although it is a more muted success in the U.K. with $4.4 million. That last market is on par with what we thought the film would open with here. On a side note, you are more likely to die eating shark that being eaten by a shark, so don’t kill sharks. They are apex predators and are very important to the environment. More...

Friday Estimates: Meg Keeps Summer Alive

August 11th, 2018

The Meg

Surprisingly, The Meg dominated the box office on Friday with a very summer-like opening day of $16.5 million. There were some who thought the film wouldn’t earn that much during the entire weekend. Our prediction wasn’t that pessimistic, but this result still blows it out of the water. The film earned 51% positive reviews and a B plus from CinemaScore. Both results are fine. They are nothing special, but also nothing to worry about. The genre does tend to be front-loaded, so a $40 million weekend isn’t not a sure thing, but more of a coin toss. Even if the film doesn’t reach that mark over its opening weekend, this will still be a major win for Warner Bros., which has not has a good year. More...

Thursday Night Previews: Meg Takes a Big Bite out of the Box Office

August 10th, 2018

The Meg

The Meg earned $4 million during its Thursday previews. This is about double what I was expecting and puts it on a clear path to over $30 million during its opening weekend. It will likely be front-loaded, as the reviews are barely above 50% positive and this genre of film tends to be front-loaded, even with good reviews. That said, it could match Annabelle: Creation’s opening from last year with just over $35 million. We will know more tomorrow when Friday’s estimates come in. The film also reportedly earned $16 million during its opening day in China, earning third place in the process. It’s going to be a busy weekend in China if a $16 million opening day is only good enough for third place. More...

Weekend Predictions: Do the New Releases Face Impossible Obstacle?

August 9th, 2018

The Meg

There are four films opening wide or semi-wide this week. This includes Dog Days, which started on Wednesday. However, while it was released first, it is widely expected to be the last at the box office of the five wide releases. The Meg is widely expected to be the biggest new release of the week and it is the only film with a real shot at unseating Mission: Impossible—Fallout for top spot. I was expecting BlacKkKlansman to only open in limited release this week before trying to expand next week, but it is opening in 1,500 theaters giving it a real shot at a top five opening. Finally there’s Slender Man, a horror movie based on an internet meme that peaked years ago. It likely won’t be the worse box office performer of the weekend, but I’m not sure it will reach the top five. This weekend last year, Annabelle: Creation was the last blockbuster of summer opening with $35 million. No movie is going to match that this year. However, all three new releases made less than $50 million, while the four new releases could top that this weekend. I don’t think 2018 will win, but it should at least be close. More...

2018 Preview: August

August 1st, 2018

Christopher Robin

Overall, July was a a little weaker than expected. Ant-Man and the Wasp appears to be on pace for $200 million, while it is too soon to tell if Mission: Impossible—Fallout will also get there. That said, 2018 is still ahead of 2017 by $550 million, so the month of July was a success in that regard. As for August, there’s only one movie that is expected to earn $100 million, Christopher Robin, and maybe a few others that could hit $50 million. It’s a rather sad slate of movies. Fortunately, last August was even worse, so 2018 should at least maintain its lead. Maybe we can get lucky and come away with a $600 million lead by the end of the month. More...

The Meg Trailer

July 25th, 2018

Aquatic thriller starring Jason Statham and Li Bingbing opens August 10 ... Full Movie Details. More...


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  3. Box Office
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  7. Cast & Crew
  8. Trailer

Synopsis

A deep-sea submersible—part of an international undersea observation program—is attacked by a massive creature, previously thought to be extinct, and now lies disabled at the bottom of the deepest trench in the Pacific…with its crew trapped inside. With time running out, expert deep sea rescue diver Jonas Taylor is recruited by a visionary Chinese oceanographer, against the wishes of his daughter Suyin, to save the crew—and the ocean itself—from this unstoppable threat: a pre-historic 75-foot-long shark known as the Megalodon. What no one could have imagined is that, years before, Taylor had encountered this same terrifying creature. Now, teamed with Suyin, he must confront his fears and risk his own life to save everyone trapped below…bringing him face to face once more with the greatest and largest predator of all time.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$45,402,195 (31.2% of total gross)
Legs:3.20 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:27.6% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$178,000,000 (worldwide box office is 3.0 times production budget)
Theater counts:4,118 opening theaters/4,118 max. theaters, 6.5 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $172,105,772

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 401-500) 437 $145,443,742
All Time International Box Office (Rank 101-200) 197 $381,824,086
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 201-300) 228 $527,267,828

See the Box Office tab (Domestic) and International tab (International and Worldwide) for more Cumulative Box Office Records.


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Movie Details

Domestic Releases: August 10th, 2018 (Wide) by Warner Bros.
August 10th, 2018 (IMAX) by Warner Bros.
International Releases: August 9th, 2018 (Wide) (China)
August 9th, 2018 (Wide), released as Shark - Il primo squalo (Italy)
August 10th, 2018 (Wide) (Brazil)
August 10th, 2018 (Wide), released as Мега звяр (Bulgaria)
August 10th, 2018 (Wide), released as MEG: Monstrum z hlubin (Czech Republic)
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Video Release: November 13th, 2018 by Warner Home Video
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for action/peril, bloody images and some language.
(Rating bulletin 2500 (Cert #51305), 11/1/2017)
Running Time: 113 minutes
Franchise: The Meg
Comparisons: vs. Mission: Impossible—Fallout
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Keywords: Animals Gone Bad, Underwater, Exes in Love, Rescue, Dishonorable Discharge, Redemption, 3-D, 3-D - Post-production Conversion, IMAX: DMR
Source:Based on Fiction Book/Short Story
Genre:Action
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Science Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Warner Bros., Gravity Pictures, Flagship Entertainment, Apelles Entertainment, di Bonaventura Pictures, Maeday Productions, On a Roll Productions
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date
Days In
Release
Biggest 4th Monday 45 $3,281,008 Sep 3, 2018 25
Labor Day (All Movies, 3-Day) 38 $10,535,459 Aug 31, 2018 24
Labor Day (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 147 $12,691,968 Aug 31, 2018 24
Labor Day (All Movies, 4-Day, Fri-Mon) 31 $13,816,467 Aug 31, 2018 24
Labor Day (All Movies, 4-Day, Fri-Mon, Inflation Adjusted) 72 $16,644,561 Aug 31, 2018 24
Biggest Domestic August Weekend 14 $45,402,195 Aug 10, 2018 3
Top Based on Fiction Book/Short Story Weekend Domestic 89 $45,402,195 Aug 10, 2018 3
Top Science Fiction Weekend Domestic 91 $45,402,195 Aug 10, 2018 3
Top Warner Bros. Weekend Domestic 80 $45,402,195 Aug 10, 2018 3
Biggest Domestic August Day 39 $16,604,015 Aug 10, 2018 1

Lead Ensemble Members

Jason Statham    Jonas Taylor
Li Bingbing    Suyin Zhang
Rainn Wilson    Jack Morris
Ruby Rose    Jaxx Herd
Winston Chao    Dr. Minway Zhang
Cliff Curtis    James “Mac” Mackreides

Supporting Cast

Sophia Cai Shuya    Meiying
Page Kennedy    DJ
Robert Taylor    Dr. Heller
Ólafur Darri Ólafsson    The Wall
Jessica McNamee    Lori
Masi Oka    Toshi
Raymond Vinten    Dive Control Technician
Mai Hongmei    Mother
Wei Yi    Awesome Kid on Beach
Vithaya Pansringarm    Thai Boat Captain
Rob Kipa-Williams    D’Angelo
Tawanda Manyimo    Marks
Mark Trotter    Injured Sailor
James Gaylyn    David E. Jordan
Andrew Grainger    Morris’ Lawyer
Steven A. Davis    Speedboat Crewman
Glen Levy    Speedboat Mercenary
Edwin Wright    Morris’ Helicopter Pilot
Marc Copage    Interrogator
Sui Fong Ivy Tsui    Bride
Jeremy Tan    Groom
Teresa Lee    Bridesmaid
Douglas Lee    Wedding Photographer
Tim Wong    News Camera Operator
Yoson An    News Helicopter Pilot
Piroon Vongvaruj    Thai Boat Crewman
Boaz Magege    Launch Controller
Yao Yao    Dude on Raft

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

Jon Turteltaub    Director
Lorenzo di Bonaventura    Producer
Colin Wilson    Producer
Belle Avery    Producer
Dean Georgaris    Screenwriter
Jon Hoeber    Screenwriter
Erich Hoeber    Screenwriter
Steve Alten    Story based on “Meg: A Novel of Deep Terror” by
Gerald R. Molen    Executive Producer
Wei Jiang    Executive Producer
Randy Greenberg    Executive Producer
Catherine Xujun Ying    Executive Producer
Chantal Nong    Executive Producer
Barrie M. Osborne    Executive Producer
Tom Stern    Director of Photography
Grant Major    Production Designer
Steven Kemper    Editor
Kelly Matsumoto    Editor
Harry Gregson-Williams    Composer
Joe Chen    Associate Producer
Ming Beaver Kwei    Associate Producer
Chunzi Wang    Associate Producer
Alexandra Loewy    Co-Producer
Ben Erwei Ji    Co-Producer
Adrian de Wet    Visual Effects Supervisor
Amanda Neale    Costume Designer
Mindy Marin    Casting Director
Poping Auyeung    Casting Director
Geoff Hansen    First Assistant Director
Simon Ambridge    Unit Production Manager
Betty Fotofili    Second Assistant Director
James Madigan    Second Unit Director
Ken Atchity    Associate Producer
Chi-Li Wong    Associate Producer
Tom Hern    Associate Producer
Kim Sinclair    Supervising Art Director
Rob Bavin    Art Director
Jill Cormack    Art Director
Sam Storey*    Art Director
Ken Turner    Art Director
Zahra Archer    Set Designer
Landon Lott    Set Designer
Brendon Sweeney    Set Designer
Rob Askew    Set Designer
Colette Mullin    Set Designer
Yvonne Yip    Set Designer
Alister Baxter    Set Designer
Ross Perkin    Set Designer
Aimee Lee    Set Designer
Mark Stephen    Set Designer
Amber Richards    Set Decorator
Dianne Moffatt    Script Supervisor
Tony Johnson    Sound Mixer
Wendy Chesebrough Lowe    Post-Production Supervisor
Greg Thompson    Additional Editor
Kimberly Boritz-Brehm    First Assistant Editor
Meghan L. Noble    First Assistant Editor
Travis Cantey    Second Assistant Editor
Peter Skarratt    Second Assistant Editor
Allegra De Souza    Supervising Music Editor
Adam Milo Smalley    Supervising Musid Editor
Erik Aadahl    Supervising Sound Editor
Ethan Van der Ryn    Supervising Sound Editor
Ron Bartlett    Re-recording Mixer
D.M. Hemphill    Re-recording Mixer
Jason W. Jennings    Sound Designer
Michele Perrone    Supervising Dialogue Editor
Tim Walston    Sound Effects Editor
Chris Diebold    Sound Effects Editor
Randy Torres    Sound Effects Editor
Matt Cavanaugh    Sound Effects Editor
David V. Butler    Dialogue Editor
Mary Jo Lang    Foley Mixer
Stephen Garrad    Visual Effects Producer
Katherine Milne    Costume Supervisor
Steve Ingram    Special Effects Supervisor
Phil McLaren    Special Effects Coordinator
Karl Chisholm    Special Effects Coordinator
Dean Clarke    Special Effects Coordinator
Amy Ingram    Special Effects Coordinator
Stephanie Economou    Additional Music
Bernd Mazagg    Score Recordist
Al Clay    Score Mixer

The bold credits above the line are the "above-the-line" credits, the other the "below-the-line" credits.

Home Market Releases for November 13th, 2018

November 14th, 2018

Incredibles 2

There are not many big releases on this week’s list. The Meg is the biggest, but not the best. As for the best, I’m going with Pixar Short Film Collection: Volume Three on Blu-ray. More...

International Box Office: The Nun is Number One with $79.3 million

September 12th, 2018

The Nun

The Nun topped the chart with $79.3 million on 15,835 screens in 60 markets for a global opening weekend of $133.1 million. This might be enough to give Warner Bros. a small amount of profit already. It depends on how much the studio will end up spending on advertising. The film’s biggest opening was in Mexico, where it earned $10.5 million on 3,967 screens. It also earned impressive first place debuts in Indonesia ($7.6 million on 1,289 screens); Brazil ($6.6 million on 1,235 screens); and India ($5.2 million on 1,603 screens). It earned first place in the U.K., but with $5.3 million on 593 screens, which is quite a bit weaker than its debut here, relative to the size of the two markets. This is also true of its first place, $2.7 million debut on 326 screens in Australia. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: The Nun Stuns, Box Office Still Falls

September 11th, 2018

The Nun

The Nun topped expectations with $53.81 million over the weekend. Peppermint was well back in second place with $13.42 million, which is an acceptable debut for this time of year. Crazy Rich Asians was in a close third place and overall the box office was quite strong. The total box office was $121 million, which is 23% better than last weekend. Granted, this is 26% lower than the same weekend last year. Normally a drop this severe would be troubling, but this isn’t a normal situation. Firstly, this weekend last year was the weekend It debuted and rewrote the record book. Secondly, 2018 is still ahead of 2017 by 10% or $770 million at $8.36 billion to $7.59 billion. This means 2018’s gains during the weekdays almost made up for its losses over the weekend. More...

Weekend Estimates: The Nun Continues WB’s Dominance of the Box Office

September 9th, 2018

The Nun

The Nun topped expectations by a sizable margin with $53.5 million during its opening weekend. This is easily the best opening in the franchise so far and the best opening for a Warner Bros. film this year. The film also got off to a fast start internationally with $77.5 million on 15,615 screens in 60 markets. Its best markets were Mexico ($10.7 million on 3,967 screens) and Indonesia ($7.7 million on 1,216). At this point, the film is almost guaranteed a massive profit, despite is awful reviews and its mere C from CinemaScore. Even if it earns less during the rest of its run than it opened with, which is too pessimistic, it will still be a major financial success. There’s no way the franchise will end any time soon. More...

Friday Estimates: The Nun Breaks its Vow of Poverty with $22.37 million

September 8th, 2018

The Nun

The Nun is crushing expectations with a $22.37 million opening Friday haul. I wasn’t expecting it to top $20 million on Friday, so this is great news. On the other hand, its reviews have continued to fall and are now at just 29% positive. Meanwhile, it only managed a C from CinemaScore, which is the worst in the franchise by far. (The two Conjuring movies both earned A minus, while the two Annabelle movies each earned a B score.) That said, this isn’t terrible for a horror movie and even terrible legs won’t put a damper on this debut, so Warner Bros. must be ecstatic about this result. More...

Weekend Prediction: Will The Nun be Second to None?

September 6th, 2018

The Nun

It’s the weekend after Labor Day, which is historically one of the worst weekends of the year at the box office. However, that’s not the case this year, as The Nun is expected to be a major hit. In fact, it should have the best opening in the franchise so far. On the other hand, Peppermint will be happy with a second place debut. Finally, God Bless the Broken Road is opening semi-wide, but the box office lacks any real depth, so it could come close to the top five. This weekend last year was the weekend It destroyed the record book. There’s no way 2018 will win in the year-over-year comparison, but 2018 has such a large lead over 2017 that even a few embarrassing losses won’t put a serious dent into it’s advantage. More...

International Box Office: Fallout Spreads to China with $77.64 million

September 5th, 2018

Mission: Impossible—Fallout

Mission: Impossible—Fallout rocketed into first place with $89.1 million in 65 theaters over the weekend for totals of $442.7 million internationally and $647.1 million worldwide. The film debuted in first place in China with $76.14 million over the weekend for a total opening of $77.64 million. It had to settle for second place in Italy with $2.22 million, as Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation remained in first place in that market. It won’t take long before this film takes over top spot in the franchise. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Summer Ends on a Sweet Note with Crazy Rich Asians Crossing $100 million

September 5th, 2018

Crazy Rich Asians

Crazy Rich Asians came close enough to our predictions over the weekend that I’m willing to call it a victory. The only other film to earn more than $10 million over the three-date weekend was The Meg. This wasn’t enough to help the overall box office grow, but the overall box office only fell 3.6% when compared to last weekend earning $99 million. It is a little disappointing to drop below the $100 million mark, but it could have been much worse. Speaking of much worse, this weekend last year, the overall box office was just $76 million, meaning 2018 improved on the three-day mark by 29% and stretched its year-to-date lead. 2018 now sits 10.6% or $790 million ahead of 2017 at $8.22 billion to $7.43 million. The lead won’t remain this large for long, not with It’s opening on the horizon. That said, it would take a spectacular collapse for 2018 to completely lose this lead. More...

Weekend Estimates: Labor Monday Update

September 3rd, 2018

Crazy Rich Asians

We have some Monday morning updates for the weekend box office and as expected, Crazy Rich Asians continued to dominate at the box office. It earned $6.21 million on Monday for a four-day total of $28.31 million and a three-week total of $117.04 million. It became just the fourth film released by Warner Bros. this year to get to the century mark and it will quickly become the studio’s biggest hit of the year so far, as it will overtake Ocean’s 8 shortly. More...

Weekend Estimates: Crazy Killing it at the Box Office with $28 million

September 2nd, 2018

Crazy Rich Asians

Crazy Rich Asians is just destroying the competition over the weekend and should pull in an estimated $22.24 million over the three days. We won’t have a Monday estimate from Warner Bros. until Monday, but I would imagine the four-day weekend would be about $28 million, giving the film a running tally of $117 million after 20 days of release. This is a little lower than our weekend prediction, but close enough that I’m calling it a victory. Internationally, the film made $10.4 million on 1,565 screens in 24 markets for an early total of $19.9 million. The film opened in Australia with $5.4 million on 447 screens, which is better than its opening here, relative to the size of the two markets. More...

Friday Estimates: Crazy Matches Expectations with $5.87 million

September 1st, 2018

Crazy Rich Asians

Crazy Rich Asians will easily remain on top of the chart this weekend, as it earned $5.87 million on Friday. Depending on when you are reading this, it might have already crossed $100 million domestically, a milestone it will certainly reach by the end of business on Saturday. The film is on pace for $24 million over the three-day weekend and $30 million over four, matching our prediction perfectly. More...

Weekend Predictions: Will the Box Office Relax Over Labor Day?

August 31st, 2018

Operation Finale

The last weekend of summer is a slow weekend. There’s only one true wide release, Kin, and it’s not expected to open in the top five. Operation Finale is opening in just over 1,800 theaters, but it should open in the top five, even though it is a Wednesday release. Searching is expanding into 1,200 theaters this weekend and that should get it into the top ten. Meanwhile, Crazy Rich Asians should complete the threepeat without any real competition. This weekend last year, The Hitman’s Bodyguard was the only film to earn more than $10 million. More...

International Box Office: Ant-Man has a Giant-Sized Chinese Debut

August 29th, 2018

Ant-Man and the Wasp

Ant-Man and the Wasp jumped into first place on the international chart earning $71.2 million in 28 markets for totals of $332.6 million internationally and $544.1 million worldwide. This past weekend, the film debuted in first place in China with $66.62 million over the weekend for a total opening of $68.14 million. This is the fourth biggest opening for the MCU in that market and 66% more than the original opened with. The film opens in Japan, its final market, next weekend. It should get to $600 million worldwide shortly after it debuts there. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Crazy Rich Asians Continues Box Office Dominance with Nearly $25 million

August 28th, 2018

Crazy Rich Asians

Summer officially ends next weekend with Labor Day, but Crazy Rich Asians is keeping the summer going with a sophomore stint of $24.80 million over the weekend. This is nearly twice as much as the second place film, The Meg. Meanwhile, the only true wide release of the week, The Happytime Murders, missed low end expectations with $9.53 million. The overall box office is down 21% from last weekend to just $103 million. That’s a sharp decline, but not uncommon for this time of year. More importantly, it was 49% more than the same weekend last year. That’s not as impressive as it seems, as this weekend last year one of the worst weekends in the past decade. Year-to-date, 2018 extended its lead to 10.1% or $740 million at $8.05 billion to $7.19 billion. On the down side, it won’t be long before 2017 really starts to eat into that lead. More...

Weekend Estimates: Crazy Rich Nearly Matches Opening Weekend with $25 million

August 26th, 2018

Crazy Rich Asians

Crazy Rich Asians led the way over the weekend with $25.01 million for a two-week total of $76.82 million. This is way more than expected and actually in line with our opening weekend prediction. Its sophomore stint decline was just a 6% from its opening three-day weekend; it’s just a 29% decline from its opening five-day weekend. On the downside, this is such an amazing hold that it is hard for analysts to figure out where it will go from here. We can safely say it will continue to pull in millions of dollars for weeks to come, but we don’t know if it will soar past $150 million or not. If it has a more normal decline next week, we will be able to be more sure. Regardless of what it does over the rest of its domestic run or how well it performs internationally, it will be a massively profitable movie and one of Warner Bros.’ biggest hits of the year. More...

Friday Estimates: The Rich Keep Getting Richer

August 25th, 2018

Crazy Rich Asians

Crazy Rich Asians is this year’s The Hitman’s Bodyguard, at least in terms of legs. The film fell just 4% from its opening Friday earning $7.0 million on this Friday. The film was a Wednesday opening, so it likely won’t perform better on Saturday compared to last weekend, but the film will still earn about $23 million over the weekend. The book Crazy Rich Asians is based on is the first in a trilogy and I would be amazed if Warner Bros. hasn’t already begun work on the next two installments. More...

Weekend Predictions: Can Happytime Overtake Crazy Rich Asians at the Box Office?

August 23rd, 2018

Crazy Rich Asians

Summer is winding down and there are only one and a half wide releases this week. The Happytime Murders is a high-concept, lowbrow comedy that is probably too out there to find an audience. Meanwhile, A.X.L. is opening in less than 2,000 theaters and tracking has it opening below the Mendoza Line. This does mean Crazy Rich Asians has a real shot at repeating on top of the box office chart. This weekend last year, The Hitman’s Bodyguard was the only film to earn more than $10 million. This year, we should have two or three films do the same and 2018 should easily win in the year-over-year chart. More...

International Box Office: The Meg Continues to Terrorize the Competition

August 21st, 2018

The Meg

The Meg remained in first place on the international chart with $68.9 million on 23,767 screens in 55 markets, for totals of $232.2 million internationally and $316.0 million worldwide. Its biggest new market of the weekend was Australia, where it earned first place with $2.48 million on 413 screens. It also opened in South Korea, but struggled with $1.57 million on 598 screens over the weekend for a total opening of $3.19 million. Its biggest market overall was China, where it added $30.78 million over the weekend for a two-week total of $117.09 million. It fell just 38% during its sophomore stint, while it actually rose to second place, despite there being four new releases in the top ten. That’s stunning. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Crazy Rich Asians are $1 million Richer than Estimated

August 21st, 2018

Crazy Rich Asians

Crazy Rich Asians beat the weekend estimates by more than $1 million, which is great news for the film’s future, as it suggests even better word-of-mouth. The rest of the new releases were well back, but their weakness didn’t sink the weekend box office, as it pulled in $129 million. This was still down 12% from last weekend, but more importantly, this was a stunning 35% higher than the same weekend last year, which helped extend 2018’s lead over 2017. 2018’s lead is now 9.6% or $690 million at $7.88 billion to $7.19 billion. I suspect we have likely nearly reached the peak this lead will be throughout the rest of the year, but it would take a major collapse for 2018 to not finish with a healthy victory in the year-over-year comparison. More...

Weekend Estimates: Crazy Getting Richer over the Weekend

August 19th, 2018

Crazy Rich Asians

Crazy Rich Asians beat expectations and easily came out on top of the box office over the weekend. The film earned $25.24 million between Friday and Sunday, for a five-day opening of $34.00 million, which is amazing for a film that cost $30 million to make. It not only beat our original prediction, but its weekend estimates have grown since it debuted on Wednesday, which is a very good sign that the word-of-mouth is helping ticket sales. Its 92% positive reviews and its A-rating from CinemaScore back up that explanation. With this opening, the film would have to have terrible legs and completely bomb internationally to not break even. Having terrible legs seems unlikely, but we will know more about that next weekend. As for its international numbers, the film hasn’t opened in any major international markets, so it is too soon to tell. It does debut in Australia before the end of the month, so that will be the film’s first big test. More...

Friday Estimates: Asians’ Crazy Rich First Place Opening

August 18th, 2018

Crazy Rich Asians

Crazy Rich Asians led the way on Friday with an impressive $7.26 million. Since it opened on Wednesday, it should have better legs than most new releases earn. Likewise, its reviews and its A from CinemaScore will also help its legs, putting it on pace for between $22 million and $23 million over the three-day weekend. Over four days, the film should make about $31 million, which is more than it cost to make. Even taking into account the studio’s share of the box office, Warner Bros. will cover its production budget before the end of the month, just on the its domestic numbers. Unless it really struggles internationally, it will break even before it reaches the home market. This might be enough to get more movies with predominantly Asian-American casts made in Hollywood. More...

Thursday Night Previews: Mile 22’s $1 million Debut Dwarfed by Crazy Rich Asians

August 17th, 2018

Mile 22

Mile 22 opened with $1 million during its midnight previews. This is not that impressive and it means the film will very likely open on the extreme lower end of our predictions, with under $15 million. Terrible reviews won’t help its legs, although I assume the film’s CinemaScore will be relatively better, but I don’t expect it to stick around in theaters for that long. More...

Weekend Predictions: Will Crazy have a Rich Opening, or will Meg Swallow the New Releases?

August 16th, 2018

Crazy Rich Asians

Crazy Rich Asians leads a group of three films, both in terms of buzz and in terms of reviews. It also opened with $5.01 million on Wednesday, so its already looking like a box office success. On the other hand, Mile 22 has the worst reviews of the week and its buzz is only mediocre. That said, its buzz is still louder than Alpha’s buzz is. On the other hand, Alpha’s reviews are good enough that if it doesn’t struggle too much during its opening weekend, then its word-of-mouth should help its legs. This weekend last year, The Hitman’s Bodyguard opened with $21.38 million. That’s probably more than any film opening this weekend will make. On the other hand, the only other film to earn more than $10 million last year was Annabelle: Creation, while we should have four films do the same this year. The depth should help 2018 earn an easy win. More...

Theater Averages: Skating Madeline

August 16th, 2018

Skate Kitchen

Skate Kitchen and Madeline’s Madeline had nearly identical openings earning $18,605 and $18,009 respectively. Both films were playing in only one theater a piece. The only other film in the $10,000 club was The Meg at $11,025. More...

International Box Office: The Meg Swims the Seven Seas

August 16th, 2018

The Meg

The Meg led the way on the international chart cracking the century mark with $101.5 million on 30,212 screens in 42 markets and a worldwide opening of $146.9 million. This is great news, and the film cost Warner Bros. $130 million to make, after tax rebates and the like, so the film needed a monster opening to break even any time soon. The film’s biggest market was China, where it earned $49.83 million on 16,307 screens. It only managed third in that market, but it was a very busy weekend with two massive local hits also debuting this weekend. The film was able to top the charts in Mexico with $6.30 million on 1,936 screens and in Russia with $5.48 million on 2,628. It wasn’t as potent in the U.K., but it still topped the chart with $4.66 million in 499 theaters. The film has yet to open in South Korea, Australia, France, and Japan, so it should stick around the top five for a bit. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Meg Chows Down on Moviegoers

August 14th, 2018

The Meg

The Meg was arguably the biggest box office surprise of the summer, earning more during its opening weekend than many thought it would earn in total and it doubled our prediction. It also earned more than the next three films earned combined, so it was a rather one-sided affair at the box office. Its $45.40 million debut did help the overall box office rise 5.6% from last weekend reaching $147 million. More importantly, this is 26% higher than the same weekend last year. Year-to-date, 2018 now has a 9.1% / $640 million lead over 2017 at $7.68 billion to $7.04 million. More...

Weekend Estimates: Meg is Biggest Killer Shark Movie In Decades

August 12th, 2018

The Meg

The Meg not only beat our initial prediction, it topped yesterday’s revised estimate and that’s a really good sign. Warner Bros. is reporting an opening weekend of $44.5 million. If this is accurate, then the film’s internal multiplier will be a healthy 2.70. Granted, its reviews are mixed and it only managed a B plus from CinemaScore and that’s not a great sign for its long term chances. However, there are no movies opening for the rest of the summer that are as big as this film, so that could help its legs. After all, The Hitman’s Bodyguard had a multiplier of 3.53. Internationally, the numbers were even better, as the film earned $96.8 million, including $50.3m on 12,650 screens in China. It is also a hit in Mexico ($6.2 million) and Russia ($5.0 million), although it is a more muted success in the U.K. with $4.4 million. That last market is on par with what we thought the film would open with here. On a side note, you are more likely to die eating shark that being eaten by a shark, so don’t kill sharks. They are apex predators and are very important to the environment. More...

Friday Estimates: Meg Keeps Summer Alive

August 11th, 2018

The Meg

Surprisingly, The Meg dominated the box office on Friday with a very summer-like opening day of $16.5 million. There were some who thought the film wouldn’t earn that much during the entire weekend. Our prediction wasn’t that pessimistic, but this result still blows it out of the water. The film earned 51% positive reviews and a B plus from CinemaScore. Both results are fine. They are nothing special, but also nothing to worry about. The genre does tend to be front-loaded, so a $40 million weekend isn’t not a sure thing, but more of a coin toss. Even if the film doesn’t reach that mark over its opening weekend, this will still be a major win for Warner Bros., which has not has a good year. More...

Thursday Night Previews: Meg Takes a Big Bite out of the Box Office

August 10th, 2018

The Meg

The Meg earned $4 million during its Thursday previews. This is about double what I was expecting and puts it on a clear path to over $30 million during its opening weekend. It will likely be front-loaded, as the reviews are barely above 50% positive and this genre of film tends to be front-loaded, even with good reviews. That said, it could match Annabelle: Creation’s opening from last year with just over $35 million. We will know more tomorrow when Friday’s estimates come in. The film also reportedly earned $16 million during its opening day in China, earning third place in the process. It’s going to be a busy weekend in China if a $16 million opening day is only good enough for third place. More...

Weekend Predictions: Do the New Releases Face Impossible Obstacle?

August 9th, 2018

The Meg

There are four films opening wide or semi-wide this week. This includes Dog Days, which started on Wednesday. However, while it was released first, it is widely expected to be the last at the box office of the five wide releases. The Meg is widely expected to be the biggest new release of the week and it is the only film with a real shot at unseating Mission: Impossible—Fallout for top spot. I was expecting BlacKkKlansman to only open in limited release this week before trying to expand next week, but it is opening in 1,500 theaters giving it a real shot at a top five opening. Finally there’s Slender Man, a horror movie based on an internet meme that peaked years ago. It likely won’t be the worse box office performer of the weekend, but I’m not sure it will reach the top five. This weekend last year, Annabelle: Creation was the last blockbuster of summer opening with $35 million. No movie is going to match that this year. However, all three new releases made less than $50 million, while the four new releases could top that this weekend. I don’t think 2018 will win, but it should at least be close. More...

2018 Preview: August

August 1st, 2018

Christopher Robin

Overall, July was a a little weaker than expected. Ant-Man and the Wasp appears to be on pace for $200 million, while it is too soon to tell if Mission: Impossible—Fallout will also get there. That said, 2018 is still ahead of 2017 by $550 million, so the month of July was a success in that regard. As for August, there’s only one movie that is expected to earn $100 million, Christopher Robin, and maybe a few others that could hit $50 million. It’s a rather sad slate of movies. Fortunately, last August was even worse, so 2018 should at least maintain its lead. Maybe we can get lucky and come away with a $600 million lead by the end of the month. More...

The Meg Trailer

July 25th, 2018

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Aug 10, 2018 1 $45,402,195   4,118 $11,025   $45,402,195 1
Aug 17, 2018 2 $21,151,012 -53% 4,118 $5,136   $83,760,074 2
Aug 24, 2018 2 $12,812,615 -39% 4,031 $3,179   $105,083,261 3
Aug 31, 2018 2 $10,535,459 -18% 3,761 $2,801   $120,521,875 4
Sep 7, 2018 4 $6,094,327 -42% 3,511 $1,736   $131,637,101 5
Sep 14, 2018 7 $3,862,851 -37% 2,851 $1,355   $137,145,041 6
Sep 21, 2018 9 $2,265,438 -41% 2,003 $1,131   $140,438,357 7
Sep 28, 2018 13 $1,032,182 -54% 1,243 $830   $141,980,287 8
Oct 5, 2018 23 $266,049 -74% 533 $499   $142,491,832 9
Oct 12, 2018 32 $75,584 -72% 202 $374   $142,673,948 10
Oct 19, 2018 25 $138,454 +83% 203 $682   $142,839,245 11
Oct 26, 2018 32 $95,916 -31% 168 $571   $142,976,043 12

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Aug 9, 2018 P $4,000,000     0     $4,000,000  
Aug 10, 2018 1 $16,604,015     4,118 $4,032   $16,604,015 1
Aug 11, 2018 1 $16,277,249 -2%   4,118 $3,953   $32,881,264 2
Aug 12, 2018 1 $12,520,931 -23%   4,118 $3,041   $45,402,195 3
Aug 13, 2018 1 $4,552,992 -64%   4,118 $1,106   $49,955,187 4
Aug 14, 2018 1 $6,036,127 +33%   4,118 $1,466   $55,991,314 5
Aug 15, 2018 2 $3,411,043 -43%   4,118 $828   $59,402,357 6
Aug 16, 2018 2 $3,206,705 -6%   4,118 $779   $62,609,062 7
Aug 17, 2018 2 $5,791,027 +81% -65% 4,118 $1,406   $68,400,089 8
Aug 18, 2018 2 $8,975,055 +55% -45% 4,118 $2,179   $77,375,144 9
Aug 19, 2018 2 $6,384,930 -29% -49% 4,118 $1,550   $83,760,074 10
Aug 20, 2018 2 $2,183,364 -66% -52% 4,118 $530   $85,943,438 11
Aug 21, 2018 2 $2,943,477 +35% -51% 4,118 $715   $88,886,915 12
Aug 22, 2018 2 $1,915,288 -35% -44% 4,118 $465   $90,802,203 13
Aug 23, 2018 2 $1,468,443 -23% -54% 4,118 $357   $92,270,646 14
Aug 24, 2018 3 $3,301,396 +125% -43% 4,031 $819   $95,572,042 15
Aug 25, 2018 2 $5,724,960 +73% -36% 4,031 $1,420   $101,297,002 16
Aug 26, 2018 2 $3,786,259 -34% -41% 4,031 $939   $105,083,261 17
Aug 27, 2018 2 $1,214,428 -68% -44% 4,031 $301   $106,297,689 18
Aug 28, 2018 2 $1,635,382 +35% -44% 4,031 $406   $107,933,071 19
Aug 29, 2018 2 $1,131,884 -31% -41% 4,031 $281   $109,064,955 20
Aug 30, 2018 2 $921,461 -19% -37% 4,031 $229   $109,986,416 21
Aug 31, 2018 2 $2,337,310 +154% -29% 3,761 $621   $112,323,726 22
Sep 1, 2018 2 $4,010,693 +72% -30% 3,761 $1,066   $116,334,419 23
Sep 2, 2018 2 $4,187,456 +4% +11% 3,761 $1,113   $120,521,875 24
Sep 3, 2018 2 $3,281,008 -22% +170% 3,761 $872   $123,802,883 25
Sep 4, 2018 2 $832,765 -75% -49% 3,761 $221   $124,635,648 26
Sep 5, 2018 3 $496,718 -40% -56% 3,761 $132   $125,132,366 27
Sep 6, 2018 3 $410,408 -17% -55% 3,761 $109   $125,542,774 28
Sep 7, 2018 5 $1,383,161 +237% -41% 3,511 $394   $126,925,935 29
Sep 8, 2018 4 $3,046,057 +120% -24% 3,511 $868   $129,971,992 30
Sep 9, 2018 4 $1,665,109 -45% -60% 3,511 $474   $131,637,101 31
Sep 10, 2018 5 $442,430 -73% -87% 3,511 $126   $132,079,531 32
Sep 11, 2018 6 $540,692 +22% -35% 3,511 $154   $132,620,223 33
Sep 12, 2018 5 $380,079 -30% -23% 3,511 $108   $133,000,302 34
Sep 13, 2018 5 $281,888 -26% -31% 3,511 $80   $133,282,190 35
Sep 14, 2018 7 $1,048,632 +272% -24% 2,851 $368   $134,330,822 36
Sep 15, 2018 7 $1,773,400 +69% -42% 2,851 $622   $136,104,222 37
Sep 16, 2018 7 $1,040,819 -41% -37% 2,851 $365   $137,145,041 38
Sep 17, 2018 8 $232,604 -78% -47% 2,851 $82   $137,377,645 39
Sep 18, 2018 9 $372,925 +60% -31% 2,851 $131   $137,750,570 40
Sep 19, 2018 9 $256,878 -31% -32% 2,851 $90   $138,007,448 41
Sep 20, 2018 10 $165,471 -36% -41% 2,851 $58   $138,172,919 42
Sep 21, 2018 11 $582,791 +252% -44% 2,003 $291   $138,755,710 43
Sep 22, 2018 9 $1,113,280 +91% -37% 2,003 $556   $139,868,990 44
Sep 23, 2018 10 $569,367 -49% -45% 2,003 $284   $140,438,357 45
Sep 24, 2018 13 $128,648 -77% -45% 2,003 $64   $140,567,005 46
Sep 25, 2018 13 $187,048 +45% -50% 2,003 $93   $140,754,053 47
Sep 26, 2018 13 $116,307 -38% -55% 2,003 $58   $140,870,360 48
Sep 27, 2018 14 $77,745 -33% -53% 2,003 $39   $140,948,105 49
Sep 28, 2018 14 $279,539 +260% -52% 1,243 $225   $141,227,644 50
Sep 29, 2018 12 $496,843 +78% -55% 1,243 $400   $141,724,487 51
Sep 30, 2018 12 $255,800 -49% -55% 1,243 $206   $141,980,287 52
Oct 1, 2018 - $63,206 -75% -51% 1,243 $51   $142,043,493 53
Oct 2, 2018 - $86,408 +37% -54% 1,243 $70   $142,129,901 54
Oct 3, 2018 15 $57,516 -33% -51% 1,243 $46   $142,187,417 55
Oct 4, 2018 - $38,366 -33% -51% 1,243 $31   $142,225,783 56
Oct 5, 2018 - $70,647 +84% -75% 533 $133   $142,296,430 57
Oct 6, 2018 - $116,785 +65% -76% 533 $219   $142,413,215 58
Oct 7, 2018 - $78,617 -33% -69% 533 $147   $142,491,832 59
Oct 8, 2018 - $40,824 -48% -35% 533 $77   $142,532,656 60
Oct 9, 2018 - $28,654 -30% -67% 533 $54   $142,561,310 61
Oct 10, 2018 - $19,843 -31% -66% 533 $37   $142,581,153 62
Oct 11, 2018 - $17,211 -13% -55% 533 $32   $142,598,364 63
Oct 12, 2018 - $20,691 +20% -71% 202 $102   $142,619,055 64
Oct 13, 2018 - $35,042 +69% -70% 202 $173   $142,654,097 65
Oct 14, 2018 - $19,851 -43% -75% 202 $98   $142,673,948 66
Oct 15, 2018 - $7,563 -62% -81% 202 $37   $142,681,511 67
Oct 16, 2018 - $7,984 +6% -72% 202 $40   $142,689,495 68
Oct 17, 2018 - $5,379 -33% -73% 202 $27   $142,694,874 69
Oct 18, 2018 - $5,917 +10% -66% 202 $29   $142,700,791 70
Oct 19, 2018 - $36,074 +510% +74% 203 $178   $142,736,865 71
Oct 20, 2018 - $61,539 +71% +76% 203 $303   $142,798,404 72
Oct 21, 2018 - $40,841 -34% +106% 203 $201   $142,839,245 73
Oct 22, 2018 - $9,718 -76% +28% 203 $48   $142,848,963 74
Oct 23, 2018 - $11,528 +19% +44% 203 $57   $142,860,491 75
Oct 24, 2018 - $9,011 -22% +68% 203 $44   $142,869,502 76
Oct 25, 2018 - $10,625 +18% +80% 203 $52   $142,880,127 77
Oct 26, 2018 - $25,241 +138% -30% 168 $150   $142,905,368 78
Oct 27, 2018 - $43,017 +70% -30% 168 $256   $142,948,385 79
Oct 28, 2018 - $27,658 -36% -32% 168 $165   $142,976,043 80
Oct 29, 2018 - $6,998 -75% -28% 168 $42   $142,983,041 81
Oct 30, 2018 - $6,776 -3% -41% 168 $40   $142,989,817 82
Oct 31, 2018 - $7,950 +17% -12% 168 $47   $142,997,767 83
Nov 1, 2018 - $8,089 +2% -24% 168 $48   $143,005,856 84

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Aug 10, 2018 1 $62,609,062   4,118 $15,204   $62,609,062 1
Aug 17, 2018 2 $29,661,584 -53% 4,118 $7,203   $92,270,646 2
Aug 24, 2018 2 $17,715,770 -40% 4,031 $4,395   $109,986,416 3
Aug 31, 2018 2 $15,556,358 -12% 3,761 $4,136   $125,542,774 4
Sep 7, 2018 4 $7,739,416 -50% 3,511 $2,204   $133,282,190 5
Sep 14, 2018 7 $4,890,729 -37% 2,851 $1,715   $138,172,919 6
Sep 21, 2018 11 $2,775,186 -43% 2,003 $1,386   $140,948,105 7
Sep 28, 2018 14 $1,277,678 -54% 1,243 $1,028   $142,225,783 8
Oct 5, 2018 24 $372,581 -71% 533 $699   $142,598,364 9
Oct 12, 2018 34 $102,427 -73% 202 $507   $142,700,791 10
Oct 19, 2018 26 $179,336 +75% 203 $883   $142,880,127 11
Oct 26, 2018 33 $125,729 -30% 168 $748   $143,005,856 12

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Argentina 8/17/2018 $740,949 0 0 0 $1,987,392 1/1/2019
Australia 8/17/2018 $2,483,619 408 408 1,728 $7,486,562 10/20/2022
Brazil 8/10/2018 $2,114,000 882 882 3,101 $7,600,000 10/16/2018
Bulgaria 8/10/2018 $93,117 0 0 0 $483,131 2/26/2019
China 8/9/2018 $49,860,000 74,361 74,361 167,641 $152,350,000 8/20/2020
Colombia 8/17/2018 $0 0 396 396 $2,800,000 1/1/2019
Czech Republic 8/10/2018 $166,408 96 96 273 $565,148 1/1/2019
France 8/24/2018 $4,700,000 428 478 1,343 $13,900,000 10/16/2018
Germany 8/10/2018 $1,860,000 557 568 1,544 $6,800,000 10/16/2018
Indonesia 8/10/2018 $2,700,000 650 650 1,142 $6,500,000 1/1/2019
Italy 8/9/2018 $1,877,571 0 0 0 $5,700,000 9/10/2018
Japan 9/7/2018 $3,300,000 382 382 763 $13,400,000 10/16/2018
Lithuania 8/24/2018 $64,812 137 137 328 $189,559 9/25/2018
Malaysia 8/10/2018 $2,420,000 506 506 1,168 $6,300,000 10/16/2018
Mexico 8/10/2018 $6,298,448 0 2,185 4,785 $21,100,000 10/16/2018
Netherlands 8/10/2018 $1,052,235 94 98 655 $4,265,389 10/2/2018
Peru 8/24/2018 $0 0 152 152 $3,100,000 1/1/2019
Poland 8/24/2018 $412,674 0 0 0 $1,024,130 1/1/2019
Portugal 8/24/2018 $398,706 90 90 394 $1,460,662 10/16/2018
Russia (CIS) 8/10/2018 $5,187,175 1,460 1,548 5,617 $13,500,000 2/26/2019
Slovakia 8/10/2018 $152,435 65 65 177 $445,022 9/28/2018
South Korea 8/14/2018 $1,581,324 598 598 944 $4,042,648 11/8/2018
Spain 8/10/2018 $2,359,296 294 316 2,286 $12,700,000 10/16/2018
Taiwan 8/10/2018 $0 0 0 0 $3,640,000 8/21/2018
Thailand 8/10/2018 $1,700,000 453 453 453 $1,700,000 8/21/2018
Turkey 8/10/2018 $222,449 335 340 1,753 $1,407,397 2/26/2019
United Arab Emirates 8/10/2018 $2,115,000 133 133 133 $4,820,000 1/1/2019
United Kingdom 8/10/2018 $4,662,382 499 549 2,567 $20,300,000 10/16/2018
 
Rest of World $62,257,046
 
International Total$381,824,086 10/20/2022

International Cumulative Box Office Records


Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records


Weekly US DVD Sales

DateRankUnits
this
Week
% ChangeTotal
Units
Spending
this
Week
Total
Spending
Weeks
in
Release
Nov 18, 20181235,861 235,861$4,707,786$4,707,7861
Nov 25, 20182492,652-61% 328,513$1,849,334$6,557,1202
Dec 2, 2018481,742-12% 410,255$1,631,570$8,188,6903
Dec 9, 20181338,324-53% 448,579$764,947$8,953,6374
Dec 16, 20182027,712-28% 476,291$553,132$9,506,7695
Dec 23, 20182829,424+6% 505,715$587,303$10,094,0726
Jan 6, 20192612,615 538,450$251,795$10,747,4628
Jan 27, 20192511,429 569,314$228,123$11,363,50811
Oct 4, 2020920,784 598,320$435,633$11,963,25299
Oct 11, 2020823,587+13% 621,907$494,384$12,457,636100
Oct 18, 20201024,878+5% 646,785$521,443$12,979,079101
Oct 25, 20201124,884n/c671,669$521,569$13,500,648102
Nov 1, 2020619,867-20% 691,536$416,412$13,917,060103
Nov 8, 2020419,681-1% 711,217$412,514$14,329,574104
Jan 3, 2021823,007 749,819$482,457$15,139,058112
Jan 10, 2021626,038+13% 775,857$546,017$15,685,075113
Jan 17, 2021432,057+23% 807,914$672,235$16,357,310114
Jan 24, 2021419,342-40% 827,256$408,310$16,765,620115
Jan 31, 2021314,095-27% 841,351$297,545$17,063,165116
Feb 7, 2021423,021+63% 864,372$485,973$17,549,138117
Feb 14, 2021520,547-11% 884,919$433,747$17,982,885118
Feb 21, 2021321,615+5% 906,534$456,293$18,439,178119
Feb 28, 2021912,692-41% 919,226$267,928$18,707,106120
Mar 21, 20211818,047 937,273$380,792$19,087,898123
Mar 28, 20211714,999-17% 952,272$316,479$19,404,377124
May 30, 20211110,995 963,267$231,995$19,636,372133
Jun 6, 20211114,184+29% 977,451$299,282$19,935,654134
Jun 27, 2021179,254 986,705$195,259$20,130,913137
Jul 4, 2021816,748+81% 1,003,453$353,215$20,484,128138
Jul 11, 2021915,690-6% 1,019,143$330,902$20,815,030139
Jul 18, 20211211,989-24% 1,031,132$252,848$21,067,878140
Jul 25, 2021159,957-17% 1,041,089$209,993$21,277,871141
Jul 23, 2023149,324 1,050,413$74,499$21,352,370245

Weekly US Blu-ray Sales

DateRankUnits
this
Week
% ChangeTotal
Units
Spending
this
Week
Total
Spending
Weeks
in
Release
Nov 18, 20182164,842 164,842$4,180,988$4,180,9881
Dec 2, 2018762,541 299,167$1,562,274$7,581,7423
Dec 9, 2018830,631-51% 329,798$723,477$8,305,2194
Dec 16, 2018752,931+73% 382,729$820,657$9,125,8765
Dec 23, 20181260,398+14% 443,127$933,146$10,059,0226
Dec 30, 20181133,999-44% 477,126$558,665$10,617,6877
Jan 6, 20191813,226-61% 490,352$291,238$10,908,9258
Jan 20, 20191414,504 513,880$217,186$11,342,43510
Jan 27, 2019930,055+107% 543,935$314,550$11,656,98511
Feb 3, 20192010,469-65% 554,404$168,290$11,825,27512

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