The Meg
2018 1h 53m movie Film China

The Meg

“Pleased to eat you”

Synopsis

“Pleased to eat you”

A deep sea submersible pilot revisits his past fears in the Mariana Trench, and accidentally unleashes the seventy foot ancestor of the Great White Shark believed to be extinct.

The 2017–2019 China Window

248 China films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. The Meg sits at position #165.

  1. The Untamed: Special Edition
    #1

    The Untamed: Special Edition

    ★ 9.5 · 2019

  2. Ling Cage: Incarnation
    #2

    Ling Cage: Incarnation

    ★ 9.0 · 2019

  3. Once Upon a Bite
    #3

    Once Upon a Bite

    ★ 9.0 · 2018

  4. All Is Well
    #4

    All Is Well

    ★ 9.0 · 2019

  5. Fights Break Sphere
    #5

    Fights Break Sphere

    ★ 8.8 · 2017

  6. Burning Ice
    #6

    Burning Ice

    ★ 8.8 · 2017

  7. Blue Planet II
    #7

    Blue Planet II

    ★ 8.6 · 2017

  8. Day And Night
    #8

    Day And Night

    ★ 8.6 · 2017

Titles With Overlapping Themes

Films and series that share thematic tags with The Meg. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.

The 2010s China Landscape

Catalog density by release year in the 2010s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Meg premiered. 515 total titles in this decade from China.

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Budget & Box Office Efficiency

$150.0M
Budget
$530.5M
Revenue
$380.5M
Net Profit
3.5×
Return Ratio

At a 1h 53m runtime, production spent $1.3M per minute on screen and earned $4.7M per minute back.

Reception Benchmarks

6.3
TMDB Rating
7,018
Audience Reviews
Well Received
Critical Tier

Ranked #609 of 946 China films indexed here (36th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is -0.4 points below the China average of 6.7/10.

Among China Action productions specifically: #187 of 319 (top 59%).

Production Details

Primary Country China
All Production Countries China, United States of America
Original Language En
Spoken Languages Mandarin, English, Japanese, Thai
Production Companies Apelles Entertainment, Gravity Pictures, di Bonaventura Pictures, Flagship Entertainment Group, Maeday Productions
Runtime 1h 53m
Release Date August 9, 2018
IMDb tt4779682
Official Site www.warnerbros.com

Themes & Motifs

  • beach
  • based on novel or book
  • ocean
  • deep sea
  • creature
  • underwater
  • shark
  • oceanic expedition
  • kaiju
  • submersible
  • extinct
  • underwater facility
  • mariana trench

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