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The Meg

Pleased to eat you.

6.3(8,435)20181h 53m18

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.

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Status
Released
Budget
$150M
Box office
$530.5M
Language
Mandarin
Part of The Meg Collection · 2 films
  • beach
  • based on novel or book
  • deep sea
  • underwater
  • shark
  • oceanic expedition
  • kaiju
  • animal horror
  • underwater facility
  • mariana trench
  • megalodon
  • amused

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Produced in

China, United States of America

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Release dates

  • IndiaIN

    • TheatricalUA10 Aug 2018
  • United StatesUS

    • PremierePG-13ArcLight Hollywood30 Jul 2018
    • TheatricalPG-1310 Aug 2018
    • PhysicalPG-1313 Nov 2018
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical12A10 Aug 2018
    • Digital / OTT123 Dec 2018
    • Physical1210 Dec 2018
  • AustraliaAU

    • TheatricalM16 Aug 2018
  • CanadaCA

    • Theatrical14A10 Aug 2018
  • AustriaAT

    • Digital / OTT129 Aug 2018
  • BrazilBR

    • Theatrical149 Aug 2018
    • Digital / OTT142 Nov 2018
  • ChinaCN

    • Theatrical10 Aug 2018
  • CzechiaCZ

    • Theatrical15+9 Aug 2018
    • Physical5 Dec 2018
  • DenmarkDK

    • Theatrical159 Aug 2018
  • EstoniaEE

    • Theatrical24 Aug 2018
  • FranceFR

    • TheatricalTP22 Aug 2018
    • Digital / OTTVOD22 Dec 2018
    • Physical4K Ultra HD / Blu-ray / DVD22 Dec 2018
    • TVTFX8 Jan 2026

Frequently asked questions

The Meg was released on 8 August 2018.

Audience reviews

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    Dark Jedi

    12/24/2018

    6/10

    Well, when the credits started to roll I cannot say that I felt it had been a waste of time and money. I did indeed have some enjoyment watching this movie. However, it could have been a lot better. For starters, what is the point of making a movie about a bloody “dinosaur shark” and aim for a PG-13 rating? Whoever made that incredibly stupid decision obviously missed the mark big time. I think this was the bigges…

  • J

    John Chard

    5/25/2019

    5/10

    Child friendly horror... You have to take in to context the post release statements by director Jon Turteltaub and lead actor Jason Statham. The Meg is not the film they either read on the page or filmed as a course of grisly schlock entertainment. This was meant to be a proper schlocker, a bloodletting monster of the deep on the loose picture, sadly the suits at the helm didn't see that as a viable money making e…

  • G

    Gimly

    8/12/2020

    5/10

    It's nice to see a Shark-led Creature Feature that's actually got some money behind it, but _The Meg_ is still really nothing special. _Final rating:★★½ - Had a lot that appealed to me, didn’t quite work as a whole._

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    CinemaSerf

    8/31/2023

    5/10

    This is one of these international co-productions that has way too many producers and vested interests behind it, so it's no great surprise that what we do end up with is such an hybrid of so many other films it's actually quite hard to be objective when writing about it. The obvious comparisons are with "Jaws" (1975) and "Deep Blue Sea" (1999) but this is a distinctly poor relation. Even on an IMAX screen, it moves …

  • R

    r96sk

    4/10/2025

    6/10

    <em>'The Meg'</em> almost succeeds in being a fun action blockbuster, though for me it comfortably falls short of doing so. To put it bluntly, I simply got bored whilst watching it. I like the cast, but that's about it in terms of positives. The effects and story just didn't do it for yours truly. <em>'Jaws'</em> (obviously) and even <em>'Piranha'</em> did it better, this one doesn't have anything fresh to add to …

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