Meg 2 Swims Past $300 Million At The Global Box Office, But Is That Enough? – /Film

The good news is that, the way things are going, “Meg 2” should finish its run closer to $400 million than $300 million. So it should be able to break even in theaters or close to it, meaning that money from VOD, Blu-ray sales, and other revenue streams should be profit. Whether or not that ends up being enough to lead to a third installment remains to be seen, but one imagines if such a thing does happen, it would be with a smaller cast and a reduced budget. Either way, this movie avoided what looked like it could be a recipe for disaster.

Critics were not kind to the sequel (to be fair, they weren’t really thrilled with the first movie, either), and heading into opening weekend, it looked like that might be a nail in this film’s coffin. But general audiences seem to like the movie a whole lot more than critics. More often than not, that is the far more important metric. (Just look at the “Venom” movies as proof.) Moviegoers around the world just want to see Statham fight big sharks in outlandish ways.

As it stands, “Meg 2” has a good shot at passing “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” ($376 million worldwide) to become the 13th biggest movie of 2023 overall. It’s not going to match the $529 million take of the original, but the fact that this critically-panned giant shark movie is likely going to wipe out Indiana Jones is nothing if not surprising. What a time to be alive.

“Meg 2: The Trench” is in theaters now.