Meg 2 Roars to Disappointing Start, Falls Short of 2018's Thriller Hit by 38%!
Meg 2: The Trench disappoints at the box office, falling short of its predecessor's success by 38% in its opening weekend on August 4th
Summary
"Meg 2: The Trench" has a lackluster opening weekend compared to its predecessor, with a domestic box office result of about $28 million.
The opening weekend of the sequel falls far below the original film's impressive $45.4 million debut, despite initially meeting projections. Jonas and Jiuming unite once again to confront another perilous Meg, but the movie fails to resonate with audiences to the same extent as its predecessor.
Meg 2: The Trench falls short of the original movie's opening weekend success. The franchise began in 2018 with the release of The Meg, inspired by the 1997 novel Meg: A Novel of Deep Terror by Steve Alten. The film followed Jonas Taylor (Jason Statham), a rescue diver, as he and a team of experts tried to stop a prehistoric megalodon accidentally released from a deep-sea trench. In Meg 2, which premiered on August 4, Jonas teams up with Jiuming Zhang (Wu Jing) to confront another dangerous Meg.
According to Deadline, Meg 2's box office performance has exceeded expectations and is projected to earn around $28 million during its domestic opening weekend. While this result is positive, it still falls significantly short of the original movie's opening weekend earnings of $45.4 million.
Will Meg 2 be a Box Office Flop?
Possible reasons for Meg 2 opening below its predecessor include ongoing SAG-AFTRA disputes, resulting in actors refraining from promoting projects for fair pay. Additionally, the continued success of Barbie and Oppenheimer's dual release, which dominated the box office since their July 21 debut, may have had an impact.
Ultimately, it is likely that Meg 2 will closely follow in the footsteps of the original The Meg, falling slightly behind in terms of performance. The original film had a production cost of $130 million, only earning $145 million at the domestic box office. However, its international gross more than doubled this figure, contributing to a worldwide gross of an impressive $530.2 million.
Meg 2: The Trench is expected to benefit from its international box office as well. Being a co-production with China and having Wu Jing, the star of the highly successful Chinese film Wolf Warrior 2, as the lead, it has significant star power. Even if it fails to perform well domestically upon its release, its success is still probable due to these factors.
