What is the budget of Meg 2 The Trench? HITC investigates.
The sub-genre of shark movies has had its ups and downs. However, Meg 2 The Trench is a follow-up to The Meg, an action movie released in 2018. Ben Wheatley takes the reins this time and Jason Statham returns to the role of Jonas Taylor. He and the others must take on the more vicious Megalodons as well as other mysterious creatures which have emerged from the Mariana Trench. It’s being billed as a blast of a summer popcorn movie, and since its release, audiences have asked a couple of questions. Is Meg 2 a Chinese film and how much did it cost?
Is Meg 2 : The Trench an Asian movie?
Meg 2 : The Trench was a China-US Co-Production with American and Chinese talents aboard.
The Meg series is controlled by Chinese. Catherine Ying Xujun, CEO of Shanghai-based CMC Pictures and Gravity Pictures, has explained in a statement that they “control 100% of the IP. It is our franchise and we were responsible for making the commercial arrangements with our partners Warner Bros.”
She added that “Our collaboration with Warner back in 2018 [on “The Meg”] It was an amazing success. So, we began the development process [on Meg 2] immediately.”
Both Meg films were crafted to appeal to global audiences, increasing the profit potential.
CMC is the abbreviation for China Media Capital. The private equity company was established in 2009.
This is Meg 2, the Trench Budget explained
Meg 2: the Trench’s budget was a staggering $129 millions.
On the other hand, such a large production cost was perhaps expected considering that the predecessor, The Meg, had a budget estimated between $130–178 million.
It was estimated that The Meg would need to earn around $400 million to even break even. The Meg exceeded this prediction, earning an incredible $530.2 millions, allowing for the possibility of a sequel.
Meg 2 : The Trench’s international debut brought in $112 millions.
‘China is a massive part of that international audience’
Ben, the film’s director, recently spoke with Collider and was asked about how he balanced pleasing Chinese producers and others while still pursuing his own vision for the project.
“I didn’t ever see it as groups of people wanting their stuff, there’s no hierarchy in that,” he You can learn more about this by clicking here..
“In a way. It’s more like you’re trying to make a film that will play internationally, and China is a massive part of that international audience. We were making a film that wasn’t like, ‘Oh, look at the differences between East and West, and the funny confusions between people.’ It’s not that. It’s just like an international crew of people, of characters, working together towards a goal of basically surviving or whatever.”
He noted that Chinese writers were “helping with making sure that Wu Jing’s character would fit within culturally, so there was no clumsiness from our side, and it would all make sense to the Chinese audience.”
Ultimately, it was a matter of paying “really clear attention to those little bits of detail that would help the Chinese audience.”
The movie Meg 2: The Trench has now been released in cinemas.