#252 All-time worldwide

#16 2018 releases

Movie profile

The Meg

Name: The Meg
Genre: Action, Science Fiction, Horror
Released: 2018-08-09
Duration: 113 min

2018 · 113 min · Apelles Entertainment

Action Science Fiction Horror

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $530.5M

Budget $150.0M

Gross minus budget $380.5M

ROI 3.54x

Domestic gross

$254.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$275.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$109.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Meg ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #252 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2018 releases #16 Release-year chart position of 250 titles Ranked against movies released in 2018. Studio / company #1 Apelles Entertainment of 2 titles Position inside the mapped Apelles Entertainment movie set. Franchise #1 The Meg of 2 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #138 Action of 2,974 titles Genre context based on the first mapped genre on this profile.

Nearby worldwide ranks

Comparable titles immediately around this movie by reported worldwide gross.

#249 The Empire Strikes Back 1980 · $538.4M #250 The Revenant 2015 · $533.0M #251 World War Z 2013 · $531.9M #253 Ralph Breaks the Internet 2018 · $529.3M #254 Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation 2018 · $528.6M #255 The Boss Baby 2017 · $528.0M

Quick answer

How did The Meg (2018) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Meg (2018) earned a reported $530.5M worldwide against a reported $150.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $380.5M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 3.54x. In this database it currently ranks #252 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #16 among 2018 releases.

Worldwide gross: $530,517,320
Budget: $150,000,000
Gross minus budget: $380,517,320
ROI: 3.54x

Source: Reported box office data. Last updated: Jul 8, 2026. Gross-minus-budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and later home/streaming revenue.

Synopsis

Story

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Movie facts

Production details

Release date: Aug 9, 2018
Production: Apelles Entertainment, Gravity Pictures, di Bonaventura Pictures
Countries: CN, US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2018, The Meg is positioned in this dataset as a Action, Science Fiction, Horror title from Apelles Entertainment. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $530.5M, reported production budget is $150.0M, gross-minus-budget is $380.5M, ROI is 3.54x. For comparison, it currently sits #252 all-time in the current chart set and #16 among 2018 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.

AI-generated contextual summary based on available movie, genre, ranking and box office data. It does not replace official distributor notes or financial reporting.

Data noteGross minus budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and downstream revenue. Domestic, international and opening weekend figures marked as estimated are modelled estimates.