Jason Statham’s $398 million shark epic bites back on Netflix

Jason Statham has beaten up terrorists, gangsters, bees, and even a fictional PETA from The Hunger Games. But apparently a giant prehistoric shark was the one opponent worth revisiting, because his sci-fi sequel just quietly stormed Netflix's charts nearly three years later. Meg 2, The Trench has officially climbed into Netflix's global top 10, currently sitting at number 8 worldwide, and even claiming the number 1 movie spot in multiple countries including Brazil, the Bahamas, and the Dominican Republic. That's genuinely impressive for a movie that's been out since 2023, streaming alongside other current hits like F9, The Hustle, Regretting You, and Enola Holmes 3. Statham reprises his role as rescue diver Jonas Taylor, joined by Woo-Jing diving into the ocean's deepest trenches, only to find giant squids and reptilian monsters added alongside the returning Megalodon threat. Critics gave it a rough 27% on Rotten Tomatoes, while audiences handed it a friendlier 72% Popcorn Meter score. The people have spoken, they just wanted to watch the Stath outrun a shark on a jet ski. Financially, it still performed solidly, pulling in $397.8 million worldwide against a $129 million budget, even if that fell short of the original Meg's massive $529 million haul back in 2018. Combined, these two films have grossed over $900 million globally, proving audiences genuinely cannot resist watching Statham punch his way through marine biology gone wrong. A third Meg movie isn't officially greenlit yet, though director Ben Wheatley has said he'd happily return. Even joking, he'd love to see a Meg get legs and walk onto land next time, which honestly sounds exactly unhinged enough to work. And Statham himself shows zero signs of slowing down anywhere. He's got Mutiny hitting theaters soon, John Doe currently in production, The Beekeeper, two arriving January 2027, and an oddly meta project literally called Jason Statham Stole My Bike, where he plays himself. Critics keep panning him, audiences keep showing up anyway, and honestly, that formula has made Statham one of streaming's most dependable action stars alive today. Are you rewatching the Meg franchise before a possible third movie? Tell us below.