- Release Date:
- August 10, 2018
- Director:
- Jon Turteltaub
- Cast:
- Jason Statham, Rainn Wilson, Robert Taylor, Page Kennedy, Bingbing Li, Cliff Curtis, Jessica McNamee, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Ruby Rose, Masi Oka
- Rating:
- PG-13
- Runtime:
- 113 Minutes
- Writers:
- James Vanderbilt
- Budget:
- $130–178 million
- Studio(s):
- Gravity Pictures, Di Bonaventura Pictures, Apelles Entertainment, Maeday Productions, Flagship Entertainment Group
- Distributor(s):
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Sequel(s):
- The Meg 2: The Trench
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