47 Meters Down

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47 Meters Down
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJohannes Roberts
Written by
  • Johannes Roberts
  • Ernest Riera
Starring
CinematographyMark Silk
Edited byMartin Brinkler
Music byTomandandy
Distributed byEntertainment Studios Motion Pictures
Release dates
  • 12 June 2017 (2017-06-12) (Regency Village Theatre)
  • 16 June 2017 (2017-06-16) (United States)
  • 26 July 2017 (2017-07-26) (United Kingdom)
Running time
85 minutes[1]
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget$5.5 million[2]
Box office$61.7 million[3]

47 Meters Down is a 2017 British survival horror film directed by Johannes Roberts, written by Roberts and Ernest Riera, and starring Claire Holt and Mandy Moore.[4]

The plot follows two sisters who go on holiday in Mexico, and are invited to cage dive and see sharks up close. When the cable holding the cage breaks and it plummets to the ocean floor with the two girls trapped inside, they must find a way to escape, with their air supplies running low and great white sharks stalking nearby. It was released in the United States on 16 June 2017 and in the United Kingdom on 26 July 2017. The film received mixed reviews but was a box office success, grossing over $61 million worldwide against a budget of $5.5 million.

Plot

Lisa (Mandy Moore) and Kate (Claire Holt) are sisters on holiday in Mexico. Lisa's boyfriend has broken up with her because "she made the relationship boring". Kate attempts to cheer Lisa up by taking her out drinking and dancing at 1:00 am. The sisters meet a pair of local men at a bar and the two men convince them to go out with them on a boat to watch sharks from a diving cage. Lisa is hesitant but Kate persuades her by saying it would show Lisa's boyfriend that she isn't boring and make him regret breaking up with her.

The sisters arrive to the boat dock where they were told to meet the locals. At first sight, the boat is lackluster and Lisa is immediately wary of it and its owner, Captain Taylor. Upon meeting the girls, the captain questions if the pair are experienced divers. Kate has been certified though Lisa knows nothing and has never been, so they lie and say they are both experienced. The dive cage is old and rusted, held up by thin chains and an old crane, adding further to Lisa's apprehensions.

As they journey out to the cage diving spot, Captain Taylor baits the sharks. Lisa is skeptical about the entire dive, but Captain Taylor dismisses her concerns. The locals dive first in the cage. Unbeknownst to everyone on the boat, the cable supporting the cage starts to fray. The men return to the surface unharmed and Captain Taylor prepares to send Lisa and Kate down. While Lisa and Kate are in the cage, it breaks off of the boat, sending them to the sea floor – 47 meters down (154 ft.). This also takes them out of communication range. Kate swims up to forty meters to resume communications with Captain Taylor, who tells her Javier (Chris J. Johnson) will be coming down with a spare winch to pull them up. He also advises them to stay in the cage as the sharks are all around. Both women are quickly running out of air, but they wait in the cage until they see a torch in the distance. Thinking that Javier cannot see them, Lisa swims out to get him, as Kate's air is lower due to the previous swim. Lisa swims towards the light, low to the sea floor to avoid shark attacks from the bottom. A shark tries to attack Lisa but she swims into a small grotto to avoid it. Continuing to go towards the light, she comes to a crevasse with no bottom in sight.

Swimming over the cliff towards the light she finds the torch but no Javier. While looking around, she gets confused about her distance from the cage and Kate. Just as Javier appears and attempts to usher her back towards safety he is attacked and killed by a shark. Lisa takes Javier's spear gun and the spare winch, and swims back towards the cage. With the newly acquired torch as well as the spear gun Lisa swims up and notifies Taylor to pull them up. Disaster strikes as they are being winched to safety—the replacement winch line snaps and the cage descends back to the sea floor. This time, the cage lands on Lisa's leg, pinning her down. Lisa and Kate panic as they realise they are now both low on options as well as air.

Kate decides to swim up to communication range so that she can tell Taylor about their low air as well as Lisa's predicament. She succeeds and Captain Taylor tells her he is sending down some air tanks and the Mexican coast guard is an hour out. He also warns her that the second tank may cause nitrogen narcosis which can lead to hallucinations. Kate finds the air tanks just as her original tank goes empty. She also finds the three flares for them to use to signal the coast guard.

As she returns to the cage, Kate is attacked and dragged away by a shark. Lisa, still pinned and running low on air, uses the spear from the spear gun to pull the tank towards her. In the process, she is cut by the spear on her hand. She attaches the new tank, and shortly after doing so, she hears Kate communicating with her over their radio; Kate is injured and low on air, and the blood is attracting more sharks. Lisa states she will find her, and uses her BCD to lift up the cage, freeing her leg. After Lisa finds Kate, Taylor informs them the coast guard is still some time out and they need to get back in the cage. Lisa adamantly refuses due to the nature of Kate's wounds, and they decide to swim to the surface. As they begin to swim up, they use one of the three flares to scare the sharks. At the 20-meter mark, they are reminded by Taylor they must wait five minutes for their blood levels to acclimate. During this time, the first flare burns out. Reaching for the second flare, Kate drops it. Lisa lights the third flare, which reveals the faces of 3 sharks. The sisters are now surrounded by them and must rush to the surface.

Taylor yells for them to drop their gear and make a break for the surface. They swim as fast as they can to the surface near the boat. As they cling to a life ring to get to the boat, one of the sharks bites Lisa's leg and pulls her back down to the water. Lisa fights the shark by hitting it and gouging its eye out, which causes the shark to release her. Captain Taylor and the other men are able to pull Lisa and Kate onto the boat and begin administering first aid. However, as Lisa stares at her hand on the deck of the boat, it is revealed that she has been hallucinating for some time due to the excess nitrogen in her blood from the air tanks. Her leg is still trapped under the cage on the ocean floor as she laughs and imagines that she is talking to Kate on the boat deck. The coast guard comes to rescue her and carries Lisa to the surface without Kate. Lisa, as she is slowly and cautiously being brought to the surface, comes out of her hallucination, and also notices her sister is not with her. She starts to cry and call out to Kate, perhaps realizing that Kate had been dead since the shark attacked and dragged her away.

Cast

Release

Original distributor Dimension Films had initially set a North American DVD and VOD release date for 2 August 2016. However, on 25 July 2016, Variety reported that Dimension had sold the rights to Entertainment Studios. Entertainment Studios cancelled the 2 August home release and instead committed to a theatrical release in the United States in summer 2017.[5] The working title for the film was 47 Meters Down, which Dimension had changed to In the Deep for their home release, but upon acquiring the film Entertainment Studios reverted to the original title. Dimension had already sent out screeners and shipped DVDs to retailers before the deal took place. The DVDs, under the title In the Deep, were recalled; however, several retailers broke the street date, and a handful of physical copies were sold and have since turned up on eBay as collectors' items.[6] After the purchase, Entertainment Studios reverted to the original title 47 Meters Down.[7] The film was released theatrically in the United States on 16 June 2017.[5]

Box office

As of September 10, 2017, 47 Meters Down has grossed $44.2 million in the United States and Canada and $9 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $53.2 million, against a production budget of $5.5 million.[3]

In North America, 47 Meters Down was released alongside All Eyez on Me, Rough Night and Cars 3, and was initially projected to gross around $5 million from 2,300 theatres in its opening weekend.[8] It made $4.5 million on its first day (including $735,000 from Thursday night previews), increasing weekend estimates to $11 million. It went on to debut to $11.5 million, finishing 5th at the box office.[9] In its second weekend, the film dropped 34%, grossing $7.4 million and finishing 4th at the box office.[10] As of September 2017, the film was the highest-grossing indie film of 2017.[11]

Critical response

On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 54% based on 107 reviews, with an average rating of 5.4/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "47 Meters Down doesn't take its terrifying premise quite as far as it should, but its toothy antagonists still offer a few thrills for less demanding genre enthusiasts."[12] On Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating, the film has a score of 52 out of 100, based on 24 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[13] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "C" on an A+ to F scale.[9]

Sequel

On September 8, 2017, it was announced that production studio, The Fyzz Facility, is working on a sequel titled 48 Meters Down. Roberts, Riera, and Harris will both return as director/writer, co-writer, and producer, respectively. The sequel will take place in Brazil and center around a group of young women who decide to explore some hidden underwater ruins located off-the-beaten trail. Production will be overseen by Altitude Film Sales, with potential buyers currently being sought in Toronto.[14] Entertainment Studios will once again handle distribution for the film, with a planned release of June 28, 2019.[15]

See also

References

  1. ^ "47 Meters Down (2017)". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  2. ^ "47 Meters Down (2017)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  3. ^ a b "47 Meters Down (2017)". The Numbers. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  4. ^ Selcke, Dan (7 May 2015). "Mandy Moore to be trapped in a cage surrounded by sharks in 47 Metres Down". A.V. Club. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  5. ^ a b Miska, Brad (1 March 2017). "'47 Metres Down' is Hitting Theaters During "Shark Week"!". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
  6. ^ Tinta, Mark (19 June 2017). "In Theaters: 47 METERS DOWN (2017)". Good Efficient Butchery. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  7. ^ McNary, Dave (25 July 2016). "Mandy Moore's Shark Tale '47 Meters Down' Bought From Weinsteins". Variety. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
  8. ^ "Pixar's 'Cars 3' should unseat 'Wonder Woman' at the box office". Los Angeles Times. 13 June 2017.
  9. ^ a b "'Cars 3' $53M+ Is Third Best Debut For Pixar Series; 'Wonder Woman' Still Wows With $40M+; 'All Eyez on Me' Solid". Deadline.com. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  10. ^ "Why 'Transformers' Is Screaming For Reboot After $69M Start; 'Wonder Woman' & 'Cars 3' Fight Over 2nd Place". Deadline.com. 25 June 2017.
  11. ^ Erbland, Kate. "The 20 Highest Grossing Indies of 2017 (A Running List) – IndieWire". IndieWire. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
  12. ^ "47 Meters Down (2017)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  13. ^ "47 Meters Down reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  14. ^ Cureton, Sean (8 September 2017). "47 Meters Down is Getting a Sequel From the Same Director". Screenrant. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  15. ^ Busch, Anita (26 October 2017). "Byron Allen's Entertainment Studios Will Distribute Indie Sequel '48 Meters Down'". Deadline. Retrieved 16 December 2017.

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