'Meg 2: The Trench' Ending Explained: Will There Be a 'Meg 3?'

Ah! Another good ole shark movie. A good percentage of us got our introduction to shark movies through Steven Spielberg's legendary Jaws (even if we weren't born at the time of its release), and have seen our fair share of shark movies in our lifetimes. Some have been one-off movies, while other have turned into franchise. The Meg appears to be falling into the latter category as its sequel, Meg 2: The Trench, is now in theaters. If you've already seen the film, you may have been left wondering what exactly is next, and frankly, we're kind of wondering the same thing. So let's dive into that ending just a little bit more to see what this means for the franchise: will there be a Meg 3?

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And thanks to Montes, the prehistoric megalodon's are out and ready to rumble, which leads to a final battle between all three on Fun Island. Fun right? As demonstrated in the first film, fighting megalodon's are no easy task as it requires not just super strength, but some weapons. You also have to know that the sharks aren't going down without a fight, and that even when you think you've got them, they end up coming right back (in dramatic fashion at that). In the midst of it, you also know that some folks are inevitably not going to make it.

In the midst of the battle we see Jonas fighting, blowing the heads off sharks, and in the meantime he's also sparring with Montes. Montes gets killed by megalodon (the shark eats him), and so do the mercenaries and the financer. That's one battle ended, but in the midst of that is still the on-going battle with megs. One megalodon ends up getting slashed to death by a helicopter blade, and the others get taken out by way of gunshot. Oh, and we can't forget that vicious octopus that was about to take out Jiuming, who gets saved by his pet/project megalodon Haiqi.

So where does that leave us for a potential Meg 3? Historically in shark franchises we've seen there be three or more films, and we'd say Meg 2: The Trench leaves the door open for there to be another film, but it also leaves room for the door to close as well. Part of this is going to depend on the box office success of the current film. According to Variety, Meg 2: The Trench is looking at an opening weekend of $25 million to $30 million, which is a drop from the $45 million The Meg opened with pre-pandemic. That, of course, was pre-pandemic but as Barbie and Oppenheimer have shown, people will still come out to the theater if they think the project is worth it, so no more excuses in that regard.

There's also the matter of the rather negative reactions the film is getting from critical standpoint which is ironic to us because as we mentioned earlier, we think this is a better film than the first one. However, even if Meg 2: The Trench doesn't materialize well at the box office, all hope isn't gone if it pulls solid numbers on streaming. Now if a Meg 3 is set into the motion, where could it go?

The possibility of Haiqi turning on everybody seems like it would make for a good storyline in our opinion. "The pet shark that turned on the owner that raised her for over twenty years and all of his buddies." Sounds good to us. They could also go in a completely different direction by introducing characters and new sharks. All of this is hypothetical of course, but let's see where Meg 2 takes us first.

Meg 2: The Trench is in theaters now.

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