Trivia / 47 Meters Down

• Sleeper Hit: This article talks about how the movie was financed for less than $6 million, and was intended to go straight to DVD and video-on-demand. However, on Aug 2, 2016, the exact day the DVDs were released (under the title In the Deep), Entertainment Studios made a deal with Dimension Films to release the movie to theaters the next year, and the DVDs were recalled the next day (becoming collectors items). The movie was released on June 16, 2017, and debuted at #5 with $11.5 million. Better than expected, but still a modest number. However, the film went on to have strong legs, and fell only 34% the next week. It finished its North American run with an unexpected $42.4 million domestically, and almost $50 million worldwide, becoming the horror hit of Summer 2017.