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Based on | loosely on a True Story |
Distributed by | Warner Bros. Entertainment |
Release date | 2003–2017 |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | ~$2,068,100 (Total of 3 films) |
Box office | $64,001,222 (Total of 3 films) |
The Open Water film series consists of American-distributed standalone survival-horror and natural horror-shark thriller movies, inspired by the real-life disappearance of Tom and Eileen Lonergan.[1][2][3] The overall plot centers around individuals who are stranded in the ocean and must fight to survive the hours alone.
Initially developed as minimalist oceanic survival movies, Lionsgate expanded upon the individual scripts to create the series of movies.[1] The first film was a massive financial and critical success,[4][5] with film critics praising its minimalistic filmmaking.[6] Though developed as a drama which fictionalized adaptation of the disappearance of the Lonergans,[7] the studio marketed the movie with horror genre tactics; something that modern analysis attributes to some of its success, with some calling Open Water "the most terrifying shark movie ever made",[8] and "the scariest horror movie based on a true story".[9] The sequels were met with mixed-at-best and poor respective critical reception,[10][11] while both fared well overall financially.[12][13]
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