It stars Sara Paxton, Chris Carmack, Katharine McPhee, Alyssa Diaz, Dustin Milligan, and Joel David Moore.
The film, which was negatively received by critics and grossed $40 million worldwide, was released in RealD 3D and Digital 3D.
Malik tells them that he got a B+ on an exam and that they are going to Sara Palski’s house for the weekend to celebrate.
Sheriff Sabin arrives at the house, where he notices the dead shark on the shore.
He panics as the sheriff explains that Sabin, Red, Dennis, and a bait store clerk were heavily influenced by Shark Week.
On the boat, Dennis chops up fish and dumps the blood and guts all over Sara who is in a shark cage.
Nick jumps aboard with a dart gun aimed at Red’s head as he demands that Dennis bring Sarah back up.
Principal photography took place in the fall of 2010 in Louisiana around the Ark-La-Tex and at Caddo Lake in Uncertain, Texas.
According to Walt Conti, the head of Edge Innovations, two models for each shark were built, one "attacker" and one "swimmer", each of which required very different internal mechanisms.
"Sharks are this total contrast of stealthy, cruising lurking and these intense bursts of power," Conti says.
"[4] Although the movie was always going to be titled Shark Night 3D overseas, Ellis fought for a name change for the North American release, at one point wanting to release the film under the title Untitled Shark Thriller 3D.
Rotten Tomatoes reports that the film holds a 19% approval rating from 75 critics, with an average score of 3.42/10.
The critics consensus reads, "A joyless excursion into the water that doesn't even produce good gore or nudity thanks to the neutered PG-13 rating.
"[7] The film has a weighted average score of 22 out of 100 on Metacritic, indicating "generally unfavorable" reviews.