| Rank
| Title
| Lifetime Gross | Max Theaters | Opening | Open Th | Release Date | Distributor
|
|---|
| 1 | Jaws | $260,000,000 | 675 | $7,061,513 | 409 | Jun 20, 1975 | Universal Pictures |
| 2 | The Meg | $145,443,742 | 4,118 | $45,402,195 | 4,118 | Aug 10, 2018 | Warner Bros. |
| 3 | Jaws 2 | $77,737,272 | 640 | $9,866,023 | 640 | Jun 16, 1978 | Universal Pictures |
| 4 | Deep Blue Sea | $73,648,142 | 2,901 | $19,107,643 | 2,854 | Jul 30, 1999 | Warner Bros. |
| 5 | Anaconda | $65,885,767 | 2,456 | $16,620,887 | 2,456 | Apr 11, 1997 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 6 | The Shallows | $55,124,043 | 2,962 | $16,800,868 | 2,962 | Jun 24, 2016 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 7 | The Deep | $47,346,365 | 731 | $6,835,540 | 731 | Jun 17, 1977 | Columbia Pictures |
| 8 | Jaws 3-D | $45,517,055 | 1,311 | $13,422,500 | 1,300 | Jul 22, 1983 | Universal Pictures |
| 9 | 47 Meters Down | $44,307,191 | 2,471 | $11,205,561 | 2,270 | Jun 16, 2017 | Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures |
| 10 | Crawl | $39,014,193 | 3,170 | $12,005,210 | 3,170 | Jul 12, 2019 | Paramount Pictures |
| 11 | Sphere | $37,020,277 | 2,814 | $14,433,957 | 2,814 | Feb 13, 1998 | Warner Bros. |
| 12 | Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid | $32,238,923 | 2,905 | $12,812,287 | 2,905 | Aug 27, 2004 | Screen Gems |
| 13 | Lake Placid | $31,770,414 | 2,102 | $10,974,145 | 2,096 | Jul 16, 1999 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 14 | Open Water | $30,610,863 | 2,709 | $1,100,943 | 47 | Aug 6, 2004 | Lionsgate |
| 15 | Piranha 3D | $25,003,155 | 2,491 | $10,106,872 | 2,470 | Aug 20, 2010 | - |
| 16 | Jaws: The Revenge | $20,763,013 | 1,611 | $7,154,890 | 1,606 | Jul 17, 1987 | Universal Pictures |
| 17 | Shark Night | $18,877,153 | 2,848 | $8,404,260 | 2,806 | Sep 2, 2011 | Relativity Media |
| 18 | Into the Blue | $18,801,234 | 2,789 | $7,057,854 | 2,789 | Sep 30, 2005 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 19 | Leviathan | $15,704,614 | 1,393 | $5,029,164 | 1,393 | Mar 17, 1989 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 20 | Orca | $14,717,854 | - | - | - | Jul 13, 1977 | Paramount Pictures |
| 21 | Deep Rising | $11,203,026 | 1,788 | $4,737,793 | 1,758 | Jan 30, 1998 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 22 | DeepStar Six | $8,143,225 | 1,118 | $3,306,320 | 1,117 | Jan 13, 1989 | TriStar Pictures |
| 23 | Piranha 3DD | $376,512 | 86 | $182,237 | 86 | Jun 1, 2012 | - |
