After a sudden underwater tremor sets free scores of the prehistoric man-eating fish, an unlikely group of strangers must band together to stop themselves from becoming fish food for the are... Read allAfter a sudden underwater tremor sets free scores of the prehistoric man-eating fish, an unlikely group of strangers must band together to stop themselves from becoming fish food for the area's new razor-toothed residents.After a sudden underwater tremor sets free scores of the prehistoric man-eating fish, an unlikely group of strangers must band together to stop themselves from becoming fish food for the area's new razor-toothed residents.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 12 nominations
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- TriviaDirector Alexandre Aja planned to have Joe Dante (director of the original Piranha (1978)) and James Cameron (director of Piranha II: The Spawning (1982)) play boat Captains who give safety lessons to the teens. Dante wanted to do it, but Cameron was too busy.
- GoofsDuring the early part of the movie, Laura, the protagonist's young sister steps on a shard of glass at a beach, it is seen to bleed into the water and attract a nearby piranha. At the end part of the movie when Laura and her brother are saved and pulled into a boat she sits with both her feet soles in full view of the camera and there is no wound.
- Quotes
Danni: Nice horn.
Laura Forester: Thanks. Nice boobs.
Danni: Thanks.
Laura Forester: I have a training bra but I don't like to wear it 'cause it itches.
Danni: Tell me about it! Who are you waiting for?
Laura Forester: My brother Jake, he's seventeen. He'll like your boobs too.
Danni: They all do.
- Crazy creditsAfter the credits a severed partially skeletal head is shown sinking to the lake floor.
- SoundtracksShow Me The Way To Go Home
Written by Irving King and Hal Swain
Performed by Mitch Miller & The Gang
Courtesy of Columbia Pictures
By Arrangement with Sony Music Licensing
7/10
- Loving_Silence
- Aug 19, 2010
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- Also known as
- Piranha
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Box office
- Budget
- $24,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $25,003,155
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $10,106,872
- Aug 22, 2010
- Gross worldwide
- $83,188,165
- Runtime1 hour 28 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1