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The Shallows (2016)

DEMO 7.3 · BUBBLE 9.6 · BOOM 5.6 (with BEQ 8.1). Bass measured on the disc, Atmos. Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra. Thriller, Drama, Horror.

The Shallows (2016) poster
Front
61%
L54%
63%
R55%
100%
C77%
LFE
33%
LFE32%
Surround
29%
Ls37%
29%
Rs37%
17%
Lrs29%
18%
Rrs32%
Wide
14%
Lw23%
15%
Rw23%
Height
21%
Ltf31%
21%
Rtf31%
15%
Ltm31%
16%
Rtm31%
12%
Ltr26%
12%
Rtr25%

Bar and top figure — level against the film’s most active channel. Bottom figure — share of the runtime the channel carries signal.

DEMO
7.3 / 10
Bubble
9.6 / 10
Boom, as released
5.6 / 10
Boom with BEQ
8.1 / 10
Measured release
Disc · Atmos · chart by aron7awol
Deep bass peak, 10–30 Hz
-26.4 dBFS · with BEQ -17.5
Depth, 10–20 vs 30–60 Hz
-10.5 dB · with BEQ +3.7
Average level, 10–30 Hz
-53.1 dBFS · with BEQ -44.2
Minutes of deep bass
22 min · with BEQ 29 min at ≥ −30 dBFS
Filtered release
its BEQ restores up to 22.7 dB at 10–20 Hz
Tomatometer
78% · as of 25 Nov 2024
Metascore
59 / 100 · as of 19 Nov 2025
Chart scale read
-10 to -70 dBFS
Height uptime
28.1%
LFE uptime
17.1% (shown, not scored)
Dynamic range
42.8 dB
Channels used
16 of 16
Genres
Thriller, Drama, Horror
Tags
drama, horror, survival, thriller
Audio
Atmos
Released
24 Jun 2016
First listed
4 Dec 2018
Sources
PerceptualPro + BEQ
Render
older, corrected

Channel by channel, through the film

One lane per speaker, the whole film from left to right. Bar height is how loud that speaker gets (square-root scale against this film's loudest moment, so quiet passages stay visible). The amber line under a lane marks the moments counted as playing, and the figure on the right is their share of the film. For the six height speakers that share is part of BUBBLE.

Front
L
54%
R
55%
C
77%
LFE
LFE
32%
Surround
Ls
36%
Rs
37%
Lrs
29%
Rrs
31%
Wide
Lw
22%
Rw
23%
Height
Ltf
31%
Rtf
31%
Ltm
31%
Rtm
31%
Ltr
26%
Rtr
24%
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Read from PerceptualPro's channel-activity graph, pixel by pixel. A lane marked unused never rises out of its line.

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