Whalefall is Brian Duffield's survival thriller from Daniel Kraus's 2023 novel, and Google Search interest is climbing again after a new trailer, not fading from the June teaser. The keyword whalefall hit 67 for the week of August 22 2026, up from 11 on August 15, 14 on August 8, 13 on August 1, and 14 on July 25. Trends MCP records a series-derived +378.57% 30-day rise from 14 and a +3250.0% 90-day rise from 2 on May 23. get_growth matches those weekly endpoints: +509.09% over 7 days (11 to 67) and +378.57% over 30 days (14 to 67). 20th Century Studios dated the new trailer to August 19 2026 and the theatrical opening to October 16 2026. IMDb MOVIEmeter ranked Whalefall (2026) at 38 on August 24 2026 at 20:01 UTC. Data pulled August 24 2026 from source google search.
Whalefall search interest right now
Google Search interest for whalefall sits at 67 for the week of August 22 2026, the second-highest print on a 261-week series that first left zero at 2 on December 25 2021, after a jump from 11 on August 15.
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Latest value (week of August 22 2026) | 67 |
| 30-day change | +378.57% (14 on July 25 2026 to 67) |
| 90-day change | +3250.0% (2 on May 23 2026 to 67) |
| Peak value and date | 100 on June 13 2026 |
| First seen date | December 25 2021 (value 2) |
get_growth on the same keyword prints recent value 67 on August 22 2026, matching the stored weekly series. The 7-day baseline on that call is 11 on August 15. The phrase is not in the August 24 2026 Google Trends top 50 or Wikipedia Trending top 50. It does rank on IMDb MOVIEmeter at 38, behind The Dog Stars at 16 and Coyote vs. Acme at 30.
About Whalefall
Whalefall is Brian Duffield's 20th Century Studios survival thriller, set for October 16 2026, adapted with novelist Daniel Kraus from the 2023 book of the same name, and the studio page puts Austin Abrams inside a sperm whale with one hour of oxygen after a dive for his father's remains. Josh Brolin plays the father. Elisabeth Shue, John Ortiz, Jane Levy, and Emily Rudd round out the named cast. Wikipedia dates Imagine Entertainment's film-rights deal to August 1 2023 and 20th Century's distribution win to March 7 2024. Abrams was cast on March 6 2025. Wikipedia dates principal photography in Los Angeles to June 9 2025 and Monterey Peninsula shooting to June 17 2025. UPI dated the first teaser to June 9 2026. Disney's UK press desk dated the new trailer to August 19 2026.
What the time series shows
The stored 261-week Google Search series sat at 0, 1, or 2 for four years, then printed two 2026 trailer peaks instead of a straight climb: 100 on June 13 after the June 9 teaser, then 67 on August 22 after the August 19 trailer. June 13 hit 100 after UPI's June 9 teaser, then fell to 23 on June 20, 14 on June 27, and 11 by August 15. August 22 printed 67 after the August 19 trailer, 53 points above the July 25 reading of 14. Derived labels from this series: growth exploding, speed exponential, seasonality medium, volatility high. The recent 30-day absolute change is 53 points (14 to 67) against a prior 30-day change of 9 points (23 on June 20 to 14), which is why speed reads exponential. The June 13 peak remains the series high, so 67 is a second wave rather than a new ceiling. Week-over-week percent changes have a standard deviation of 367.28%, the high volatility band, because long zero stretches sit next to those two trailer weeks.
Related topics
get_growth pulls on August 24 2026 put nearby film keywords far above their July 25 baselines, with coyote vs acme at +345.45%, the dog stars at +283.33%, mutiny at +600.0%, and insidious at +916.67%, while austin abrams himself is down 60.0% over 30 days. Same-day neighbors, with 30-day change where the call returned one:
- coyote vs acme: +345.45% (11 to 49 on get_growth; stored weekly series for that keyword ends at 48)
- the dog stars: +283.33% (18 to 69)
- mutiny: +600.0% (12 to 84)
- insidious: +916.67% (6 to 61)
- austin abrams: -60.0% (40 to 16)
Josh Brolin also headlines The Dog Stars, which 20th Century opens August 28 2026. For the underlying Google Search feed, see Google Trends.