Jaws

Name: Jaws
Director: Steven Spielberg
Genre: Adventure, Thriller
Released: 1975
Cast: Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss, Lorraine Gary, Murray Hamilton

1975 • PG • 2h 4m • Adventure, Thriller • Universal Pictures

The terrifying motion picture from the terrifying No. 1 best seller.

🍅 97% 98%

3.92

8.1

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$7.8M

Limited · 409 theaters

Domestic Total

$287.2M

All releases

Worldwide Total

$497.9M

$210.7M international

Budget$12M

1975 Rank#1

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Cast & Crew

Full Spielberg filmography

Steven Spielberg Director

Roy Scheider Starring

Robert Shaw Starring

Richard Dreyfuss Starring

Murray Hamilton Starring

ScreenplayPeter Benchley, Carl Gottlieb Produced byRichard D. Zanuck, David Brown CinematographyBill Butler Music byJohn Williams StudioUniversal Pictures SeriesJaws

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jun 20-22 1 $7.8M — 409 $19,048 $7.8M

2 Jun 27-29 1 $6.8M −12.6% 409 $16,652 $21.1M

3 Jul 4-6 1 $6.4M −5.4% 409 $15,753 $37.0M

4 Jul 11-13 1 $6.0M −7.6% 464 $12,834 $49.5M

5 Jul 18-20 1 $6.2M +3.3% 675 $9,111 $69.7M

Weekend grossWk 5 · $6.2M

$7.8M

$6.8M

$6.4M

$6.0M

$6.2M

W1W2W3W4W5

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 5 · +3.3%

−12.6%

W1→2

−5.4%

W2→3

−7.6%

W3→4

+3.3%

W4→5

Steepest −12.6%Biggest gain +3.3%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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