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

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

🍅 97% 98% MC 87 LB 3.92 IMDb 8.1

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$7.80M
Limited · 409 theaters
Domestic total
$287.20M
All releases
Worldwide total
$497.90M
$210.70M international
Budget$12M
1975 rank#1
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Cast & crew

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Steven Spielberg Steven Spielberg Director Roy Scheider Roy Scheider Starring Robert Shaw Robert Shaw Starring Richard Dreyfuss Richard Dreyfuss Starring Murray Hamilton 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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