Jaws
You'll never go in the water again.
A shark closes a beach town, and three men go out to kill it on a boat that is far too small.
- Director
- Steven Spielberg
- Signature
- Pacing · Suspense · Darkness
- Worldwide
- $471M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
The Nutevio profile
Movie DNA
How Jaws actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
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Story overview
What It's About
Spoiler-free. Read the analysis below for the full argument.
A shark closes a beach town, and three men go out to kill it on a boat that is far too small.
Where to watch
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Why We Recommend It
Why It's Ranked
Jaws appears in 2 Nutevio collections. Here is the argument behind each placement.
- Adventure Movies Ranked #4
Ranked #4 because rated 9.0 by the Nutevio editors — one of the strongest adventure titles in the catalogue.
A shark closes a beach town, and three men go out to kill it on a boat that is far too small.
- Thriller Movies Ranked #9
Ranked #9 because rated 9.0 by the Nutevio editors — one of the strongest thriller titles in the catalogue.
A shark closes a beach town, and three men go out to kill it on a boat that is far too small.
The record
Awards
3 wins · 4 nominations
Academy Awards
3 wins · 4 nominations
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Film Editing
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Picture
The numbers
Box Office & Release
Jaws returned 67.2× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $7M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $471M
- Release date
- Jun 20, 1975
- Runtime
- 2h 4m
- MPAA rating
- PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
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