Steven Spielberg’s the jaw It grossed a record-breaking $260 million at the box office in 1975, but what would that amount be today adjusted for inflation? In 1975, the jaw was such a massive hit that it changed the face of the Hollywood film industry. Just when Tinseltown started adopting a more grown-up approach to producing films like mature hits graduate And Easy Riderits success the jaw It encouraged studios to focus on high-concept movies released in the height of summer – an approach that studios are still taking.
Joss coined the term “blockbuster” because it had audiences lining up around the block godfather It became the highest-grossing movie ever made and wouldn’t top it until Spielberg’s friend George Lucas released it Star Wars In 1977. the jaw‘The box office run was historic, but how does it compare to the box office performance of today’s blockbusters? Adjusted for inflation, how much did you make? the jaw do?
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What will Jaws gross at the box office today?
Adjusted for inflation, Jaws grossed about $1.5 billion in its original run
the jaw grossed an unprecedented $260,002,562 during its original theatrical run in 1975 (via Box office mojo) with a handful of reissues over the past half century, That figure has since expanded to $477,220,580. Suffice it to say, Universal made a tidy profit against the relatively meager $7 million spent on the budget. Adjusted for inflation, the jawThe initial $260 million gross comes to about $1.52 billionThat would put it at 11th place above 2012 The Avengers List of highest grossing movies.
How Jaws’ Adjusted Box Office Compares to the Biggest Movie Releases of 2020
Jaws will outgrow the barbie (but not within 2).
Compared to the highest-grossing movies of 2020 so far (via CBR), the jaw‘ Adjusted for inflation, the box office haul is still impressive by today’s standards It didn’t earn enough to break even Inside Out 2Its total is $1.6 billion, Spider-Man: No Way HomeThat totals $1.9 billion, gold Avatar: The Way of WaterIts jaw-dropping gross is $2.32 billion. but the jaw’ adjusted total is greater than the lifetime total of every other top-grossing blockbuster since 2020.
the jaw Earned more than barbie And Top Gun: MaverickThat’s $1.4 billion, Super Mario Bros. Movieof $1.3 billion, and Deadpool and WolverineThat’s $1.2 billion. the jaw‘Adjusted gross is over half a billion dollars Jurassic World Dominion1 billion of it, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness$955 million, and OppenheimerIt’s $953 million. They were all huge movies, but they didn’t come close to matching the jaw. It’s no wonder why attempts have been made to replicate Hollywood’s success the jaw Over the past five decades; It was a monster hit.
Sources: Box Office Mojo, CBR