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Jaws 2
1978
· Movie
· 117 min
D
MEANRANK
55/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #4642
- IMDb #4828
- Google retired #3113
- Rotten Tomatoes #3846
- Metacritic #3262
- Letterboxd #4777
+9 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #3527
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #4545
- Metacritic Critics #3372
- Metacritic Audience #3034
- Criticker #3512
- Douban #2345
- Kinopoisk #4664
- AlloCiné #4399
- Trakt #4364
Every rating
29–74
out of 100
The police chief of Amity Island remains traumatized by the previous shark attacks. When a series of boating accidents and disappearances occur, he becomes convinced another great white shark is terrorizing the waters. No one believes him, fearing another panic will ruin the summer tourist season. He must work alone to protect a group of teenagers stranded at sea as the shark closes in.
Details
- Director
- Jeannot Szwarc
- Writers
- Carl Gottlieb, Howard Sackler, Peter Benchley
- Released
- 16 June 1978
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 117 min
- Rated
- PG
- Budget
- $20.0M
- Box office
- $187.9M
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