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Jaws

1975 · directed by Steven Spielberg · 124 min
28,819 feet · Prominence
3rd of 15,261 films scored
The Rewatchables'Jaws,' With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey

How this film scores

Draw93

$471m worldwide in 1975 — $2.89bn in today's money.

As released$471mIn 2026 money$2.89bnRank6 of 8,589In 19751 of 41

How Draw works

Inflation-adjusted worldwide box office, on one global curve, and nothing else. It does not know whether a film was good.

Praise94

Critics 92, awards 48. Half each, so Praise lands at 94.

Critics92 → 46Awards48 → 24

Oscars3 won Film Editing, Original Dramatic Score, Sound1 nominated Picture
BAFTAs1 nominated Editing
How Praise works

Half critics, half a tiered award record where Picture and Directing carry most of the weight. Praise is the verdict at the time; Legacy is the verdict since.

Legacy96

Judged directly: Invented the blockbuster, quoted forever.

Verdict96 of 100IMDb8.1 from 731kWikipedia125k views a monthAge51 years

On the listsNational Film RegistryAFI 100Sight & Soundevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 3 of 3,430 films judged

If it does not belong in this company, the number is wrong.

How Legacy works

Legacy is a judgment, not a formula. A film can be adored by critics and culturally quiet, or lightly reviewed and permanently lodged in the culture, and no arithmetic over IMDb numbers tells the difference. Every signal behind it keeps updating.

draw 93 praise 94 legacy 96averages 94, which places it at28,819 ft
How the three become one number

Added, not multiplied, so a film transcendent on one pillar and weak on another is not zeroed out. A compression curve then squeezes the top, because the seven greatest films ever made should not be four thousand feet apart.

In these careers — elevation for this film

No scored career runs through this film yet. The people-side engine currently covers 108careers, and this film’s cast sits outside them. Top billing: Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss, Lorraine Gary.