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Jaws 2

1978 · directed by Jeannot Szwarc · 117 min
23,386 feet · Prominence
1,072nd of 15,261 films scored
The Rewatchables'Jaws 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey

How this film scores

Draw78

$188m worldwide in 1978 — $951m in today's money.

As released$188mIn 2026 money$951mRank206 of 8,589In 19783 of 59

How Draw works

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

Praise54

Critics 54, awards 0. Half each, so Praise lands at 54.

Critics54 → 27Awards0 → 0

No award rows on file. The awards pass reads Wikidata, which is thin for older and non-English films, so an empty ledger is usually missing data rather than an absence of honours.

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.

Legacy45

Judged directly: Immortal tagline, franchise coattails.

Verdict45 of 100IMDb5.8 from 92kWikipedia29k views a monthAge48 years

Scored beside it · 1,021 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 78 praise 54 legacy 45averages 59, which places it at23,386 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, Lorraine Gary, Murray Hamilton, Joseph Mascolo.