Steven Spielberg isn’t just back in theaters this weekend; he’s finally returned to the sci-fi genre, almost a decade since he premiered Ready Player One. An undeniable master of the craft, Spielberg is the name behind some of the very best films of all time, from the genius war film Saving Private Ryan to Harrison Ford‘s career-defining Raiders of the Lost Ark. However, no movie of Spielberg’s — from Oscar-winning dramas to beloved blockbuster franchises — has had the same impact on cinema as Jaws.
Last year, Jaws celebrated its 50th anniversary by emerging from the waters of the box office and taking home a chunk of the weekend ticket sales. This was just one more weekend in one of the biggest and best box office legacies for any movie, with Jaws one of just two movies from the 1970s to appear in the top 200 highest-grossing releases of all time (the other being Star Wars: Episode IV — A New Hope). With the first Star Wars movie released two years after, that makes Jaws the oldest title in the top 200.
Back in 1975, the greatest shark movie ever made single-handedly launched the concept of the modern summer blockbuster, and still defines it to this day. It might be hard to believe, but studios once saw the summer period as a slow time for movies. Now, it is packed with the biggest budget films of the year, and far too many of them if you ask some. On the cusp of the summer box office, and whilst Spielberg is returning to theaters, Jaws is back in the streaming charts, officially ranking as one of the ten most-streamed movies on Starz in the U.S.
What Have Critics Said About ‘Disclosure Day’?
Jaws is an undeniable Spielberg classic, and perhaps his magnum opus. But can Disclosure Day come close to the heights of the great director’s best? At the time of writing, the film has earned a positive 81% average score on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, with critics calling it a “romping adventure,” “brilliantly executed,” although “a little clunky at times.” In Collider’s Nate Richard‘s review of the movie, he wrote, “As a Spielberg devotee, Disclosure Day gave me exactly what I wanted from his return to the alien movie.”
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- Release Date
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June 20, 1975
- Runtime
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124 minutes
