Police chief Brody must protect the citizens of Amity after a second monstrous shark begins terrorizing the waters.Police chief Brody must protect the citizens of Amity after a second monstrous shark begins terrorizing the waters.Police chief Brody must protect the citizens of Amity after a second monstrous shark begins terrorizing the waters.
Collin Wilcox Paxton
- Dr. Elkins
- (as Collin Wilcox)
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- TriviaThe movie's tagline "Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water . . . ", became one of the most famous and popular taglines in motion picture history. The blurb has frequently been spoofed and referenced in both social vernacular and in other movie promotions as well.
- GoofsWhen the kids are lifting the unconscious Mike Brody out of the water and the shark swims past the side of the boat, the main pneumatic piston in its mouth can be seen, and the mouth gets all bent out of shape when running alongside the boat.
- Quotes
Martin Brody: But I'm telling you, and I'm telling everybody at this table that that's a shark! And I know what a shark looks like, because I've seen one up close. And you'd better do something about this one, because I don't intend to go through that hell again!
- Alternate versionsTwo additional scenes were shot but cut from the final version. These are not included as part of the "deleted scenes" on the DVD releases, however were originally included in '80s Brazilian TV broadcasts and their first-generation CIC VHS. These scenes involve Hendricks and Red taking Tom Andrews and his partner out to the missing divers' cruiser, where they dive on the wreck of the Orca and recover the divers' camera. This scene takes place after the montage of the kids going day sailing (which ends with Doug being hit with the water balloon). Following this is the scene in Brody's office where Phil Fogarty complains about the kid's radio. Extended dialogue and interaction with the other irate townspeople present follows, including Brody conversing with (a recast) Polly.
- ConnectionsEdited into Grizzly II: Revenge (1983)
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Why the low rating?
Jaws 2 falls a little short compared to Jaws 1, but it's still a good movie. The film has the original cast which is awesome! Great filming and I loved how the shark is made out of mechanics, they did a great job in making it look real. The movie is a little slower then the first in the fact that it has less action. The shark attacks are less gory and showing compared to the first Jaws movie. One nice thing is that the movie changes it game by taking the shark attack to the open ocean instead of off the shore. Over all I found it another exciting Jaws film and was happy with how it was done.
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Box office
- Budget
- $20,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $81,766,007
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $9,866,023
- Jun 18, 1978
- Gross worldwide
- $187,884,007
- Runtime1 hour 56 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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