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Jaws 2
1978
116 minutes (1 hrs 56 mins)
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Directed by
Jeannot Szwarc
Starring
Roy Scheider ·
Lorraine Gary
· Murray Hamilton · Joseph Mascolo · Jeffrey Kramer · Collin Wilcox Paxton
Full cast & crew
Release dates
US release
16th June 1978
Canada release
16th June 1978
Turkey release
16th June 1978
Box Office Quickview
UK box office
Debut box office:
29th Dec '78
Debut position: 2
Highest position: 2
Debut gross: £976.3 Thousand
Total chart weeks: 11
Chart position history
UK box office
29 Dec,
1978
2
5 Jan,
1979
2
12 Jan,
1979
2
19 Jan,
1979
2
26 Jan,
1979
2
2 Feb,
1979
4
9 Feb,
1979
4
16 Feb,
1979
4
23 Feb,
1979
4
2 Mar,
1979
7
9 Mar,
1979
8
US box office
Global box office
Other movies in this series
Jaws
Jaws 2
Jaws 3D
Jaws the Revenge
Certificates
US
TV-PG
Total grosses
UK total gross
£2.6 Million
US total gross
$81.8 Million
Global total gross
$187.9 Million
25thframe.co.uk stats
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