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 Brody fires six shots at what turns out to be bluefish during the crowded beach scene, he unloads the spent casings from his revolver as if he is going to reload. He doesn't reload, but he stoops down and picks up 9 casings off the sand. Upon closer examination, the unspent bullets can be seen on the sand with the empty casings. (Sean picks at least one up.) It is likely that while Brody was struggling to reload with fresh bullets he had in his pocket, he dropped them onto the sand, at which time he was told that he was only firing at a school of bluefish.
- 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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Deserves a higher rating
Was it as good as the original? Spoiler Alert: Flat out NO. However, it wasn't a terrible movie either. It had some good fright scenes, great acting by Roy, and an overall enjoyable time. This movie should be in the 7 range, as it's far better than the other two sequels, and better than any other modern day shark attack movie.
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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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