A half-century later, Steven Spielberg’s Jaws still has teeth. The classic thriller closed out the troubled 2025 summer season with a strong showing.
The original summer blockbuster marked its 50th anniversary by landing in second place at the four-day Labor Day box office. Zach Cregger’s sleeper hit Weapons held the top spot for the fourth straight weekend, earning an estimated $12.8 million over four days and $10.5 million for the three-day weekend. Warner Bros. and New Line scored another win, with the horror film reaching a global total of $235.2 million by Monday’s estimates. Final holiday numbers will arrive Tuesday.
The weekend was quiet, though not the worst on record.
Playing in 3,200 theaters, Jaws pulled in $9.9 million over four days and $8.1 million for the three-day weekend. That was enough to top Darren Aronofsky’s new film Caught Stealing, starring Austin Butler and Zoë Kravitz, along with Searchlight’s The Roses.
A 50-year-old movie outperforming two new studio releases highlights how rough this summer has been for Hollywood. Domestic revenue barely matched last year’s weak $3.677 billion, which was already down from 2023’s $4.09 billion. Comscore reports 2025 summer ticket sales at $3.670 billion, a $7 million drop from 2024.
Studios had hoped to clear $4 billion again. Instead, they fell short. Year-to-date revenue is still higher than last year, but the gap has narrowed to 4.3 percent.
