Jaws Hits U.S. Movie Theaters
Jun 20, 2025•18 min•Ep. 1116
Episode description
June 20, 1975. Steven Spielberg's thriller Jaws is released in theaters and becomes the highest grossing movie of all time, essentially creating the genre of the “summer blockbuster”. This episode originally aired in 2022.
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