First Summer Blockbuster

Rating: Null/10 (2 August 1998)

Jaws was the first modern-day blockbuster. The film was released on the last day of school, right at the start of beach season. The movie quickly became a national craze.
Most movie houses of the day only showed one movie at a time in a single, huge theater. Jaws was the first movie to fill the cinema, show after show , for weeks on end. Viewers would wait in line for an hour before the movie , and the queue would extend down the street, around the corner, and onto the next block -- hence the term "blockbuster".