Question: What was the first movie to earn $100 million at the domestic box office?
Answer: Steven Spielberg’s Jaws opened on just 464 screens in the summer of 1975 and stayed at No. 1 for 14 straight weeks. A 28-year-old Spielberg shot it on a $9 million budget with a mechanical shark that barely worked, and the production ran more than 100 days over schedule. It held the all-time box office record until Star Wars came along two years later. (See How It Changed Hollywood)
