Jaws 2 is a 1978 American horror thriller film directed by Jeannot Szwarc and co-written by Carl Gottlieb. It is the sequel to Steven Spielberg's Jaws (1975), and the second installment in the Jaws franchise. The film stars See more

Four years after the killing of the great white shark, a new hotel opens on Amity Island, while another great white shark kills two scuba divers photographing the wreckage of the … See more

Development and writing
Universal wanted a sequel to Jaws early into the success of the original film. Producers David Brown and Richard D. Zanuck realized … See more

Theatrical
Jaws 2 had sneak previews at 31 theaters across the United States on June 2, 1978, including at Loew's State II in New York City, … See more

• Roy Scheider as Chief Martin Brody
• Lorraine Gary as Ellen Brody
• Murray Hamilton as Mayor Larry Vaughn
• Joseph Mascolo as Len Peterson See more

Soundtrack
John Williams returned to score Jaws 2 after winning an Academy Award for Best Original Score for his work on the first film. Williams says that it was assumed by everyone that "the music would come back also and be part of … See more

Box office
Jaws 2 was the most expensive film that Universal had produced up until that point, costing the studio … See more