Steven Spielberg’s iconic thriller Jaws returns to movie theaters in the U.S. on Labor Day Weekend 2025 to celebrate the film’s 50th anniversary. For those looking to join the celebration from home, Jaws streams exclusively on Peacock starting June 15, 2025, along with Jaws 2, Jaws 3-D and Jaws: The Revenge. For the ultimate Jaws fans, a 50th Anniversary special edition of the film is being released on Digital and Disc with new bonus material.

Academy Award-winner Steven Spielberg was only twenty-six years old when he directed Jaws, a movie that changed the way audiences experienced movies by setting the standard for edge-of-your-seat suspense. Jaws, which was based on a novel by Peter Benchley, was a massive box office success. The film helped coin the term “summer blockbuster”, a term still culturally relevant today.

Jaws is one of the highest-grossing movies of all time, and was released to over 400 screens, which was an exceptionally wide release for a major studio picture at the time. It was marketed with a blanket advertising approach rather than a slow rollout, which attributed to its opening success. With over 75 million Americans flocking to theaters and the extraordinary success of Jaws, filmmakers and studios began to see the summer months as prime time for releasing major films.

Jaws won three Academy Awards: Best Film Editing, Best Original Dramatic Score, and Best Sound. Plus, in addition to the Oscar, John William’s score for the film won a Grammy, BAFTA Award for Best Film Music, and a Golden Globe Award. In 2001, the Library of Congress selected Jaws for preservation in the United States National Film Registry.

Featuring the film’s iconic imagery and memorable scenes and quotes, new products across fashion, toys, publishing, collectible partners and more are also available from the following companies:

• Big Shark, Little Boat: A Book of Opposites by Penguin Random House
• Eastpak Jaws Collection
• Fisher-Price Little People Collector Jaws
• Goodr Jaws Sunglasses
• H&M Jaws T-Shirt
• Jaws Wine by Fior di Sole
• Jaws Resin Dunny by Kidrobot
• Jaws x Nautica
• Jaws Collectibles from NECA
• Jaws Pinball Machine by Stern Pinball
• Jaws x Vineyard Vines
• LEGO Ideas Jaws Set
• The Official Jaws Coloring Book by Scholastic
• UNIQLO Jaws Collection
• WOW Sports Jaws Pool Float & Noodle