Steven Spielberg isn’t just back in theaters this weekend; he’s finally returned to the sci-fi genre, almost a decade since he premiered Ready Player One. An undeniable master of the craft, Spielberg is the name behind some of the very best films of all time, from the genius war film Saving Private Ryan to Harrison Ford‘s career-defining Raiders of the Lost Ark. However, no movie of Spielberg’s — from Oscar-winning dramas to beloved blockbuster franchises — has had the same impact on cinema as Jaws.
Last year, Jaws celebrated its 50th anniversary by emerging from the waters of the box office and taking home a chunk of the weekend ticket sales. This was just one more weekend in one of the biggest and best box office legacies for any movie, with Jaws one of just two movies from the 1970s to appear in the top 200 highest-grossing releases of all time (the other being Star Wars: Episode IV — A New Hope). With the first Star Wars movie released two years after, that makesJaws the oldest title in the top 200.
Back in 1975, the greatest shark movie ever made single-handedly launched the concept of the modern summer blockbuster, and still defines it to this day. It might be hard to believe, but studios once saw the summer period as a slow time for movies. Now, it is packed with the biggest budget films of the year, and far too many of them if you ask some. On the cusp of the summer box office, and whilst Spielberg is returning to theaters, Jaws is back in the streaming charts, officially ranking as one of the ten most-streamed movies on Starz in the U.S.
Collider Exclusive · Sci-Fi Personality Quiz Which Sci-Fi Hero Are You Most Like? Paul Atreides · Captain Kirk · Princess Leia · Ellen Ripley · Max Rockatansky
Five iconic heroes. Five completely different ways of facing an impossible universe. One of them shares your instincts, your values, and your particular way of refusing to back down. Eight questions will tell you which one.
Paul Atreides
Capt. Kirk
Princess Leia
Ellen Ripley
Max Rockatansky
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How do you lead when the stakes couldn’t be higher? The way you lead under pressure is the most honest thing about you.
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What is your greatest strength in a crisis? The quality that keeps you alive when everything else fails.
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What is the thing you’d sacrifice everything else for? Your deepest motivation is your truest compass.
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How do you relate to the people around you? Who you are to others under pressure is who you really are.
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You’re facing a threat that no one else believes is real. What do you do? How you respond when you’re the only one who sees it defines everything.
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What has your heroism cost you personally? Every hero pays. The question is what — and whether they’d pay it again.
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How do you feel about the rules of the world you’re in? Every hero has a relationship with the system. What’s yours?
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When everything is on the line, what keeps you going? The answer is the most honest thing about you.
Your Hero Has Been Identified Your Sci-Fi Hero Is…
Your answers point to the iconic sci-fi hero who shares your instincts, your values, and your particular way of facing the impossible.
Arrakis · Dune
Paul Atreides
You carry a weight most people would crumble under — the knowledge of what you’re capable of, and the burden of what you might have to become.
You see further ahead than others and you plan accordingly, even when the vision frightens you.
You are driven by loyalty to your people and a sense of destiny you didn’t ask for but can’t escape.
Paul Atreides is not simply a hero — he is someone who understands the cost of power and chooses to bear it anyway.
That gravity, that willingness to carry what others won’t, is exactly you.
USS Enterprise · Star Trek
Captain Kirk
You lead with instinct, warmth, and an absolute refusal to accept a no-win scenario — because you’ve always believed there’s a third option nobody else has thought of yet.
You take the mission seriously without ever taking yourself too seriously.
Your crew would follow you anywhere, not because you demand it, but because you’ve earned it.
Kirk’s genius isn’t tactical — it’s human. He reads people, bends rules with purpose, and wills outcomes into existence through sheer conviction.
That combination of warmth, audacity, and relentless optimism is unmistakably yours.
The Rebellion · Star Wars
Princess Leia
You are the kind of person who holds the line when everyone else is losing faith — not because you’re fearless, but because giving up simply isn’t something you’re capable of.
You lead through conviction. Your voice carries because your belief is unshakeable.
You gave up everything ordinary the moment you chose the cause, and you’ve never looked back.
Leia is not a supporting character in her own story — she is the moral centre of the entire rebellion.
That same fierce, principled, unbreakable core is what defines you.
The Nostromo · Alien
Ellen Ripley
You are not reckless, not grandiose, and not particularly interested in being anyone’s hero — you just refuse to stop when it matters.
You see threats clearly, you document the truth even when no one listens, and when the time comes you handle it yourself.
Ripley’s heroism is earned, not performed. She doesn’t have a speech — she has a flamethrower and a plan.
You share her composure under the worst possible pressure, and her refusal to pretend the monster isn’t there.
When it counts, you don’t flinch. That’s everything.
The Wasteland · Mad Max
Max Rockatansky
You have been through fire that would break most people — and what came out the other side is something the world underestimates at its peril.
You don’t ask for help, don’t need validation, and don’t wait for anyone to tell you the rules no longer apply.
Your loyalty, when it finally arrives, is absolute — but it’s earned in silence and tested in action, not in words.
Max is not a nihilist. He is someone who lost everything and found, against his will, that he still has something worth protecting.
That bruised, stubborn, ultimately human core is exactly yours.
What Have Critics Said About ‘Disclosure Day’?
Jaws is an undeniable Spielberg classic, and perhaps his magnum opus. But can Disclosure Day come close to the heights of the great director’s best? At the time of writing, the film has earned a positive 81% average score on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, with critics calling it a “romping adventure,” “brilliantly executed,” although “a little clunky at times.” In Collider’s Nate Richard‘s review of the movie, he wrote, “As a Spielberg devotee, Disclosure Day gave me exactly what I wanted from his return to the alien movie.”
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