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Director replacement; budget and gross; practical production; reused barrel; shark effects
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- John D. Hancock’s abandoned darker version, action difficulties and possible reduction of Ellen’s role are discussed as competing explanations for dismissal. A proposed Alves/Fields replacement reportedly met a DGA obstacle, treated skeptically.
- Reported $20 million budget, $208 million gross and seventh-place 1978 finish.
- Florida locations include Hog’s Breath Saloon and Navarre Beach.
- The Sean performer reportedly recalled actual hammerheads approaching during filming; the Brody porch planter reused an original-film yellow barrel.
- The fiberglass cable-junction set was slippery and nearly floated away.
- Numerous sea-monster imitators and a Jaws 2 Topps trading-card set are discussed.
- The original mechanical sharks had deteriorated; the new burned shark looks better but reportedly still malfunctioned.
- The making-of producers’ account of Hancock’s departure is criticized as evasive.