"Jaws" chewed up the box office 50 years ago, and Hollywood was never the same.
The blockbuster was born that summer when Steven Spielberg's instantly classic shark movie took a bite out of pop culture and set the stage for the next five decades. Every summer since, film lovers have bought tickets, stood in lines, snapped up merch – we remember you fondly, Batmania! – and gone all in on the biggest movies, from "Star Wars" episodes and Marvel superhero flicks to animated family movies and so, so many sequels.
That's 50 years, 50 blockbusters. So what's the greatest of them all? That's what we're here to find out, fam. In honor of the "Jaws" anniversary, we're ranking the biggest movies of summer (May through August) since 1975 according to Box Office Mojo, from worst to best.
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Dead last still seems too high for this dreck. The first "Transformers" sequel is infamous for being the one where a gigantic Decepticon has a wrecking ball for genitalia. Optimus Prime can't be that proud of this.
