Quote Originally Posted by Smokey
Wooch, are you sure about that?

I thought the term "summer blockbuster" was coined with the movie Jaws that came out two years earlier than Star Wars. That was the movie that started it all
Yes and no. Jaws, The Godfather, and The Exorcist are often considered the precursors to the modern blockbuster because each of them successively broke the existing box office records, with Jaws being the first one released as a lead-in to the summer season. But, it wasn't until after Star Wars that you saw the big shift towards loading up the early summer movie season with big budget escapist movies.