Jaws
The overall record undersells Jaws. 44% across 165 head-to-head matchups looks average until you look at how the numbers shift as a tournament progresses. The film that invented the summer blockbuster still carries a primal charge fifty years later. On a ballot, it benefits from being both a piece of cinema history and a genuinely great time at the movies.
Synopsis
When the seaside community of Amity finds itself under attack by a dangerous great white shark, the town's chief of police, a young marine biologist, and a grizzled shark hunter embark on a desperate quest to kill the beast before it strikes again.
The opening number doesn't capture it. 44% early, 38% in the semis, 65% in the final — Jaws builds as the competition gets tougher, a trajectory most films can't sustain.
The extremes tell a clear story — 80% against E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial at one end, 25% against Raging Bull at the other.
In Spielberg vs. Scorsese, the path to the title runs through Saving Private Ryan — and Jaws takes it at 83%. A dominant champion.
Steven Spielberg's 6 films span a wide range: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade at 71% to Disclosure Day at 0%. Jaws sits at #4.
Dead last in Spielberg vs. Scorsese.
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