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I've heard that 'Jaws' was the first modern blockbuster, changing how movies were marketed and whose dollars the studios were chasing (from adults as the primary audience to teenagers); was this really the case? Was it immediately apparent that something had changed? Is this overstating its impact?

by /u/td4999 in /r/AskHistorians

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