How big was Bruce the shark?

The 1,208 pound, 25-foot-long, 45-year-old shark, famous for being difficult to work with on the set of Steven Spielberg's classic thriller, on Friday was hoisted up in the air above the main escalator of the new Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles where he will greet guests for the foreseeable future.
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How big was the shark in Jaws?

In "Jaws," the fictional shark is said to be 25-feet in length and approximately 3 tons. It is unknown at this time how much the shark weighs.
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How big was the shark in Jaws 2?

Brucette (Jaws 2) - 24 feet in length and 3 tons in weight, apparently 10 years old.
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How big was the shark in Jaws 3?

The shark is said to be 35 feet long (despite budgetary restraint keeping the film from providing a true sense of scale for the creature), ten feet longer than previous films.
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How tall is Bruce the shark?

And it all started with Bruce. The five-metre great white shark was spotted on 10 January at Merewether, one of the most popular beaches in the port of Newcastle, 160km north of Sydney. Bruce (actual gender uncertain) is estimated to weigh as much as two Volkswagen Beetles.
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What was Bruce?



How big is the Meg?

The film stars Jason Statham, Li Bingbing, Rainn Wilson, Ruby Rose, Winston Chao, and Cliff Curtis. A group of scientists encounters a 75-foot-long (23 m) megalodon shark while on a rescue mission on the floor of the Pacific Ocean.
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What is the largest shark ever recorded?

megalodon was not only the biggest shark in the world, but one of the largest fish ever to exist. Estimates suggest it grew to between 15 and 18 metres in length, three times longer than the largest recorded great white shark.
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How big was Jaws 4?

Reaching enormous lengths of up to approximately 28 feet in the novel (25 foot long in the film, due to it using the same chassis as the original shark prop), although a tad smaller than Brucette, and much smaller than Brucetta, who reached 35 feet in length.
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Which Jaws movie had the biggest shark?

The shark in Jaws 3-D is the largest. At 35ft, 'Brucetta' is ten feet longer than the 1975 original Bruce. Budgetary restraints kept the filmmakers from providing a true sense of scale for the creature, with it appearing mostly in darkness and in partial shot / close up.
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Was Jaws a Megalodon?

A new study from the University of Bristol and Swansea University has calculated the total body size of the Otodus megalodon - the distant ancestor of the great white shark depicted in hit blockbuster, Jaws, in 1975.
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Why was Jaws so big?

Bruce's great size may be due to his longevity; as real Great Whites are capable of living 72+ years, it is likely that Bruce may be of advanced age, which might explain its size. In the film, Bruce's attack on Alex Kintner was supposed to be more brutal, with the shark actually rising from the water to attack the boy.
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Could a megalodon still live?

Since these fictional documentaries, where science was removed and fiction was inserted are fairly popular, many people now believe that megalodon is still alive. The answer to the megalodon question is a resounding NO. Megalodon went extinct around 3.5 million years ago.
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Was Jaws bigger than a great white?

On January 17, patrol helicopters off the coast of southern Australia reported seeing a great white shark “nearly as big as Jaws.” In fact, it was estimated to be up to 23ft long, only marginally smaller than the infamous movie killer — and it came to within just 100 metres of the shore.
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Is Deep Blue bigger than Jaws?

If Quint is right, then the shark in Jaws is five feet – say, one Danny DeVito – longer than Deep Blue. No offence to Mr DeVito, but not a huge difference. But what about weight? Quint reckons his shark weighs three tons – and in 1975 in the US a ton means 2,000 pounds (lbs).
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Is the size of Jaws realistic?

The shark spotted 100 yards offshore at Marino Rocks was said to measure 7 meters, or nearly 23 feet, making it about the size of the fictional shark in the 1975 thriller Jaws. Another look at the 7-meter great white shark.
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Was the shark in Jaws 3 a Megalodon?

The mother shark is revealed to be massive: listed as 35 feet in length, ten feet longer than Bruce. It's been estimated that Megalodons ranged from ten to fifteen meters long, matching the mother's size. If so, Jaws 3 would be one of the first attempts at a Megalodon on the big screen.
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What was the largest great white shark ever recorded?

According to experts, such as J. E. Randall, the largest, reliably measured Great White Shark, was 6.0 m (19.7 ft) in length, from Ledge Point in Western Australia in 1987.
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How big is Deep Blue?

Deep Blue is estimated to be 6.1 m (20 ft) long and weigh over two tonnes. Some have disputed her size, stating that she is more likely to be eighteen to nineteen feet in length. Deep Blue has noticeable pigmentation and markings on her body, with a large laceration over the right side of her body.
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Why is Chief Brody not in Jaws 3?

Roy Schneider Didn't Want To Return in Jaws 3 As Chief Brody

The only reason he did is that due to him exiting The Deer Hunter, he owed Universal two more films under a contractual agreement. Universal then said if Schieder returned for Jaws 2, it would be counted as both.
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Is there a Jaws 6?

And it sounds like that won't be changing anytime soon. So if you're worried about a Jaws remake bringing new versions of Brody, Hooper and Quint to the big screen, you can cast those worries out to sea. For now, it's just not happening.
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Is Deep Blue Still Alive 2021?

This massive great white shark is said to be around 50 years old. Researchers say that she will continue to grow in size over time, though at a much slower pace than before. As with most female great whites and great white sharks in general, Deep Blue has an estimated life expectancy of around 70 years.
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What shark was bigger than a megalodon?

What is bigger than the megalodon and the whale shark? Blue whales are larger than megalodons and whale sharks.
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Is the megalodon Still Alive 2022?

The megalodon, the largest shark ever to live on Earth, could grow more than 50 feet long, and it was the scourge of the ocean for millions of years. Then it disappeared. The megalodon was no more.
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