Actor · Writer
Peter Benchley
15 credited titles on WatchWise
Peter Bradford Benchley (May 8, 1940 – February 12, 2006) was an American author, best known for his novel Jaws and its subsequent film adaptation, the latter co-written by Benchley (with Carl Gottlieb) and directed by Steven Spielberg. Several more of his works were also adapted for cinema, including The Deep, The Island, Beast, and White Shark.
Peter Benchley in one minute
Commercial performance
All figures are associated, not attributed — box-office numbers are sourced from TMDB and Wikipedia (reused under CC BY-SA), shown in US$, and weighted by billing prominence. Coverage varies by title; figures are estimates, not audited trade data.
What drives the index
8.9x return · 94% of films profitable · trending up · little recent work. Weighted toward recent releases (a film counts half as much every 6 years) and toward titles they actually carried.
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Written (3)
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