Great White (film) shot of a shark in an aquarium and that the shark in question occasionally resembled a Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade balloon. Scenes from "Great White" were incorporated into a 1995 Italian shark movie "Cruel Jaws", which also utilized footage from "Jaws. Great White (film) Great White (a.k.a. The Last Shark; ) is a 1981 Italian horror film directed by Enzo G. Castellari, starring James Franciscus and Vic Morrow. It did well at the box office, grossing over $18 million in its first month in the United States; however, its North American release was later blocked after accusations of plagiarism of
Friday the 13th (1980 film) at the time, no well-recognized or bankable actors; aside from well-known television and movie actress Betsy Palmer. The film would take in approximately $20 million in international box office receipts. Not factoring in international sales, or the cross-over film with "A Nightmare on Elm Street"'s Freddy Krueger, the original "Friday the 13th" is the highest-grossing film of the film series. To provide context with the box office gross of films in 2014, the cost of making and promoting "Friday the 13th"—which includes the $550,000 budget and the $1 million in advertisement—is approximately $4.5 million. With regard to the US box