Did anybody actually see this in a theater?

Yes. Thought it was so-so. Most shocked by Lorraine Gary’s wedge haircut.

Yes. Loved the 3D. Theater was packed. In those days, ordinary people didn't care about critics' opinions.

I was there in '83 on opening weekend with a packed audience. I think with the 3-D, people made peace pretty quickly with the fact that this was an obvious B-movie and didn't proceed to take it seriously. I don't remember anybody screaming in terror but I do remember quite a lot of laughter, often at the shoddy 3-D effects. It made a rather lousy movie a lot more enjoyable.

Yes, I saw this movie (with my aunt) back in 1983, the cinema was fairly busy, but not completely full (bearing in mind, this was a midweek 5pm showing) I remember we had time to kill, before it started, so we went into WHSmiths stores, and lo and behold, they had the JAWS 3 soundtrack in their vinyl department (which had movie stills on the back, which piqued my interest further, adding to the excitement of what was to come) This was back when (other than the odd review in newspapers or posters in bus stops) movies weren't as publicized as they are now. In some ways, it was a good thing (as nowadays, nearly every movie's plots are spoilt online way ahead of release) back in 83, you usually went into a cinema with little or no information about what you were about to watch?

I clearly remember that the 3D glasses were like the dark lensed variety that cinemas use now (not the Anaglyph red & blue type)

The movie was OK at the time (I think the big screen 3D gimmick just about saved it) but it felt somewhat 'lacking' after the first two movies. My Aunt, myself and the audience laughed aloud at the various objects that floated onto the screen....the 3D process did seem quite cutting edge at the time. Although my overriding memory of this movie (when telling school mates about the next day) was that it was good, but not 'scary' like the other two were.

I saw it in the theater but I was really young and as such loved the movie. As an aduly I still think the plot and quality of the film is decent considering how little expectations one should hold for a killer shark movie.

I saw it in the theater but don’t recall who I saw it with. It was OK and the 3D was a real novelty, so that helped cover the glaring weaknesses. Overall I think people were disappointed, at least I know I was.

I was 10 and the hype for this was immense. 3D was a big deal and we couldn't wait until it came to the second run budget theater that we could afford to go to.

As a young kid, it was a magical summer moment watching this.

Saw it in a theater. In 3D.

It was okay. The last scene where the shark's jaws fly into the air (in spectacular 3D) was pretty hokey.