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Blockbuster (entertainment) A blockbuster is a work of entertainment—typically used to describe a feature film produced by a major film studio, but also other media—that is highly popular and financially successful. The term has also come to refer to any large-budget p ...
a term coined for an extremely successful movie, from which most other uses are derived.


Corporations

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Blockbuster (retailer) Blockbuster LLC, formerly known as Blockbuster Video, was an American-based provider of home video and video game rental services. Services were offered primarily at video rental shops, but later alternatives included DVD-by-mail, streaming, ...
, a defunct video and game rental chain ** Blockbuster (Bend, Oregon), the only remaining store of the defunct rental chain


Arts and entertainment


Comics

* Blockbuster (DC Comics), the name of four DC Comics characters * Blockbuster (Man-Brute), a Marvel Comics character introduced in 1970 *
Blockbuster (Marauder) Blockbuster (Michael Baer) is a fictional mutant character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by Chris Claremont and Michael Golden and his first appearance was in ''The Uncanny X-Men'' #210 ...
, a Marvel Comics character introduced in 1986


Music

* ''Blockbuster'' (album), a 2012 album by Block B * " Block Buster!", a 1973 song by Sweet * "Blockbuster" (Enhypen song), a song by Enhypen from the 2021 album ''Dimension: Dilemma''


Television and film

* ''Blockbuster'' (2018 film), a 2018 Netflix film * ''Blockbusters'' (American game show), an American game show which had two separate runs in the 1980s ** ''Blockbusters'' (Australian game show), an Australian children's game show ** ''Blockbusters'' (British game show), a British television game show based upon the American game show of the same name * ''Blockbuster'' (TV series), a 2022 Netflix series * "Block Buster", an episode of the sitcom ''The King of Queens'' * '' Block Busters'', a 1944 American comedy film


Other arts and entertainment

* ''Blockbuster'' (book), a 2004 book by Tom Shone * ''Block Buster'' (Microvision), a 1979 Microvision video game * '' Blockbuster (podcast)'', a 2019 podcast dramatizing the friendship between movie directors George Lucas and Steven Spielberg * Blockbuster, a wrestling move also known as a somersault neckbreaker


Military

* Blockbuster bomb, a series of WWII-era air dropped bombs large enough to demolish a city block * " Operation Blockbuster", an Anglo-Canadian military operation in the Netherlands during World War II


Music

* ''Blockbuster'' (album), a 2012 album by Block B * "BlockBuster", a 2019 song by Dongkiz * " Block Buster!", a 1973 song by The Sweet * "Blockbuster", a 1989 song by The Jesus Lizard on their debut '' Pure''


Other

* ''Blockbuster'' (book), by Tom Shone * Blockbuster drug, a drug generating more than $1 billion of revenue for its owner each year * Splitting maul, or block buster, a type of axe


See also

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Blockbuster Pavilion (disambiguation) Blockbuster Pavilion can refer to: *Blockbuster Pavilion Charlotte, later Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre and PNC Music Pavilion, in Charlotte, North Carolina *Blockbuster Pavilion San Bernardino The Glen Helen Amphitheater (originally Blockbuster ...
* * * Block (disambiguation) * Blockbusting (disambiguation) {{disambiguation