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  1. Hollywood Entertainment Corp., [1] more commonly known as Hollywood Video, was an American video rental store chain. Founded in 1988, the chain was the largest direct competitor to Blockbuster Video until it was acquired by Movie Gallery in 2005. [2] It ceased operations in 2010, when Movie Gallery declared Chapter 7 bankruptcy.

  2. Hollywood Entertainment Corp., more commonly known as Hollywood Video, was an American video rental store chain. Founded in 1988, the chain was the largest direct competitor to Blockbuster Video until it was acquired by Movie Gallery in 2005. It ceased operations in 2010, when Movie Gallery declared Chapter 7 bankruptcy.

  3. Nov 9, 2020 · Hollywood Entertainment was formed in 1988 by Mark Wattles. Opening its first store in Portland, Oregon, Hollywood Video locations appeared quickly throughou...

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  4. Apr 16, 2021 · Family Video. Family Video, founded in 1978, was a rental chain found in both the United States and Canada. Like Movie Gallery, it established itself in mostly rural, suburban, and small-to-mid-size areas since Blockbuster was set up in mostly urban locations. Family Video operated 800 stores at its peak, but when video stores started to lose ...

  5. Wattles took his time expanding over the next few years, as the video rental and sales industry took off reaching $9.8 billion in revenues by 1990. By year-end 1991 with a handful of stores, Hollywood Entertainment Corp. generated $5.1 million, with income of $281,000. The following year, Wattles had a total of 15 operational stores in the ...

  6. Apr 16, 2010 · The move was hardly a surprising twist considering the turns that both Hollywood Video — founded in Southeast Portland in 1988 — and Movie Gallery, the Alabama video rental chain that acquired Hollywood in 2005 and moved its headquarters to Wilsonville in 2009, have endured over the past 10 years or so. There have been massive debts ...

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  8. Hollywood Entertainment Corp. (Nasdaq: HLYW), more commonly known as Hollywood Video, was a home video and video game rental shop company started in 1988. The chain was the largest direct competitor to Blockbuster Video until it was purchased by Movie Gallery in 2005. Hollywood Video ceased operations in May 2010, when Movie Gallery, its parent company, declared Chapter 7 bankruptcy. Its last ...

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