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1. time.com › 5776406Why Are Hit Movies Called Blockbusters? | TIME

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   Feb 7, 2020 · The word first appeared in the pages of TIME in a Nov. 29, 1942, article on the Allied bombing of key industrial targets in fascist Italy; the bombs used for such missions were called blockbusters...

2. timeline.vg › timelines › 34442History of Blockbuster - Key events, Facts, Dates | Timeline

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   May 11, 2024 · On October 19, 1985, the first Blockbuster Video store opened in Dallas, Texas, with an inventory of 8,000 VHS and 2,000 Beta tapes. The chain's name is derived from the term blockbuster, a Hollywood term for a successful film.

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4. www.edrawmind.com › templates › history-timelineFree History Timeline Template & Examples - EdrawMind

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   A history timeline highlights key events in history and tracks along with a horizontal view. To put it into context, a history timeline represents the data, defined through tables, graphics, and lists where they are all jotted down and sequenced in chronological order.

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5. nofilmschool.com › 2018 › 08Want to Edit a Blockbuster? Stay Organized with This Free ...

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   Aug 18, 2018 · In this video, you get to see this timeline template in action, all while learning how to reveal track names when your tracks' height makes them too small to see.

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   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.

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   Visualize historical events with the History Timeline. Organize events chronologically, highlight key moments, and enhance the presentation.

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   When did 'blockbuster' start?

   • But according to Stringer, the term “blockbuster” started being used in the mid-20th century to describe both “large-scale productions” and major box office successes (which he points out are not always synonymous).

   Why Do We Call Hit Movies 'Blockbusters?' - HuffPost

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   What is a 'block-buster' movie?

   • One Film Bulletin article that can be viewed via the digital library nonprofit Internet Archive reads: “From exploitation-minded vice-president [Max E.] Youngstein came the term ‘block-buster’ to describe attractions that gross at least $2,000,000 in the U.S. and Canada.”

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   Why are bombs called blockbusters?

   • The word first appeared in the pages of TIME in a Nov. 29, 1942, article on the Allied bombing of key industrial targets in fascist Italy; the bombs used for such missions were called blockbusters because of their ability to destroy an entire city block.

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   What is a history timeline?

   • A history timeline highlights key events in history and tracks along with a horizontal view. To put it into context, a history timeline represents the data, defined through tables, graphics, and lists where they are all jotted down and sequenced in chronological order. A historical timeline can come in broad and very specific concepts.

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   Are blockbuster films a limited society?

   • In his 2006 book The Long Tail, Chris Anderson talks about blockbuster films, stating that a society that is hit-driven, and makes way and room for only those films that are expected to be a hit, is in fact a limited society. In 1998, writer David Foster Wallace posited that films are subject to an inverse cost and quality law.

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   When did 'blockbusters' become illegal?

   • However, this practice was outlawed in 1948 before the term became common parlance; while pre-1948 high-grossing big-budget spectacles may be retroactively labelled "blockbusters," this is not how they were known at the time.

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9. www.huffpost.com › entry › blockbusters-moviesWhy Do We Call Hit Movies 'Blockbusters?' - HuffPost

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   Aug 3, 2018 · A 1954 issue of Film Bulletin offers a theory as to how the movie-centric meaning of “blockbuster” came about, according to Ammon Shea, a writer known for his work on the English language.