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1. editorial.rottentomatoes.com › guide › popular-movies30 Most Popular Movies Right Now: What to Watch In Theaters ...

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   Discover the top, most popular movies available now, along with what’s stoking early buzz and hype! Across theaters, streaming, and on-demand, these are the movies Rotten Tomatoes users are checking out at this very moment, including Heretic, Red One, Venom: The Last Dance, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, and, new to Prime Video, Sundance ...

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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. The term has also come to refer to any large-budget production intended for "blockbuster" status, aimed at mass markets with associated merchandising ...

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

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   Feb 7, 2020 · Blockbusters soon became known for their power to generate lines going around the block. The growth of the video-rental chain Blockbuster Video shortly in the mid-1980s is proof of the popular use ...

4. www.inverse.com › what-is-a-blockbuster-movieThe Rise, Fall, and Unlikely Rebirth of the Hollywood Blockbuster

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   Feb 20, 2024 · Even E.T. is an unlikely candidate for one of the biggest blockbusters of all time: an emotional coming-of-age movie set in the suburbs (that, yes, happens to have an alien). As much as producers ...

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5. www.yahoo.com › news › why-hit-movies-calledWhy Hit Movies Are Called Blockbusters - Yahoo

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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 ...

6. www.cbsnews.com › news › the-history-of-theThe history of the blockbuster movie - CBS News

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   Jul 16, 2023 · July 16, 2023 / 10:06 AM EDT / CBS News. By Turner Classic Movies host Ben Mankiewicz. Directed by Steven Spielberg, then just 26 years old, "Jaws" surfaced in the summer of 1975. John Williams ...

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   What is Blockbuster Video?

   • Blockbusters soon became known for their power to generate lines going around the block. The growth of the video-rental chain Blockbuster Video shortly in the mid-1980s is proof of the popular use of the term in the movie industry.

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   What are the best blockbuster movies?

   • A quick Google search for “blockbuster movies” yields a list that’s dominated by superhero films: “Iron Man,” “Man of Steel,” and movies from “The Avengers” series. Other action movies like “Mad Max: Fury Road” and the “Transformers” series also made the list.

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

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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).

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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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   When did movies use the word 'blockbuster'?

   • Movie studios re-purposed the word in the late 1940s and '50s, first as a way to sell films to theaters, and later, to lure audiences back from TV by promoting grand epics, often on a Biblical scale. In 1959, The New York Times used the word "blockbuster" in its review of "Ben-Hur."

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   What happened to blockbuster movie rental stores?

   • A Blockbuster movie rental store in the Denver suburb of Broomfield, Colorado, on April 6, 2011. Of course, the movie rental chain Blockbuster once provided hours of entertainment before the age of streaming. In July, CNN reported that Alaska’s last two Blockbuster stores were set to close and that only one store, in Bend, Oregon, would remain.

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   Aug 3, 2018 · This June, "Avengers: Infinity War" passed $2 billion at the global box office. We dove into why these hit movies are known as "blockbusters" in the first place. Jesse Grant/Getty Images. The term “blockbuster” is typically reserved for movies with large budgets or big results at the box office. But what does the act of “busting blocks ...