Blockbuster Cineplexes

	Blockbuster Cineplexes Blockbuster or Block Buster may refer to: Blockbuster (entertainment) a term coined for an extremely successful movie, from which most other uses are derived. Corporations Blockbuster (retailer), 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), 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 ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:** [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	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 production ''intended'' for "blockbuster" status, aimed at mass markets with associated merchandising, sometimes on a scale that meant the financial fortunes of a film studio or a distributor could depend on it. The term originated from the Blockbuster bomb which were used in World War II. Etymology The term began to appear in the American press in the early 1940s, referring to aerial bombs capable of destroying a whole block of buildings. Its first known use in reference to films was in May 1943, when advertisements in ''Variety'' and ''Motion Picture Herald'' described the RKO film, '' Bombardier'', as "The block-buster of all action-thrill-service shows!" Another trade advertisement in 1944 boasted that the war documentary, '' With the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
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