blockbuster
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The retreat comes about a month ahead of Anthropic’s planned blockbuster IPO as investors take a more critical look at companies seeking to ride the AI wave via a public listing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
But in short order, Cohn’s New York Magazine article was adapted into “Saturday Night Fever,” a blockbuster film and one of the bestselling albums of all time.
From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2026
So, since that “Odyssey” contract was trading at 50 cents on Kalshi as of Monday afternoon, that means the market believes Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster has a 50% chance of winning.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
The head of the British Museum has apologised for the experience some visitors have had at its blockbuster Bayeux Tapestry exhibition.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
It would be the first traveling blockbuster art exhibition in history.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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Alejandro González Iñárritu cast the Hollywood star as a bombastic Texas oil baron in ‘Digger,’ bringing the actor back to art-house cinema after almost two decades focused largely on action blockbusters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
Apted went on to become a big name in Hollywood, directing blockbusters including James Bond's The World Is Not Enough, but he always returned to the show and said it was his most significant achievement.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
If these therapies become blockbusters, the diagnostic companies doing that sequencing could hold a lucrative tollbooth on every dose.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
But while the festival may lack mass-market blockbusters, there is no shortage of larger-than-life subjects, with films about Elon Musk, Rupert Murdoch and the volatile Gallagher brothers from the Britpop band Oasis on the calendar.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
Ever since the 1930s, Pinewood had been home to movies ranging from early Alfred Hitchcock mysteries to massive Star Wars blockbusters.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
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