blockbuster

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The blockbuster movie “Project Hail Mary” has driven a nearly eightfold increase in print sales, from the same period in 2025, for the Andy Weir book.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

SpaceX seems to be getting a step closer to a blockbuster initial public offering.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

Lumentum Holdings had a blockbuster quarter, rising 84% and claiming a spot in the S&P 500.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

Tolkan was also well known for drilling Maverick and Goose with swift reprimands and tough love between puffs of his cigar as their commanding officer, Tom “Stinger” Jardian, in the 1986 blockbuster “Top Gun.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

It would be the first traveling blockbuster art exhibition in history.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day