blockbuster
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It didn’t just replace Blockbuster; it created an entirely new entertainment economy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026
The Federal Trade Commission scuttled a Blockbuster acquisition External link of Hollywood Video in 2005 as a merger to monopoly; Blockbuster, the supposed rental behemoth, declared bankruptcy a few years later.
From Barron's • Feb. 4, 2026
Blockbuster romance Saiyaara followed a troubled male rockstar who ultimately "rescues" his partner who is struggling with Alzheimer's disease.
From BBC • Jan. 2, 2026
The movie-going audience will shrink, and theaters will go the way of Blockbuster video stores.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 9, 2025
A clerk at the Blockbuster had helped Curly find the film, which had been released several years earlier, before Kimberly Lou Dixon signed on for the Mother Paula TV commercials.
From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen
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