A work of entertainment that is highly popular and financially successful. This trope is mainly applied to feature films, but it can also work for other media.
Blockbuster movies can be traced back to 1975, when Universal Pictures released the big-budget film Jaws. You know the one, where the giant shark eats innocent people at a summer resort town and they have to hunt it. But nevertheless it was a ginormous success and launched Steven Spielberg into the mainstream.
Two years later George Lucas unveiled one of his best-known creations: Star Wars. Released by 20th Century Fox, the space opera had an equally huge budget, and guess what happened next? That's right, the film became a success and spawned a franchise that is still going strong to this day.
Soon all the major studios would have a go at the blockbuster: Enormous budgets, huge amounts of hype and lots of hope that it will smash box office records. Examples of this then-new trend included Alien(1979), E.T.(1982), Ghostbusters(1984), Top Gun(1986), Die Hard(1988), Batman(1989) and The Hunt For Red October(1990).
Today blockbuster movies are still big business at Hollywood, despite the rise of streaming services like Netflix and Hulu. Some studios even take this trope one step further and create big-budget cinematic universes. Examples include the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the DC Extended Universe and Legendary Pictures' Monster-Verse.
Blockbuster movies can be traced back to 1975, when Universal Pictures released the big-budget film Jaws. You know the one, where the giant shark eats innocent people at a summer resort town and they have to hunt it. But nevertheless it was a ginormous success and launched Steven Spielberg into the mainstream.
Two years later George Lucas unveiled one of his best-known creations: Star Wars. Released by 20th Century Fox, the space opera had an equally huge budget, and guess what happened next? That's right, the film became a success and spawned a franchise that is still going strong to this day.
Soon all the major studios would have a go at the blockbuster: Enormous budgets, huge amounts of hype and lots of hope that it will smash box office records. Examples of this then-new trend included Alien(1979), E.T.(1982), Ghostbusters(1984), Top Gun(1986), Die Hard(1988), Batman(1989) and The Hunt For Red October(1990).
Today blockbuster movies are still big business at Hollywood, despite the rise of streaming services like Netflix and Hulu. Some studios even take this trope one step further and create big-budget cinematic universes. Examples include the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the DC Extended Universe and Legendary Pictures' Monster-Verse.
Person 1: Gee, another blockbuster movie from (Insert film studio here)? I'm so tired of these...
Person 2: Wow, another blockbuster movie from (Insert film studio here)? I'm so hyped!!!
Person 2: Wow, another blockbuster movie from (Insert film studio here)? I'm so hyped!!!
by LilPizza February 28, 2019
Person 1: Hey, it's the 7th today. You know what that means?
Person 2: What?
Person 1: It's Quarter-Month!
Person 2: Hooray!
Person 2: What?
Person 1: It's Quarter-Month!
Person 2: Hooray!
by LilPizza November 12, 2018
The worst website to have ever existed. The majority of the definitions are about sex and drugs, making it pretty rare to find some excellent and refreshing ones. It's also a place for trolls to ridicule and criticise people they don't like. And the sad thing is the site has no moderators!
Urban Dictionary in the past: Highly intelligent people with sensible definitions.
Urban Dictionary nowadays: 15-year-old losers with an obsession for sex and drugs.
Urban Dictionary nowadays: 15-year-old losers with an obsession for sex and drugs.
by LilPizza February 02, 2019
The ultimate and worst insult. Even worse than "ur brother a mother". This insult can hurt your opponent's feelings forever, even if a full minute has passed since it was said.
"Women are the superior gender."
"Do you have any evidence to back up your claim? I mean, Marie Curie was great and all, but..."
"Shut up, sexist pig! You men are all the same! Hillary Clinton should've won the elections! Women must be treated equally!"
"Ur mommy normie."
"Do you have any evidence to back up your claim? I mean, Marie Curie was great and all, but..."
"Shut up, sexist pig! You men are all the same! Hillary Clinton should've won the elections! Women must be treated equally!"
"Ur mommy normie."
by LilPizza March 24, 2018
by LilPizza September 10, 2019