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
BlockBusters is a DeFi software development company with the goal of transitioning traditional web 2.0 companies into web 3.0 cryptographic-capable companies. BlockBusters is tokenizing industries one by one in order to amplify their ability to function in a new technological paradigm.
by Jerry the third July 18, 2022
by Salimkn September 8, 2020
1. a old ass hoe who only fuck with celebrities in her favorite movies and dose not care if they are taken. Willing to be side hoe to a famous person . she would never tell anyone and don't spent cash on the hoe
by mickyeffss26redheads November 30, 2020
When a large media company files for bankruptcy due to poor business decisions. (Like the rental movie store blockbuster)
by zestyasfuck April 28, 2022
To completely fail commercially so much so that the company goes out of business. Not to be confused with blockbusting which is to be very successful commercially
by Treehugers November 18, 2018
It means that you are going to go over to your partners house and fuck with a movie from Blockbuster playing in the background. This only applies to those born before 1990.
Rob: "Hey girl"
Kim: "Hey you"
Rob: "I went to Blockbuster. They didn't have Robocop, so I rented Pretty Woman."
Kim: "Perfect, that's like my favorite movie.
Rob: "Well, my parents are out all night, so you wanna come over? Ya know. Blockbuster and kick it?
Kim: "Oh yeah! Be there soon."
Rob: "Awesome....I also bought like 18 conforms. netflix and chill booty call
Kim: "Hey you"
Rob: "I went to Blockbuster. They didn't have Robocop, so I rented Pretty Woman."
Kim: "Perfect, that's like my favorite movie.
Rob: "Well, my parents are out all night, so you wanna come over? Ya know. Blockbuster and kick it?
Kim: "Oh yeah! Be there soon."
Rob: "Awesome....I also bought like 18 conforms. netflix and chill booty call
by bringmethechicken November 27, 2015