Blockbuster Video Game Trade Ins
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Blockbuster Inc. $62.13 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles Blockbuster Inc. is an Americanbased chain of DVD, Bluray, and video game rental stores. As of January 3, 2010, there are over 6,500 Blockbuster stores in the U.S. and 17 countries worldwide. It is headquartered in the Renaissance Tower in Downtown Dallas, Texas. Author: Miller, Frederic P./ Vandome, Agnes F./ McBrewster, John Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 68 Publication Date: 2010/12/07 Language: English Dimensions: 6.00 x 9.02 x 0.16 inches |
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Blockbuster (Entertainment) $95.59 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles Blockbuster, as applied to film or theatre, denotes a very popular and/or successful production. The entertainment industry use was originally theatrical slang referring to a particularly successful play but is now used primarily by the film industry. Although some entertainment histories apparently cite it as originally referring to a play that is so successful that competing theaters on the block are busted and driven out of business, the OED cites a 1957 use which is simply as a term of biggest, after the bombs. Whatever its origin, the term quickly caught on as a way to describe a hit, and has subsequently been applied to productions other than plays and films, including novels and multimillion selling computer/console game titles. In film, a number of terms were used to describe a hit. In the 1970s these included: spectacular (The Wall Street Journal), supergrosser (New York Times), and superblockbuster (Variety). In 1975 the usage of blockbuster for films coalesced around Steven Spielbergs Jaws, and became perceived as something new: a cultural phenomenon, a fastpaced exciting entertainment, almost a genre. Author: Miller, Frederic P./ Vandome, Agnes F./ McBrewster, John Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 144 Publication Date: 2010/12/03 Language: English Dimensions: 6.00 x 9.02 x 0.34 inches |
