the word blockbuster they used to describe hit movies at rental stores, i'm trying to find out how they came up with that name from the first
2006-12-05 03:16:43 · 4 answers · asked by monstar47 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
Blockbuster is a term for entertainment success...
Blockbuster, as applied to film or theater, is a very popular and/or momentarily successful production. The term was originally derived from theater slang referring to a particularly successful play; in film industry parlance it has come to refer to a film that earns an amount of revenue exceeding some threshold. In a looser sense, it may mean any big-budget Hollywood movie with famous stars that dominates public attention, even if the movie is a financial dud.
2006-12-05 03:46:01 · answer #1 · answered by Danswela ☆☆☆☆ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A blockbuster was originally a large bomb, dropped from a plane that could devastate a square city block. Then it entered into the entertainment industry to denote a major hit.
2006-12-05 12:33:46 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure exactly, but I would say it's becase when I movie does great at the theater, they call it a blockbuster. I don't know where the word originated though.
2006-12-05 11:25:06 · answer #3 · answered by 2good2Btrue 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it has to do with Jaws the movie, the lines were so long that they went around the block making it a block buster.
2006-12-05 11:29:06 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋