Blockbuster
noun
A movie, book, or other product that is a big commercial success.
His latest novel was a real blockbuster, selling millions of copies worldwide.
Often appears as...
- blockbuster movie
- blockbuster hit
noun
A large bomb used in World War II, capable of causing huge damage.
The RAF dropped several blockbusters on the enemy factories.
Often appears as...
- blockbuster bomb
- drop a blockbuster
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Disapproving
noun
A potent drug, especially one used in the treatment of cancer.
The newly developed cancer drug was hailed as a blockbuster, potentially saving many lives.
Often appears as...
- blockbuster drug
- blockbuster therapy
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Academic
noun
A movie, book, or other product that is a big commercial success.
His latest novel was a real blockbuster, selling millions of copies worldwide.
Often appears as...
- blockbuster movie
- blockbuster hit
noun
A large bomb used in World War II, capable of causing huge damage.
The RAF dropped several blockbusters on the enemy factories.
Often appears as...
- blockbuster bomb
- drop a blockbuster
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
A potent drug, especially one used in the treatment of cancer.
The newly developed cancer drug was hailed as a blockbuster, potentially saving many lives.
Often appears as...
- blockbuster drug
- blockbuster therapy
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Commercial Triumph
Describes something very successful in entertainment, often implies widespread popularity.
The Avengers series became a blockbuster franchise in cinemas worldwide.
Pro Tip 2/3Big Budget
Often associated with high production costs and large-scale promotions.
The film studio invested heavily in their next blockbuster.
Pro Tip 3/3Expectation of Success
Before release, if predicted to be very successful, it's sometimes called a blockbuster.
They expected her new album to be a blockbuster.
Pro Tip 1/3Commercial Triumph
Describes something very successful in entertainment, often implies widespread popularity.
The Avengers series became a blockbuster franchise in cinemas worldwide.
Pro Tip 2/3Big Budget
Often associated with high production costs and large-scale promotions.
The film studio invested heavily in their next blockbuster.
Pro Tip 3/3Expectation of Success
Before release, if predicted to be very successful, it's sometimes called a blockbuster.
They expected her new album to be a blockbuster.
Pro Tip 1/3Commercial Triumph
Describes something very successful in entertainment, often implies widespread popularity.
The Avengers series became a blockbuster franchise in cinemas worldwide.
Pro Tip 2/3Big Budget
Often associated with high production costs and large-scale promotions.
The film studio invested heavily in their next blockbuster.
Pro Tip 3/3Expectation of Success
Before release, if predicted to be very successful, it's sometimes called a blockbuster.
They expected her new album to be a blockbuster.
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At what moment are you...
and from our earliest myths to the latest cinematic blockbusters, the dead keep coming back. But is resurrection really possible? And what is the actual difference between a living creature and a dead body, anyway? To understand what death is, we need to understand what life is.
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Gregory Stock: To...
And it's going to be used for diet as well, and nutritional supplements and such. But it's going to have a big impact because we're going to have niche drugs. And we aren't going to be able to support the kinds of expenses that we have to create blockbuster drugs today.
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Do Shark Stories Help...
shark and jaws are people that we are primed to be upset about because they are vulnerable it's women and children you've got to hand it to them peter benchley wrote a thriller and steven spielberg made a blockbuster out of it and after that people were afraid to go
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Didier Sornette: How we...
We have applied this theory to many systems, landslides, glacier collapse, even to the dynamics of prediction of blockbusters, YouTube videos, movies, and so on. But perhaps the most important application is for finance, and this theory
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Let’s put the romance...
erasing pictures negates permanence it brings us back to a time when forgetting was still possible romantic is what is mysterious secret cinema shows and performs blockbuster movies in unusual locations the movie is kept a secret
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Clover Hogan: What to do...
it's something of a techno utopia. Flying cars in a world where deadly diseases are eradicated. Yet when I asked eight and nine-year-olds in the classroom the same question, the future they describe is a dystopian blockbuster.
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Johanna Blakley: Social...
then does that mean that women are going to take over global media? Are we suddenly going to see a lot more female characters in cartoons and in games and on TV shows? Will the next big-budget blockbuster movies
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Safari Live - Day 186 PIPE...
tin ghana so as I said it seems to be an absolutely blockbuster week here on on the juma and cheetah and Torchwood region but mainly on Juma and that's why I always say in the bush always expect
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A video game to cope...
with people who hadn't experienced it before, because we never could imagine that world until it became ours. We made a video game that's hard to play. It will never be a blockbuster.
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Franco Sacchi: Welcome...
Suspense, fun and intrigue. It's the blockbuster comedy. You'll crack your ribs.
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At what moment are you...
and from our earliest myths to the latest cinematic blockbusters, the dead keep coming back. But is resurrection really possible? And what is the actual difference between a living creature and a dead body, anyway? To understand what death is, we need to understand what life is.
Video examples
Gregory Stock: To...
And it's going to be used for diet as well, and nutritional supplements and such. But it's going to have a big impact because we're going to have niche drugs. And we aren't going to be able to support the kinds of expenses that we have to create blockbuster drugs today.
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Do Shark Stories Help...
shark and jaws are people that we are primed to be upset about because they are vulnerable it's women and children you've got to hand it to them peter benchley wrote a thriller and steven spielberg made a blockbuster out of it and after that people were afraid to go
Video examples
Didier Sornette: How we...
We have applied this theory to many systems, landslides, glacier collapse, even to the dynamics of prediction of blockbusters, YouTube videos, movies, and so on. But perhaps the most important application is for finance, and this theory
Video examples
Let’s put the romance...
erasing pictures negates permanence it brings us back to a time when forgetting was still possible romantic is what is mysterious secret cinema shows and performs blockbuster movies in unusual locations the movie is kept a secret
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Clover Hogan: What to do...
it's something of a techno utopia. Flying cars in a world where deadly diseases are eradicated. Yet when I asked eight and nine-year-olds in the classroom the same question, the future they describe is a dystopian blockbuster.
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Johanna Blakley: Social...
then does that mean that women are going to take over global media? Are we suddenly going to see a lot more female characters in cartoons and in games and on TV shows? Will the next big-budget blockbuster movies
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Safari Live - Day 186 PIPE...
tin ghana so as I said it seems to be an absolutely blockbuster week here on on the juma and cheetah and Torchwood region but mainly on Juma and that's why I always say in the bush always expect
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A video game to cope...
with people who hadn't experienced it before, because we never could imagine that world until it became ours. We made a video game that's hard to play. It will never be a blockbuster.
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Franco Sacchi: Welcome...
Suspense, fun and intrigue. It's the blockbuster comedy. You'll crack your ribs.
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Aaron Taylor-Johnson
English Actor
People look at stuff like 'Godzilla' and 'Avengers' and think I only do blockbusters, or however you wanna put it, but in reality, I can make double or triple what I got paid for 'Avengers' by doing other stuff - there are other options, but I don't want to work with this person or that person, and so I don't do it.
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Steve Erickson
American Novelist
That godfather of the modern action blockbuster, 'The Godfather,' is entirely character driven, propelled by the transformation of a crime lord's youngest son, who breaks bad when he evolves from white-sheep war hero to blood-soaked inheritor of his father's empire.
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Luciana Berger
British Politician
All of our lives are enriched by our culture, from blockbuster films, best-selling video games, independent music, and internationally-renowned museums and art collections, to theatre, opera, ballet, literary festivals and performance poetry.
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Karen Traviss
English Author
Games are getting more interesting. I mean, when we talk about books, they can be anything from a summer blockbuster to 'War and Peace' - well, games are the same. I think the creative side is catching up with the technology.
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Tony Todd
American Actor
Yes, I would like to be involved in something that would hopefully be a blockbuster, but I'm interested in seeing new filmmakers telling new stories and to able to help them do that.
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Teyonah Parris
American Actress
As black women, we're miles behind our white counterparts in being offered the space to create and craft female characters in major blockbuster films.
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Neil deGrasse Tyson
American Scientist
While I'm a big fan of science fiction, especially as rendered in expensive Hollywood blockbusters, it's the real universe that calls to me.
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Justin Chadwick
English Actor
It is important that alongside the blockbusters there are stories that can inspire and audiences can experience together in the cinema.
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John Updike
American Novelist
Publishers are looking for blockbusters - all the world loves a megaseller.
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Jagapathi Babu
Indian Actor
I am not calling 'Aravindha' a wise movie because it's a blockbuster.
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Aaron Taylor-Johnson
English Actor
People look at stuff like 'Godzilla' and 'Avengers' and think I only do blockbusters, or however you wanna put it, but in reality, I can make double or triple what I got paid for 'Avengers' by doing other stuff - there are other options, but I don't want to work with this person or that person, and so I don't do it.
Quote examples
Steve Erickson
American Novelist
That godfather of the modern action blockbuster, 'The Godfather,' is entirely character driven, propelled by the transformation of a crime lord's youngest son, who breaks bad when he evolves from white-sheep war hero to blood-soaked inheritor of his father's empire.
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Luciana Berger
British Politician
All of our lives are enriched by our culture, from blockbuster films, best-selling video games, independent music, and internationally-renowned museums and art collections, to theatre, opera, ballet, literary festivals and performance poetry.
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Karen Traviss
English Author
Games are getting more interesting. I mean, when we talk about books, they can be anything from a summer blockbuster to 'War and Peace' - well, games are the same. I think the creative side is catching up with the technology.
Quote examples
Tony Todd
American Actor
Yes, I would like to be involved in something that would hopefully be a blockbuster, but I'm interested in seeing new filmmakers telling new stories and to able to help them do that.
Quote examples
Teyonah Parris
American Actress
As black women, we're miles behind our white counterparts in being offered the space to create and craft female characters in major blockbuster films.
Quote examples
Neil deGrasse Tyson
American Scientist
While I'm a big fan of science fiction, especially as rendered in expensive Hollywood blockbusters, it's the real universe that calls to me.
Quote examples
Justin Chadwick
English Actor
It is important that alongside the blockbusters there are stories that can inspire and audiences can experience together in the cinema.
Quote examples
John Updike
American Novelist
Publishers are looking for blockbusters - all the world loves a megaseller.
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Jagapathi Babu
Indian Actor
I am not calling 'Aravindha' a wise movie because it's a blockbuster.
Example 1 of 10
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