Also known as blockbuster film, blockbuster entertainment, popular film
term for a popular film or other entertainment
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Queue for Gone with the Wind in Pensacola, Florida (1947) A blockbuster is a work of entertainment—typically used to describe a feature film produced by a major film studio, but also other media—that is highly popular and financially successful. The term has also come to refer to any large-budget production intended for "blockbuster" status, aimed at mass markets with associated merchandising, sometimes on a scale that meant the financial fortunes of a film studio or a distributor could depend on it.
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