Blockbuster
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Blockbuster may refer to:
Comics
- Blockbuster (entertainment)Blockbuster (entertainment)Blockbuster, as applied to film or theatre, denotes a very popular 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...
, a very successful movie, theatrical play, etc. - Blockbusters (US game show)Blockbusters (US game show)Blockbusters is an American game show which had two separate runs in the 1980s. Created by Steve Ryan for Mark Goodson Productions, the first series debuted on NBC on October 27, 1980 and aired until April 23, 1982. In the first series, a team of two family members competed against a solo contestant...
- Blockbusters (UK game show)
- Blockbuster (book), by Tom Shone
- Blockbuster LLC, a video and game rental chain
- Blockbuster bombBlockbuster bombBlockbuster or "cookie" was the name given to several of the largest conventional bombs used in World War II by the Royal Air Force...
, slang for some WWII-era explosives - Blockbuster drug
- "Block Buster!Block Buster!"Block Buster!" is a popular song by The Sweet. Written by Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman, and produced by Phil Wainman, "Block Buster!" was the band's sole UK #1 hit...
", a song by The Sweet - Blockbuster, a wrestling move also known as a flying neckbreaker
- "Operation BlockbusterOperation BlockbusterOperation Blockbuster was the completion of the larger Operation Veritable by the Canadian 1st Army, reinforced by the British XXX Corps. It took place in late February and early March, 1945...
", a military operation during World War IIWorld War IIWorld War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
Comics
- Blockbuster (DC Comics), the name of four DC Comics characters
- Blockbuster (Man-Brute)Blockbuster (Man-Brute)Blockbuster is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe.-Publication history:The Man-Brute first appeared in Captain America #121 , and was created by Stan Lee and Gene Colan....
, a Marvel Comics character introduced in 1970 - Blockbuster (Marauder)Blockbuster (Marauder)Blockbuster is a fictional mutant character in the Marvel Comics Universe created by Chris Claremont and Michael Golden...
, a Marvel Comics character introduced in 1986