blockbuster is a word of English origin that indicates a film (or other artistic expression) produced from expert form, being popular to many people and what can get high financial success.
One blockbuster it can also be a novel or other cultural manifestation that has a high level of popularity. In countries where English is the official language, the word blockbuster it is also used in the pharmaceutical industry, serving to describe a drug that has been successfully marketed.
The origin of the word blockbuster occurred in the early 1940s, which served to describe a bomb that was dropped from planes and capable of destroying an entire city block. This is because in English "block" means block and the verb "bust" means to break.
Within the film industry, the word began to be used thanks to films such as "Tubarão" from 1975, which raised more than 100 million dollars in movie ticket sales.
Blockbuster Company
Blockbuster Inc. is a movie and video game rental network created in the United States in 1985. There are currently only 50 stores in the United States and many of their services have been canceled, such as delivering movies by mail. The company bet on different strategies, such as the
streaming, with services like Blockbuster@home.Blockbuster stores ceased to exist in Brazil in 2007, but despite this, there are movie rental machines in approximately 190 Lojas Americanas stores.