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All About the Movies 🎬 Blockbuster

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All About the Movies 🎬 Blockbuster

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What makes a blockbuster a blockbuster? How is it different from other movies?

The Blockbuster 🎬

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Today, a blockbuster is understood to be a ____ Hollywood movie.

Origin

👉 The word blockbuster was first used during World War 2 to describe a type of Allied bomb that could destroy an entire city block.

In 1953, Time magazine described the movie 'Mission to Moscow' as “explosive as a blockbuster.”

From then on, many magazines started using the term “box office blockbusters” describing films that were large in spectacle, scale and cost, that would go on to be financially successful.

The blockbuster we know now is the visceral Hollywood blockbuster "genre of moviemaking" that emerged in the 1970s.

👉 movies featuring spectacular special effects, a star-studded cast, high stakes scenarios and big-budget excitement

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Visceral means ____.

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In 1975 the movie ____ created the genre of the summer blockbuster.

Steven Spielberg’s thriller 'Jaws' was released in the summer of 1975.

👉 A unique moment because up until then studios avoided releasing their biggest movies during the summer.

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Another time to release blockbusters 🎉💰 is ____ time.

👉 By the time 'Star Wars' was released in December 1977, studio executives were already trying to reverse engineer blockbuster movies for financial success.

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Are Blockbusters always a financial success?

Even though financial success was the original requirement for the blockbuster definition, many blockbuster movies end up tanking at the box office.

👉 Today, the term blockbuster applies more to the expectations behind a movie than anything else.

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Which of these blockbusters was an unexpected hit?

'Titanic’s' opening weekend only returned $28 million and the film industry wrote the film off as an expensive flop with a $190 million price tag.

👉 'Titanic' went on to defy expectations, earning $2.2 billion around the world and $600 million in the US alone.

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On average, the budget is ____ to produce a Hollywood blockbuster movie.

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What is the highest budget movie ever?

Avengers: Endgame = estimated budget between $356-$400 million

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The Blockbuster 🎬

Origin

In 1953, Time magazine described the movie 'Mission to Moscow' as “explosive as a blockbuster.”

The blockbuster we know now is the visceral Hollywood blockbuster "genre of moviemaking" that emerged in the 1970s.

Steven Spielberg’s thriller 'Jaws' was released in the summer of 1975.

👉 By the time 'Star Wars' was released in December 1977, studio executives were already trying to reverse engineer blockbuster movies for financial success.

Even though financial success was the original requirement for the blockbuster definition, many blockbuster movies end up tanking at the box office.

'Titanic’s' opening weekend only returned $28 million and the film industry wrote the film off as an expensive flop with a $190 million price tag.

Avengers: Endgame = estimated budget between $356-$400 million

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