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The ebb and flow of the popularity of streaming is mainly determined by the ups and downs of the pandemic, that has created not only a conundrum for studios, but also for consumers who are torn between their desire to see blockbuster films on the big screen at their local multiplex or from the comfort of the couch at home.

Paul Dergarabedian

Found on CNN
2 years ago

You got to wait and see! But I will say that it was such a blockbuster season that it would be my hope that it would remain, somehow, some way, intact...I hope everybody's back.

Andy Cohen

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Abortion, gun rights and affirmative action would be monumental. That said, there, in those cases, particularly in the abortion case and in the gun case, there are ways they could decide the more broadly or more narrowly, so part of the blockbuster nature of the term will depend on whether they really go very far and say, overrule Roe v. Wade, or simply narrow it in the abortion case.

Paul Smith

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

These are major cases and they're all going to be decided by the conservative majority, in ways that will alter the law in significant ways, the very conservative majority on the court is I think headed in the direction of an absolutely blockbuster term next year.

Paul Smith

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

It's the perfect intersection of growing consumer confidence and vaccinations in North America, with movies that have already been released creating momentum, i don’t think you could have imagined a better scenario for the industry, with a few speed bumps in there. With ‘Furious 9’ being really the first summer blockbuster in two years.

Paul Dergarabedian

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

They kind of kept their head down with regard to the election, and didn't involve themselves with anything in respect to the aftermath of the election, and were hoping to not be too visible, now they're starting to gather momentum and the very conservative majority on the court is I think headed in the direction of an absolutely blockbuster term next year.

Paul Smith

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We're entering a kind of Blockbuster era.

Carolina Milanesi

Found on CNN
3 years ago

It is very smart of Sony to sell 'Spider-Man' this holiday season: that blockbuster alone will help generate a lot of buzz and is of course a system seller, too.

Serkan Toto

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

It was skipping a lot of steps in the movie industry, in terms of learning about how they do it, it was a really crazy position to be in, where we have control over these scenes and we have control over certain elements of this blockbuster movie. But it was great for the entire team.

Toby Segar

Found on CNN
3 years ago

No doubt Amazon Prime Day will be another blockbuster event for Amazon Music, especially as Amazon Prime Day has increased the length and it seems to be working even harder with suppliers to secure deals and volume.

Sucharita Kodali

Found on CNN
4 years ago

' Aliens' is the template of how to write a great blockbuster, there's real skill to building the perfect roller coaster. ' Aliens' is example No. 1 of how brilliant action cinema can be.

Edgar Wright

Found on CNN
4 years ago

You have a generation of women who have rarely seen themselves presented on screen in a big heroic blockbuster like this before, that matters.

Shawn Robbins

Found on CNN
5 years ago

The academy is clearly honoring blockbuster films this year.

Paul Dergarabedian

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

We are on track for another blockbuster season for e-commerce.

Taylor Schreiner

Found on CNN
5 years ago

You bet it was [ Bruce Willis first big film ], it was kind of like a big thing when Bruce Willis got this because Bruce Willis was just on ‘ Moonlighting. ’ This was Bruce Willis first movie, and Bruce Willis was the star of a huge blockbuster and it was very well advertised that Bruce Willis was making $ 5 million, which at the time was unbelievable. And everybody was like, ‘ Why would you pay $ 5 million to an untried movie star ? ’ But boy, someone was really smart.

Bonnie Bedelia

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

It is foolish to bring back laughable, outdated technology to suit your political agenda, i mean, what are you going to bring back next ? Floppy disks ? Fax machines ? Beanie Babies ? Beepers ? Or Blockbuster ? Think about it. What if you tried to save Blockbuster ?

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Found on CNN
5 years ago

The court is the last place you want to accomplish your M&A goal but in this case it was a sweet victory, this will be a blockbuster summer for media mergers!

Jeffrey Logsdon

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

Prozac is what I call the Big Bang of pharmaceutical naming. It came out of nowhere, it means absolutely nothing, and it really just said,' Wow, OK, this is blockbuster naming in the drug world,'.

Scott Piergrossi

Found on CNN
5 years ago

He has been going to Blockbuster since he was 13 years old, he would go rent Veggie Tales, Barney, Elmo, Rugrats and Baby Einstein (videos). He always rents the same ones when we go back; sometimes he'll even get two of the same ones.

Javier Zuniga

Found on CNN
6 years ago

'Godfather' was the first that I remember, movie, that was like a big blockbuster, then came other movies. I might have this wrong, like some of the Spielberg films and so on, but when ['The Godfather: Part II'] came, I said this might be a good chance that it'll be a success.

De Niro

Found on CNN
7 years ago

Technique is critical. You might have the world's best blockbuster drug in an inhaler, but if patients don't use it properly they won't get the benefits.

Omar Usmani

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

For players that are looking to build an oncology presence, you need to buy a company that already has a blockbuster out there.

Kennen MacKay

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

Angel investing is something that I believe you can completely get rid of with crowdfunding, angels come at the seed stage and crowdfunding literally has the ability to kill it. Related : How This Couple Created the All-In-One Travel Jacket That Is Nearing $ 2 Million on Kickstarter While Hiral Sanghavi is a fan of the benefits of crowdfunding, This Couple’s also learned firsthand that This Travel Jacket’s by no means easy. This Travel Jacket requires some serious hustle. This Couple first campaign, a blockbuster success, was stressful. Hiral Sanghavi learned a few things. Here are This Couple top three tips for crowdfunding success : The first BauBax travel jackets shipped four months late. Part of the reason for the delay was because the BauBax team expected to raise only $ 20,000. They raised $ 9.2 million on Kickstarter and another $ 2.3 million on Indiegogo. That meant that BauBax had to manufacture a whole lot more jackets than it had been expecting to sell.

Hiral Sanghavi

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

'X-Men' destroyed Alice, no question, that's what happens when a spring fling attempts to go full-tilt summer blockbuster. We've seen this happen in the past and it usually doesn't work out.

Jeff Bock

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

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