blockbuster
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Coxon moved to San Francisco to start at OpenAI in 2023, after the blockbuster release of ChatGPT established the company as the industry’s leader.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
After swinging from victory to victory, the Tom Holland and Zendaya-led blockbuster caught second place this weekend, bringing in another $8.4 million, for a global total of $2.45 billion over its seven weeks in cinemas.
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
In May, he appeared as Anne Hathaway’s new love interest in the summer blockbuster “The Devil Wears Prada 2,” and this week he headlines not one, but two television series premiering on back-to-back days.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Last week, Nvidia reported blockbuster second-quarter earnings results, which led to the company achieving its largest one-day market-capitalization gain on record.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
It would be the first traveling blockbuster art exhibition in history.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
Jing, 38, has headlined blockbusters in both China and Hollywood, starring opposite Matt Damon in “The Great Wall” and appearing in “Kong: Skull Island” and “Pacific Rim Uprising.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
The film industry rode blockbusters like Spider Man and The Odyssey to a record for domestic ticket sales, Rentrak preliminary data show.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
The story has elements similar to popular summer blockbusters, but they’re so finely remixed and retooled that they don’t bear such exhausting resemblance to their forebears.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
Like shoppers trying to keep the fridge stocked, pharmaceutical chiefs are constantly hunting for promising biotech drugs to replace expiring blockbusters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
His romantic novels such as The Last of the Mohicans were literary blockbusters.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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