blockbuster
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The latest instalment in Rockstar's blockbuster Grand Theft Auto franchise is set to be the biggest entertainment launch of the year when it is released next month.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
What we’re left with is a wannabe blockbuster shadowboxing with itself.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
The Stallone story is more sharply told and, given that it culminates in the production of a single blockbuster, more concise.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
The ChatGPT-maker, along with rival Anthropic, have been eyeing blockbuster stock market debuts that would value the firms at more than $1tn each.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
And I can always find something to mock in a blockbuster.
From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed
Alejandro González Iñárritu cast the Hollywood star as a bombastic Texas oil baron in ‘Digger,’ bringing the actor back to art-house cinema after almost two decades focused largely on action blockbusters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
Film fans have had plenty of chances to spot Glasgow on the big screen in recent years, from superhero blockbusters to futuristic sci-fi thrillers.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 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
Cancer immunotherapies like Keytruda and rival drug Opdivo are some of the other major blockbusters set to lose patent protection this decade.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
The conventional bombs of World War II were called blockbusters.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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