Manufacturing the Blockbuster: The "Newest Art Form of the Twentieth Century" Whatever else [THE GODFATHER, JAWS, and THE EXORCIST] proved about the dream state of the national psyche, they proved without a shadow (f a doubt that a single picture could...

Blockbuster, as applied to film or theater, denotes a very popular and/or successful production. The term was originally derived from theater slang referring to a particularly successful play but is now used primarily by the film industry. The etymology...

Home video stores, including those in the gigantic Blockbuster Video chain, may be threatened by the coming multimedia technology that will allow viewers to rent films with a touch of a button at home. Blockbuster believes the video store concept still has a great...

Blockbuster Entertainment, recognizing that storefronts need not be its only vehicle for selling video, is expanding its test of a direct-marketing service. Since March, the retail giant has been distributing a promotional piece for a series of Tales From the Darkside videos in...

The chairman and chief executive of struggling movie-rental company Blockbuster Inc. got the company's board to give him a slightly bigger bonus for 2006, but not without agreeing to give up his job.John Antioco, who has been the CEO for nearly a decade, will leave...

Online DVD rental service Netflix Inc. has settled a patent infringement lawsuit against Blockbuster Inc., ending an attempt to thwart the rapid growth of its biggest rival.Terms of the settlement were kept confidential. In Securities and Exchange Commission documents filed Wednesday, Blockbuster said the settlement...