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Blockbusters (Motion pictures)

LC control no.sh2004008333
LC classificationPN1995.9.B598
Topical headingBlockbusters (Motion pictures)
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See alsoMotion pictures
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Scope noteHere are entered works on films that sustain extremely high attendance and enormous gross sales at the box office.
This heading is not used for individual blockbusters. Individual blockbusters are entered under headings appropriate to the content, genre, and/or form of the film.
Found inWork cat.: Junkelmann, M. Hollywoods Traum von Rom, c2004: t.p. (die Tradition des Monumentalfilms) p. 1 (a big, expensive feature film)
Chambers 21st century dict., 1999 (blockbuster: (1) A highly popular and successful film, book or TV drama, etc.)
Am. heritage dict. (blockbuster: something, such as a film or book, that sustains widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales)