How to Use blockbuster in a Sentence

blockbuster

noun

• The game was an immediate blockbuster, earning eleven million dollars in three days.
  — Simon Parkin, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2023
• A few 2022 blockbuster and indie suggestions to catch before the year ends.
  — Lauren Daley, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Dec. 2022
• The drug has the potential to be a commercial blockbuster, but only if Medicare can be convinced to pay for it.
  — Adam Feuerstein Reprints, STAT, 6 Jan. 2023
• Her blockbuster Barbie, that’s already set the internet aflame, comes out in July.
  — Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 29 Dec. 2022
• Even a college lecture of this kind has to be a blockbuster, the movie tells us; this is the world these people are in, brash and vibrant, supersized, where everything is an Event.
  — K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 30 Dec. 2022
• As of Tuesday, James Cameron‘s motion-capture blockbuster had amassed $1.03 billion.
  — Christi Carrasstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2022
• Trading for running back Christian McCaffrey in October was a blockbuster.
  — Eric Branch, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Jan. 2023
• Ed and Lorraine Warren's paranormal investigations have turned into a blockbuster franchise with sequels and spinoffs galore — but which ranks best?
  — Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 28 Oct. 2024
• No one would need a show that retold the same blockbuster movie.
  — Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 28 Jan. 2024
• The crew from the latest Godzilla blockbuster were thrilled by their win.
  — Chris Lau, CNN, 12 Mar. 2024
• There’s lens flare worthy of a J.J. Abrams blockbuster.
  — Amanda Kooser, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
• The city might have been home to the only blockbusters shot in Alabama.
  — John Sharp | , al, 27 Mar. 2023
• The New Year’s weekend box office this year lacked a true blockbuster.
  — Jake Coyle, Fortune, 31 Dec. 2023
• But a blockbuster race for control of the Supreme Court has begun to reverse that trend.
  — David Sivak, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 8 Sep. 2024
• Guests aren’t always the A-listers with blockbuster TV shows or films to promote.
  — Mark Kennedy, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Sep. 2023
• The ruling may not have been quite the blockbuster that either side wanted.
  — Will Oremus, Washington Post, 2 July 2024
• Three centuries later, the blockbuster is still in print.
  — Sean Kingsley, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 May 2024
• The final act features some of the best blockbuster filmmaking in years.
  — Lucas Trevor, Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2023
• Amy Grant has had nothing short of a blockbuster career.
  — Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2024
• Michelle Yeoh Michelle Yeoh is an actress known for her work in a number of blockbusters over four decades.
  — Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 3 May 2024
• But it’s not expected to produce the kind of blockbuster numbers that raise the stock prices of movie theaters.
  — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 4 Mar. 2024
• As was the case was during the first half of last year, there have been few blockbuster sales so far this year, with the largest topping out at $53 million.
  — Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Aug. 2023
• The Marvels is a sequel to the 2019 blockbuster Captain Marvel.
  — The Verge, 18 Apr. 2024
• Morris, 33, was acquired last season as a part of the blockbuster Kyrie Irving trade.
  — Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 29 Aug. 2023
• In doing so, Mulkey turned a non-story into a blockbuster.
  — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2024
• The blockbuster monster mash earned $8.5 million on Friday, down a steep 77% from its opening day a week ago.
  — J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 6 Apr. 2024
• Shipp, who starred in the 2023 blockbuster hit Barbie, has been know to wear natural hairstyles on the red carpet.
  — Catherine Santino, Peoplemag, 14 Aug. 2024
• During the offseason, the Sky sent away their leading scorer as part of a blockbuster trade to net the No. 3 overall draft pick.
  — Becky Sullivan, NPR, 14 May 2024
• One of the character’s most memorable looks in the blockbuster comedy is a white mink coat.
  — Zack Sharf, Variety, 15 Dec. 2023
• With blockbuster titles costing millions of dollars, publishers have become more risk-averse, and one of the reliable ways to make a hit is bringing back a successful idea.
  — Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 23 Nov 2024