blockbuster show
Massive theatrical success
A blockbuster show is a theatrical production, television series, or exhibition that achieves massive commercial success and widespread popular attention.
The term comes from blockbuster's original sense of something enormously impactful—now applied to entertainment that draws huge audiences and dominates cultural conversation: The museum's blockbuster show on Impressionism broke attendance records.
- hitSuccessful contact or strike
- smashBreak violently apart
- sensationPerceived stimulus or phenomenon
- premiereFirst public performance
- red carpetCeremonial welcome flooring
box office · sold out · standing room only · standing ovation · rave reviews · critical acclaim · phenomenon · spectacle · megahit · Broadway · theater district · opening night · star-studded · packed house · encore · curtain call · crowds · buzz
- Broadwaymusicals, musical, Tony Award, musical theatre, theaters
- exhibitionsexhibitions, exhibits, exhibit, exhibition, expo
- art worldartist, painter, painting, paintings, sculpture
- museumsmuseums, art museums, exhibits, galleries, exhibitions
- art businessart sales, art dealer, art gallery, art auction, art market
blockbuster showflop
Complete commercial failure
bomb · turkey · dud · bust · box office bomb
blockbuster showarthouse film
Unconventional, artistic movie
underground hit · limited release · art film · experimental theater · fringe theater
block, buster, show, blocks, blocked, blocking, blocker, blockers, blockade