summer blockbuster
Warm-weather box-office smash
A summer blockbuster is a big-budget Hollywood film released between May and August, designed for mass appeal and expected to dominate the box office.
The term emerged in the 1970s when studios discovered summer's potential for event movies drawing huge audiences: Jaws was the original summer blockbuster.
The phrase now suggests spectacle, sequels, and heavy marketing: Another superhero summer blockbuster.
- HollywoodAmerican film industry center
- movie starFamous film performer
- big screenTheater projection surface
- popcornHeated grain that puffs
- sequelContinuation of prior work
franchise · post-credits scene · explosion · special effects · superhero · action hero · CGI · premiere · box-office · megaplex · trailer · coming attractions · IMAX · spectacle · action · hype · multiplex · tentpole
- cinemafilm, films, film studios, movies, movie
- blockbustersAvengers, Harry Potter, Finding Nemo, The Dark Knight, Spider-Man
- entertainment historyvaudeville, silent films, talkies, Hollywood, movie palaces
- movie eventspremiere, world premiere, movie premiere, film premiere, advance screening
- drive-insdrive-in, drive-in theater, drive-in movie, car speaker, speaker box
- seasonal readsbeach read, Christmas story, holiday romance, Christmas carol, Easter story
summer blockbusterarthouse film
Unconventional, artistic movie
indie film · art film · independent film · low-budget film · independent cinema
summer blockbusterfestival film
Cinema for juried events
art house cinema · prestige drama · Oscar bait · character study · intimate drama
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