"['Maverick'] is doing something that only a handful of films have ever done in the modern blockbuster era," Jeff Bock, a media analyst at Exhibitor Relations Co. previously told CNBC Make It.
(Nicolas Vega. 'Top Gun: Maverick' just passed 'Titanic' at the all-time domestic box office—These are the 10 highest grossing movies ever. CNBC. August 8 2022.)
ところで、この"blockbuster"という単語の歴史を紐解くと、元は戦争で使う爆弾のことを指していたそうです。折しも昨日は8月15日の終戦記念日でしたが、第二次世界大戦において、使われた爆弾に由来するもので、その破壊力はひとかたまりになっている建物群(block)を一発で破壊できるというものだったという事です。
Before it referred to wildly popular movies — to the point that it influenced the name of a video-rental chain (RIP) — blockbuster was a product of World War II. The block in blockbuster referred to a block of buildings, and a blockbuster was a type of bomb capable of leveling all of them at once.
(Merriam-Webster Dictionary)
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