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		By: Xian		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Xian]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2016 07:16:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[blockÂ·bustÂ·er
ËblÃ¤kËbÉstÉr&#x2F;
noun, informal
A thing of great power or size, in particular a movie, book, or other product that is a great commercial success.  Typically it implies lines of people around the block of a movie theater.

Three films on this list do not meet that qualification: &#034;Blade Runner,&#034; &#034;The Shining&#034; and &#034;The Truman Show&#034; don&#x27;t qualify under the definition of blockbuster.  &#034;Blade Runner&#034; was hardly a success in its first release (first summer, roughly $15-18M total take against $28-32M production budget sans marketing) and barely put a dent into it&#x27;s production and marketing costs... it was virtually ignored in favor of E.T. by most moviegoers at the time.  &#034;The Shining&#034; barely made a dent into it&#x27;s production&#x2F;marketing budget in its first weekend in 1980, it only crossed its $19M production budget years after release once folks found it (and re-appraised it) on video (VHS).  &#034;The Truman Show&#034; also had an enormous production and marketing budget (production was around $95M) and over several weeks did not make that money back (again, VHS and later, DVD earned more than theatrical).  It did a healthy $51M against that budget in its first two weekends, but had an enormous drop-off thereafter and didn&#x27;t recoup its cost domestically.

Lastly, if you&#x27;re going to talk about theatrical blockbusters, then stick to talking about the theatrical version in release at the time... You come close to calling Blade Runner&#x27;s &#034;best&#034; scene the one with the unicorn and that most certainly doesn&#x27;t qualify as it only became evident (much later) on video.  So much for that definitive answer circa 1982.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>blockÂ·bustÂ·er<br />
ËblÃ¤kËbÉstÉr&#x2F;<br />
noun, informal<br />
A thing of great power or size, in particular a movie, book, or other product that is a great commercial success.  Typically it implies lines of people around the block of a movie theater.</p>
<p>Three films on this list do not meet that qualification: &quot;Blade Runner,&quot; &quot;The Shining&quot; and &quot;The Truman Show&quot; don&#x27;t qualify under the definition of blockbuster.  &quot;Blade Runner&quot; was hardly a success in its first release (first summer, roughly $15-18M total take against $28-32M production budget sans marketing) and barely put a dent into it&#x27;s production and marketing costs&#8230; it was virtually ignored in favor of E.T. by most moviegoers at the time.  &quot;The Shining&quot; barely made a dent into it&#x27;s production&#x2F;marketing budget in its first weekend in 1980, it only crossed its $19M production budget years after release once folks found it (and re-appraised it) on video (VHS).  &quot;The Truman Show&quot; also had an enormous production and marketing budget (production was around $95M) and over several weeks did not make that money back (again, VHS and later, DVD earned more than theatrical).  It did a healthy $51M against that budget in its first two weekends, but had an enormous drop-off thereafter and didn&#x27;t recoup its cost domestically.</p>
<p>Lastly, if you&#x27;re going to talk about theatrical blockbusters, then stick to talking about the theatrical version in release at the time&#8230; You come close to calling Blade Runner&#x27;s &quot;best&quot; scene the one with the unicorn and that most certainly doesn&#x27;t qualify as it only became evident (much later) on video.  So much for that definitive answer circa 1982.</p>
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		By: yeah thanks		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[yeah thanks]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2016 07:16:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Really useless article. About as enlightening as a glance at the IMDB top 250]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Really useless article. About as enlightening as a glance at the IMDB top 250</p>
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		By: Akash Vijay		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Akash Vijay]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2016 07:16:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Take out Inception and add Wall-E and replace Pirates with Spiderman 2 and you have a good list.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Take out Inception and add Wall-E and replace Pirates with Spiderman 2 and you have a good list.</p>
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		By: jcrobinaz		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[jcrobinaz]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2016 07:16:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Independence Day?]]></description>
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		By: jervaise brooke hamster		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[jervaise brooke hamster]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2016 07:16:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I want to bugger Ellen Page (as the bird was in 2006 when the bird was 18, not as the bird is now obviously).]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I want to bugger Ellen Page (as the bird was in 2006 when the bird was 18, not as the bird is now obviously).</p>
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		By: eddie lydecker		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[eddie lydecker]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2016 07:16:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#034;The Dark Knight&#034; was totally unwatchable.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&quot;The Dark Knight&quot; was totally unwatchable.</p>
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		By: Leigh Richert		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Leigh Richert]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2016 07:16:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#034;Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn&#034; was the best summer blockbuster in 1982, the year which most experts would agree is the most spectacular summer blockbuster season ever, as well as the year the concept of the &#034;summer blockbuster&#034; became such a thing in the first place (other films released that summer include &#034;The Road Warrior&#034;, &#034;Conan the Barbarian&#034;, &#034;E.T.&#034;, &#034;Tron&#034;, and &#034;Poltergeist&#034;). 

The film also saved the &#034;Star Trek&#034; franchise after the debacle &#034;Star Trek: The Motion Picture&#034;: without &#034;The Wrath of Kahn&#034;, &#034;Star Trek&#034; might never exist today.  When adjusted for inflation, it is the most successful &#034;Star Trek&#034; film (before JJ Abrams started it over with his tripe).  To not include it in this list is moronic and to include another 1982 summer release &#034;Blade Runner&#034;, a great movie but a commercial bomb, instead is journalistically negligent (in a film criticism sense) on all your parts.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&quot;Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn&quot; was the best summer blockbuster in 1982, the year which most experts would agree is the most spectacular summer blockbuster season ever, as well as the year the concept of the &quot;summer blockbuster&quot; became such a thing in the first place (other films released that summer include &quot;The Road Warrior&quot;, &quot;Conan the Barbarian&quot;, &quot;E.T.&quot;, &quot;Tron&quot;, and &quot;Poltergeist&quot;). </p>
<p>The film also saved the &quot;Star Trek&quot; franchise after the debacle &quot;Star Trek: The Motion Picture&quot;: without &quot;The Wrath of Kahn&quot;, &quot;Star Trek&quot; might never exist today.  When adjusted for inflation, it is the most successful &quot;Star Trek&quot; film (before JJ Abrams started it over with his tripe).  To not include it in this list is moronic and to include another 1982 summer release &quot;Blade Runner&quot;, a great movie but a commercial bomb, instead is journalistically negligent (in a film criticism sense) on all your parts.</p>
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		By: That Kid		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[That Kid]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2016 07:16:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It was Bespin not Coruscant in &#034;Empire Strikes Back&#034;. God, why do I know that?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It was Bespin not Coruscant in &quot;Empire Strikes Back&quot;. God, why do I know that?</p>
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		By: Christopher		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Christopher]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2016 07:16:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Cinema Sins guys are hardly &#034;joyless&#034;, and if you ever actually watched one of their videos you would see that they clearly have a lot of affection for (most of) the films they critique. Also, they actually did an &#034;Everything Wrong With...&#034; Back to The Future. And though I enjoy some of these features... this article was shrug-inducing. I was going to point out it&#x27;s somewhat inaccurate as well, but XIAN beat me to it, and did it better than I would&#x27;ve.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Cinema Sins guys are hardly &quot;joyless&quot;, and if you ever actually watched one of their videos you would see that they clearly have a lot of affection for (most of) the films they critique. Also, they actually did an &quot;Everything Wrong With&#8230;&quot; Back to The Future. And though I enjoy some of these features&#8230; this article was shrug-inducing. I was going to point out it&#x27;s somewhat inaccurate as well, but XIAN beat me to it, and did it better than I would&#x27;ve.</p>
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		By: Chris		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris]]></dc:creator>
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					<description><![CDATA[Great list -- although I noted your Michael Bay snark at the end and just wondered -- what about THE ROCK?!?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great list &#8212; although I noted your Michael Bay snark at the end and just wondered &#8212; what about THE ROCK?!?</p>
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