block booking
(uncountable, US, film, historical) The sale of multiple films by a film studio to a theater as a unit, without the latter knowing much about them, allowing the studio to package less popular films with more popular ones.
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(uncountable, US, film, historical) The sale of multiple films by a film studio to a theater as a unit, without the latter knowing much about them, allowing the studio to package less popular films with more popular ones. The Supreme Court of the United States determined the practice to be in violation of antitrust law in 1948.
The restaurant has a block booking for Saturday night.
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(uncountable) The reservation of a large number of hotel rooms, tickets, or other items at one time; (countable) an instance of this.
The restaurant has a block booking for Saturday night.
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(informal) Something, such as a film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales, as opposed to a box office bomb.
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(US, film, historical) Being or relating to a long-running blockbuster film with the possibility of seat reservations.
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(informal) Something, especially an event or a film, book or other creative work, that is intended to achieve high sales (perhaps indicated by large budgets or high advertising spending) or that is conceived on a large or epic scale.
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(intransitive) To have all of its tickets or reservations purchased.