Whether it's Jurassic Park, Iron Man 3, or Titanic, some films just fit the phrase perfectly, but why are they all blockbusters? Now, a TikTok star has shared a video that details the word's origin. The word is so synonymous that the popular but now defunct video rental store named itself after the word - but many don't know the word's historic meaning
Now TikTok user Alice James, 30, has shared where it came from - leaving people in shock as many admitted that they had no idea where it originated. Taking to TikTok, where she uploads as @alicekjames, Alice said: "Are you ready to have your mind absolutely blown? I learnt what the term 'blockbuster' meant the other day and I haven't stopped thinking about it.
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"It comes from the fact that in the olden days if a movie was a blockbuster it meant the line went around the block to buy tickets."
Alice's video soon went viral and had over 150,000 views alongside countless comments.
One viewer admitted: "I didn't know this either and I'm 59."
Then another wrote: "And people say TikTok doesn't teach you stuff, that's amazing news."
And another commented: "I had absolutely no idea."
But others weren't quite so shocked, as one explained: "It started with Jaws in the 1970s."
Meanwhile, while everybody knows the Macarena no one really knows the lyrics, and it turns out that it might be a good thing we're all blissfully unaware of what we're dancing too.
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The dance is cherished and brought out at school discos and family parties, while everyone taking part tries to mumble along with the words.
But it turns out the lyrics are of a slightly adult nature, and not the sort of thing you'd want to be singing while dancing with you family.
Unless you spoke fluent Spanish as a child it's likely all these lyrics will have been lost on you - so we've translated them for you here.
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