Blockbuster

DEFINITION

Often used to refer to a thing expected to be hugely popular. The biggest exhibits at major museums are called blockbusters when they draw tremendous crowds. A landmark blockbuster exhibition was a show of objects from King Tut's tomb in the 1970s. The blockbusters since then have included exhibits on Impressionists, Post-Impressionists, Cubists, and the Imperial Tombs of China.