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block booking

American  

noun

  1. a practice among motion-picture distributors of contracting with an exhibitor to show a predetermined series of films.


Etymology

Origin of block booking

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

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And when a major venue announces its next block booking, what do we call it?

From New York Times • Aug. 17, 2022

The Supreme Court outlawed block booking in 1948’s United States v.

From Slate • Jul. 14, 2017

Now he has a price list which includes hourly rates and a discount for block booking.

From BBC • Jan. 5, 2014

The money owed is for a block booking they made during the holidays last year.

From The Guardian • Apr. 22, 2010

In all the years since World War II, no one has tried to reserve specific air space by "block booking."

From Time Magazine Archive

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