Peter Debruge Chief Film CriticAt its peak in 2004, Blockbuster licensed its name to nearly 9,000 video rental stores around the world.
According to my calculations, that means there must have been at least 90,000 copies of “Gigli” in circulation by the chain, which specialized in stocking up on new releases and strangling competitors out of business.Today, you can’t find even a single “Gigli” DVD at the one remaining Blockbuster store on earth — a family-owned, community-supported franchise holdout in Bend, Oregon. (I know because I just got off the phone with them. “Can you spell it?” asked the clerk, unfamiliar with the 2004 Ben Affleck-Jennifer Lopez flop.) That said, you can still find thousands of other movies for rent, which is a.
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