What is Blockbuster?
{{Infobox company | name = Blockbuster LLC | logo = Blockbuster logo.svg | type = Subsidiary | fate = Bankruptcy | successors = Sling TV<br>Dish Movie Pack | founder = David Cook | services = Home video rentals | assets = $37,000,000 (2010) | num_employees = 84,300 (2004)<br/>25,000 (2010)<br />3 (2019)<ref>{{cite web |last=Harding |first=Sandi |title=Experience: I manage the last Blockbuster in the world |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/may/17/i-manager-the-last-blockbuster-store-in-the-world |website=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=May 17, 2019 |date=May 17, 2019}}</ref> | parent = [[Dish Network]] | homepage = {{URL|http://blockbuster.com/}} }} '''Blockbuster''' was an American retailer chain and media brand of home video ([[DVD]], [[VHS]]), and [[video game]] rental services. The company stopped existing in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|date=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8704802/|title=Blockbuster opening Mexico multiplex|url=https://www.imdb.com/news/ni0228635/|work=IMDb}}</ref> In 2004, Blockbuster had 84,300 employees<ref>{{cite web|title=The Sad End Of Blockbuster Video: The Onetime $5 Billion Company Is Being Liquidated As Competition From Online Giants Netflix And Hulu Prove All Too Much For The Iconic Brand|url=http://www.ibtimes.com/sad-end-blockbuster-video-onetime-5-billion-company-being-liquidated-competition-1496962|website=International Business Times|date=5 December 2013}}</ref> and over 8,000 stores.<ref>{{cite news |title=15 Companies That Might Not Survive 2009 |url=http://money.usnews.com/money/blogs/flowchart/2009/2/6/15-companies-that-might-not-survive-2009.html |author=Rick Newman |date=February 6, 2009 |access-date=December 9, 2010 |publisher=US News |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101205145626/http://money.usnews.com/money/blogs/flowchart/2009/2/6/15-companies-that-might-not-survive-2009.html |archive-date=December 5, 2010 |df=mdy }}</ref><ref name= nyt09>{{cite news|title=Other Retailers Find Ex-Blockbuster Stores Just Right|url=https://www.nytimes.com