Map of the Rise and Fall of Blockbuster Video
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- Between 1985 and 2010, Blockbuster Video opened thousands of stores across the US. This map shows the locations of US Blockbuster Video stores over time.
The store counts also include Alaska and Hawaii which aren't shown on the map.
Sources: The per-state store numbers came from archive copies of Blockbuster Inc’s annual 10-K filings with the SEC between 1999 and 2011. The numbers outside of these years were collected from various business news articles with linear extrapolation for the dates in between. Archived 10-K filings are available here: www.sec.gov/cg...
“The Rise and Fall of Blockbuster” - A Netflix Original
Yeah that was the joke😂
In the 2000's BlockBuster almost bought NetFlix.
@@s.s.99 You’re a mook😒
@SkibidiRizz-gz1dx You’re a mook😒
Oh shut up ya mook😒
the last one should stay forever as a museum
There Is still one
I believe it actually is
Yes
Yeah I live in bend where the last one is and can confirm it ain't going anywhere.
@@mooseears9849 There are 151 likes now, do you like this comment now?
The last remaining Blockbuster was also the first Blockbuster in Oregon. Opened in 1988
Thanks Dad, for making me notice.
That is false, the first Blockbuster was opened in Dallas Texas. This one in Bend, Oregon has been open since 2004
@@yngcini Read again. If you'd rather have the words put like that: he noticed that "The first to ever open in Oregon is also the last remaining one".
@@BloodyCaesar is right, I dont remember going to Blockbuster but I did
Ironic
I hated it when Blockbuster closed. It wasn't just a store, it was an experience.
It is kind of cool being able to pick stuff up, look at the box and make a roll of the dice in the absence of easily accessible internet reviews.
I loved getting to choose a movie every Friday night as a kid.
It's unfortunate they failed to adapt
Were the excessive late fees part of the experience too?
@@billbrasky8860 deliver back on time. Idiot
As it is, it was an experience that now with so many digital media has been lost... But let's hope that someday everything will come back
@european-one especially as a child. I remember randomly choosing never ending story, short circuit, Gremlins just by cover as a child.
It looks like Blockbuster's decline began in January 2005. The highest number of stores they ever reached (in the Contiguous United States) was 5,734.
And from that number it only went down. Never grew again.
2005 was a curse
Yeah when the internet began improving. Many other stores began to go out of business and dvd sales began to drop as well.
@@deanhassan1753 The internet was not there yet, but it was Netflix that help usher its demise thanks to its DVD-by-mail service.
CZcams started cooking in 2005.
If there was ever a store closing that makes me sad, it would be Blockbuster. There are so many memories with movies, games, and taking my son there each week.
What about toys r us
@@joeyiscool3 what cause blockbuster to go out of business ?
@@franksandoval6046 Netflix
@@franksandoval6046internet
@@franksandoval6046internet
they missed the boat... They could've been the netflix of today.
It's because they turned down buying Netflix for a couple million
Ya, it was a "Kodak" moment. >.
@@daveroy1066 hey kodak stock is actually tripling right now while the Government basically gave it a loan and re-purposed the company for making pharmaceuticals.
Don’t worry I’m gonna start a petition to raise money to buy it from dish and make it good again
@@Enchurito I think it was 50 mil
For reference, there’s currently about 13,449 McDonalds in the US. And Blockbuster peaked at 5,734. So for every Blockbuster, there are 2 and a half McDonalds.
And that’s also directly proportional to the size of customers
5,734 Blockbuster stores in January 2005… at its peak…
That was just in the US. They had about 10,000 total worldwide.
@@ralphvelthuis2359 I still remember when in my beloved Mexico, Blockbuster had been replaced by The B Store, which also proved to be unsuccessful at the same style of store
I rember I could not go too the porn side lol
@@ralphvelthuis2359 I have question how the VHS 📼 was discontinued
@@franksandoval6046 Blu-ray/DVD and then streaming
As a Gen Z kid, this makes me sad. I actually have been to the very last Blockbuster store before, it’s in Bend Oregon and they actually have merch about it there. Ironically, I think it being the last one is what’s keeping it open because it’s like a tourist attraction now
I’m also Gen Z. I wish I could go there…
I wish I could go there but I live on the other side of the country
@@Grassplant2012 same…
Don't be that sad. Blockbuster drove mom and pop stores out of business.
@@archieames1968 heh.
Does anyone remember the ten or so small video rental stores for every Blockbuster store throughout the 80s and early 90s that Blockbuster ran out of business? Many of them lost everything on account of Blockbuster.
I remember having a Blockbuster card but only going to a Blockbuster store a handful of times. I'm guessing I preferred watching movies in theaters? LOL. I really don't remember them being central to my life..
West Coast Video
@@CoreLabRat2 That sounds like a chain.
In my town, we had small mom and pop video stores in the 80s and early 90s. Stores like:
- Video Concepts 2000
- Video Mania
- Interstate Video
- Whitt's Video
- Video and Pizza on Wheels
- Video Express
And others.
Blockbuster came in sometime around 1994 near my house, then around 1997-1999 a few other large, but smaller than Blockbuster chains opened like Hollywood Video.
@@willp.8120 In the early 90's we used to go to West Coast Videos.. it was a super retro store lmao... memories yikes
My town never had a Blockbuster. It had VHS 3 rental shops in the 90s, 2 of which were right next to each other. All closed now.
One of them is now an independent games store that survives by doing card gaming such as Magic. He's been going over 20 years. It's a community hub for nerds.
Blockbuster was presented with the opportunity to buy Netflix for $60MM and turned it down. Netflix initially was not a streaming service. It was mailing DVDs back and forth.
Yes, Blockbuster also had a dvd by mail program.
I bet whoever made the final decision to NOT buy Netflix is kicking themselves in the ass.
Not really. Netflix would have probably gone down with them. It’s likely that they still wouldn’t have started streaming.
The other part that really ruined them is their founding CEO left in 2007 when they still had roughly 5,000 stores.
Blockbuster also had a video on demand service planned, and they were going to partner with Enron on the venture. Now both companies are gone.
I was born in 1985 so I got to see and experience all of the 90’s from age 5-15. I am so grateful for those times
That sounds nice actually. I was born in 91 so I only vaguely remember the late 90s.
I was born in '85 too. Growing up in the 90s was wonderful but also bittersweet in retrospect because we really had the illusion of being a charmed generation born into a new golden age. The Cold War was over, the economy was booming, fascinating new technologies like the internet were becoming widespread, and America seemed invincible between the fall of the Soviet Union and 9/11. Then the other shoe dropped just as we were reaching adulthood and the world started going to shit.
I feel bad for the younger generations because they never knew a time of genuine optimism and prosperity, but in a way they're better prepared for it psychologically because they've never known anything besides cynicism and pessimism. A lot of us older millennials are still deluded enough to think we'll fix the world once we take over from the boomers but it will be far too late by then.
@@bobsnow6242 I was born in '02 and honestly I feel like most of my generation is either overly-cynical or overly-optimistic.
That said, I never understood all this crap about fixing the world. The world's way too large and complex for one generation in one country to magically fix everything, especially without creating any new problems in the process. The best we can do is fix the problems we find ourselves able to, and hope our solutions don't end up creating any worse problems later on. That's just the way things are and always have been.
@@bobsnow6242Same as you. It was intriguing, yet weird seeing the world turn digital. It’s nice and convenient but sometimes I miss the pre-retailpocolypse times when people went out into the world and their faces weren’t shoved into their phones on social media.
Lol if you were born in 85, then you didn't really experience the early 90s. At least your memories will be very faint. I think most had moved on to CDs, DVDs, and MP3s for music by the time you came of age. I still very much remember cassette tapes and watching movies only on VHS.
Girls: Omg you didn’t cry during Titanic. Do you even have emotions.
Boys:
Ah yes I too expand into a multiple billion dollar movie rental company that depleted so fast that we didn’t notice it even happened until a year later
I haven't seen the titanic movie, it may be sort of sad but this is sadder to me in a way.
I feel no pain
I have the last one in my state
🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
Yes
I have visited the Bend, OR store as of this year. It's going strong and has a healthy number of loyal customers to keep it afloat for years to come. A 2020 Netflix Documentary called 'The Last Blockbuster' (kinda Ironic that Netflix is what made this thing so popular as a tourist destination, given they were once major rivals) has given rise to a major Tourist interest in the store. As of July 26th, 2021 the store is around and is going well.
Good for you. I've seen almost everything I have an interest in seeing in the US. The Bend Blockbuster is still on the bucket list.
@@royrowland5763 Hope there's a hotel nearby, I'd like to spend a few days really immersing myself in all things Blockbuster, maybe arrange an after hours behind-the-scenes tour and meet n greet with the staff...cancelled my Caribbean getaway, can't wait!
@@royrowland5763 I recommend it, I picked up a hat and every now and then I get complimented on my blockbuster hat.
Since alaska had 2 of the last 3 stores, It probably would've been cool to include us
Ah, that makes more sense. I was trying to figure out how come it said there were 3 stores open in 2018, but there was only 1 icon on the map! But that's really cool how Alaska had 2 of the last stores :) Do you remember which cities the Blockbusters were in?
@@VideoReviewChris there were 2 i remember in anchorage that both closed a few years ago.
@Rick Volcano what did alaska do to you? we are an amazing state
@@alaskancabin7506 Indeed! Alaska is beautiful. Lots of wildlife and amazing nature :)
Also Hawaii
Blockbuster peaked at 5,734 stores, if you were wondering.
In america yes they had more stores in other countries as well
February 2005. Damn I was in HS
in america
Yep, right in January. Sad to see. lol
I wasn't.
Blockbuster: I used to own this country
Now, you’re in Bend, Oregon
Stores would open when I gave the word
i used to ruuuuule the woooorld
@@SupersuMCNow in the country, I stand alone.
This is exacly what happens to a business that doesnt change with the times.
Love ya, Blockbuster. You made getting out of the house so much fun when I was little. 😢
*Casually walks to my local blockbuster because I live in bend Oregon*
same
*Casually only drives 3 hours to the last BLOCKBUSTER becasue I live in Salem*
Casually drives 6 minutes to a movie rental store in Wapato.
I live in Portland. I went to Blockbuster last summer.
Your so Lucky. I miss Blockbuster
In 2005 this video would have been possible to rent in a Blockbuster™️ store
It’s crazy that I never got a card or stepped foot into one until they were on the steady decline (2006). I loved it even then!
I had my first Blockbuster card in 1998 or so, and it was for nothing but Nintendo 64 game rentals lol. The good old days.
By January 2014 all they had left was 100 Blockbuster stores. Just sad what happened to them when only a few years prior they had over 5,000 stores. By 2019 all they had left was 1 single store, really tragic.
That was just in the US. They had around 10,000 worldwide.
It was like a ride on Top Thrill Dragster; straight to the top until 2005; then a straight plummet down. Digital streaming wasn't what began Blockbuster's downfall, it was Netflix and Redbox. Now it's all digital, and the Redbox machines that used to be on every street corner have now become scarce.
There are still a good amount of Redbox vending machines in my area, but they mostly have older movies. I still rent from them & libraries once in a while so I don’t need 10 streaming services. I also cancel streaming services and subscribe to different ones once in a while.
@@jeremyf9124 I would still be a loyal Blockbuster customer if they still existed. You can find a Redbox machine at any Walgreens in my area but other than that they are few and far between; and just as you said, they're mostly older movies. The one at the Walgreens nearest me hasn't been flipped in over a year. It's all decked out in Barbie gear lol.
@@jeremyf9124 I have Netflix, Hulu, HBO Max and Peacock. Only reason I have Peacock is because of football.
Also ironic considering 2005 was the year Ka stole the height record from TTD.
@@phantomhourglass13 And 2024 was the year TTD took it back.
I know that streaming is much more convenient, but I miss going to a physical video rental place. There was something special about it.
We need that map but in reverse. Bring back Blockbuster... Don't you think so?
Don’t forget please VHS rewind tape! Cost you fee! Remember that
This just reminds me his old I am & how I’ll never get my childhood back
This video is both happy, sad, and satisfying.
So 2005 was their peak huh? I thought it would've been 2007 or 08.
It was 2004, around 2005 they started declining
How? Video streaming was the reason of the decline?
Yup, the rise of CZcams/social media basically stripped Blcokbuster from the general public who wanted to watch videos.
@@lukelodeon7750 It was both, technically very early 2005 was their max peak
Streaming didn’t get big until about 2010. What killed video rental stores was Netflix DVD-by-mail and Redbox DVD vending machines and digital cable & satellite TV which allowed for hundreds of channels, including dozens of movie channels, combined with DVRs. Also, people got used to buying & selling games (GameStop mainly) rather than renting. Netflix DVD by mail had better selection than anyone, and you didn’t have to go to the stores, and no late fees. People also bought a lot of DVDs due to the extra content.
Imagine goingn through the process of opening a store in 2004, only to have a front row seat to seeing it all slide down hill.
I miss Blockbuster so much, too bad I wasn't old enough to work there when they were still open, I'd love to know the closing dates of the ones in Delaware, I searched everywhere, I found a list of the locations and business hours but not closure, the one in New Castle was practically right outside my neighborhood across the street from my Middle School, after school before it closed on Friday my family would always head there pick up popcorn, candy, and rent a few movies. It kinda sucks that nobody in Delaware has photos of the inside of the store itself. Also the building remained for sale until like 2014-2015 where it was finally taken over by a clothing store called "Rainbow", the large Blockbuster logo street sign and post are still there, now with a tarp for an ad for an available building space for somewhere else in the small shopping center. I miss it so much that I now own an Employee uniform, including nametag, training pins, lanyard with name, an Excellence Awards Key Pin, and a Blockbuster manager store key and keychain from a California location. Plus an unused sheet of Blockbuster case stickers and Regular and Gold Membership Rewards cards and easy laminate sleeves. And I also own a Blockbuster Shopping basket and also the In-Store Blockbuster Promo DVDs, the DVDs are the ones that the employees would bring up on the TVs, type in the DVD pin and click on the promos, trailers, and releases for that month on that day, and depending on what day you click, the dates for the trailers and such will change like "releases tomorrow", then click the next day and it says "releases today". I currently have 2-3 DVDs per year from 2003-2010.
I checked Google Maps and saw that it was still there by 2007 with a photo of the outside. Unfortunately the only photos of it are from 2007 and 2017 and by 2017 it was already replaced so I don’t really know other than it was after September 2007
Hell yeah Delaware
I worked at Blockbuster in 1996-97. Most of the day was spent dusting shelves, pacing around pretending to be busy. You didn't miss anything.
I miss blockbusters, was so nostalgic for me as a kid
Blockbuster's failure is entirely the fault of Blockbuster for not being forward thinking. They were offered to buy Netflix for $50 million in 2000 and laughed Netflix "out of the room."
Buying Netflix would not have saved them. Netflix wasn't worth the price they were asking for in 2000. They could have very easily built the business Netflix was in 2000 for less money. The roots of their downfall are far deeper than that.
Blockbuster was awesome! I remember when I was a kid and I would love going there to pick out video games. I miss it! The 90’s kids would understand.
If the last one stands enjoy it much as you can. If it closes it should turned into an museum.
Crazy how much history/memories/experiences were going down during this time lapse demonstration
January 2005 was really the peak for Blockbuster
I was born in 1996 so I didn’t experience the whole era but even the late 2000s blockbuster was a Friday night ritual. Game stop and blockbuster were my favorite stores
Crazy how Blockbuster seemed like an eternity ago but 2013 seemed like yesterday. I fully remember being surprised that the Blockbuster by my house was still standing, thinking that it could fold at anytime.
People have no idea what the death of the video store really meant for all of us.
Its was our only adventure that we would possibly have in a modern world in most places.
I want my video stores back.... :( :( :(
Imagine having this much nostalgia for a corporation lmao.
“Our last possible adventure”
Wtf???? Go take a walk in the woods lmaooo
@@sneedwashere For your information there would be no life without businesses.Why dont you go out and take a walk in the woods if you prefer that over the internet (which is run by business and corporations)
@@lazarusblackwell6988 “there would be no life without businesses”
Show me some businesses in the Sea Sponge community. Surely if they’re alive they must be running giant megacorporations right?
@@sneedwasherehey, let people have nostalgia over things. Definitely don’t over-romanticize capitalism. & I mean, maybe dude was being dramatic with the adventure comment but come on man.
@@sneedwashereratio
I wish the Blockbuster that was in my area was the last one standing, so many fun memories of renting movies there.
The last one is just an independent store that licenses the Blockbuster name.
But it still is amazing that the Franchise Name is still kept around at one store at least. At as said in the 2020 Netflix Documentary 'The Last Blockbuster' it is licensed under Fox Entertainment who bought the Franchise in the early 2010s, so therefore technically it's still an official store. It has no plans of closing down as a large amount of Loyal customers in Bend keep the store afloat and the Tourism is has received from the Documentary is helping as well. I went there yesterday on July 26th, 2021, and the store is going strong. I hope it's around long enough for me to bring my kids to it in the future.
Who are they paying the licensing fee to??
@@chuckywang Dish Network
Going every Friday night when mom would get home from work was definitely an experience of it's own. Browsing for 40 minutes straight lol it was great. Sad we'll never get those days back. I do love the efficiency of effortlessly streaming but nostalgia is definitely a powerful emotion.
You can do that at dvd rental stores and thrift stores.
The last one should just stay open regardless of profits and should be funded by the government or private investors for it's historical significance.
"bail out"
@@pap-fr Exactly!
Não mesmo!
We don’t need the government funding anything else.
Cool vid. Defintely provides an example of a very quick rise and decline based off of how fast technology was moving at the time. Blockbuster was a staple for me and my friends in my teens, but i could talk to somebody 4 years younger than me that had never heard of or been to a blockbuster. So wild!
I keep rewatching this video. It's captivating and nostalgic and tragic. What shocks me is that they continued to grow way past what I would have thought. That they continued growing until 2005 is amazing in retrospect. My first job was Rent-A-FLICK (neon sign at night looked like something very different) for $3.35/hour. The first Blockbuster in Michigan stoke me away for a whopping $4.25/hr. I still miss working and going there as a customer. Netflix didn't kill blockbuster. Blockbuster killed Blockbuster by abandoning movies and focusing on games & toys.
Thanks for rewinding!
Believe it or not, here in Brazil there were more than 300 Blockbusters, all of them were sold to Lojas Americanas (Brazilian store chain)
i miss the late 80s - early 90s time… Blockbuster was awesome to go to as a kid
The last movie I rented from BB was Happy Feet 2.
2011
did u return it ?
As someone who grew up in 2000s i just remember going in stores with my dad and going to get movies and games this hits me and crying now about this blockbuster will always have place in my heart ❤️
I grew to hate who owns Hollywood. I watch movies with different eyes today. It's all about programming the people....not entertainment.
schizo anon, hollywood is not making people trans
always has been
@@crtm1274 Imagine a movie industry that gave 100% of it's attention to pure entertainment. It would be wonderful. But instead, they build scripts and plots to match an agenda.
based
@@Chris-nn3vu One definition of based is "to carry yourself with swagger". I clearly don't care what people think. In a way, it is like crucifixion. It's always that good idea that everyone hates that will get you shamed by the majority. There is a power that comes with it. Ugly truth is still truth. The majority trusted the media weapon that conquered them. We allowed and embraced big lies. To go against the grain and teach the ugly truth takes bravery. I guess I have "swagger"
In a random instant from the Big Bang through an endless future. At an arbitrary location in the eternal vastness of space. We found ourselves blessed to be in that fleeting moment I call, THE AGE OF BUSTER.
Hope you can do Kmart next. Kmart only have 4 stores left in the U.S. (2 in NJ, 1 in NY, and 1 in FL) with 6 stores in the U.S. territories (1 in Guam, 1 in PR, and 4 in USVI).
@DJLovesSonicNow 2
@@KLR2007 with 4 in the territories
It peaked at around 5,732 stores... (1:44) It's so sad that their only one store left. I kinda wish that instead of GME Stocks we invested in Blockbuster...
the exact number is 5734
the gamestop surge was january 2021. bend’s been all alone since september 2018, corporate closed their last stores in january 2014, only leaving franchises, and they were pretty much at the point of no return by 2010/2011
3:05: Last Blockbuster store left currently located at Bend, OR
Used to go to Blockbuster as a little girl in the early 2000's. We stopped going when we moved across town in 2007 and RedBox started to become popular to rent DVD's. Later the local library became the place we rented movies and still is today.
Surprised this awesome video does not have more views
Its almost like watching the world change at the same time. After 2005, the internet started to take over, socially and economically.
By 2012 everything was so different compared to the past, like we woke up in a different simulation
If you play the history of Blockbuster in reverse, it starts off as a small business then rises.
Nov. 2004 was when stores started closing... that was the month that Blockbuster was at its peak, with 9,091 stores worldwide. 15 years later, it would drop all the way to just 1... crazy how much times have changed in the last 20 years.
Everything changed when the Netflix nation attack.. Blockbuster the last movie bender
Dudddeewe you should have put movie vendor it fits so perfectly
Ha get it cause the last one is in Bend, Oregon
@@ARandomDonut ah yea very smart
As someone born in 2004, I never set foot in a blockbuster. I used to go to family video all the time though, i really miss that store.
Yes great job on pullling together the data for this and making it. Depicts a real piece of history. Surprising not more views and likes.
I had no idea that Blockbuster at one point had so many stores that they practically took over the whole Country at one point, that is incredible.
R.I.P as technology rapidly evolves old formats are replaced and everything has now practically gone digital, now just childhood and teenage memories of renting movies video games and even game consoles at one point.
It makes 200% sense now that the decline starting in 2005. The smart phone was exploding, CZcams and the internet itself started taking over 🤦♂️ I miss the world prior to 2005
Even in the late 2000s blockbuster was still a big deal
That was the decline of civilization.....the smartphone.
From Dallas to Oregon with love. The Vhs era, and even the DVD era
I’m surprised how many lasted into the 2010s actually.
I lived in Vermont, and I remember when they built one of these Blockbusters- it was REALLY late in the lifecycle of blockbusters run. It never really did very well as it was small towns and we had our local video stores that we liked. It was only open maybe 5-6 years before it went bankrupt and out, but it never really took off where we were.
The Fall of The Blockbuster is Far More Significant than the Fall Of the Roman Empire..
It certainly feels that way! Teachers, take note.
So many memories going to Blockbuster, Hollywood Video and the mom pop rental store we had in town. It was an era for sure. It’s a blessing and a curse having so much access.
this makes me cry
As someone who used to live in Bend, as a kid, we actually went to the last remaining one quite a bit. My grandma had an old VHS player and we used it a TON. We later moved away but still have the old VHS. When we go back to bend every now and then, we still stop by.
Dude same I live in Bend and even in what like 2013 I was still going there? The one on third street too, not the one south by little Caesar’s
Sometimes I wonder what the heck happened to them, and why they couldn't still be in business today (except for the 1 in Oregon)
Netflix
They Requested an Offer to buy Netflix, but they Didn't Buy it. Then Netflix Rised up to be an Empire, and no one went to Blockbuster. The Fall of an Empire
they failed to adapt to changing technology and trends
@@luigi7834 I know, it’s sad.
@@luigi7834family video outlasted blockbuster and was less popular
God, I miss the days of going to the video store, browsing and picking out a movie (or two) for Saturday nighy 😢
I love how the whole time, Maine was like, “meh… this is just a fad. We only need 1.”
movie gallery and hollywood video were more popular here
It was a cool era to be apart of
Damn man. So depressing. :(
Why? No business is immortal.
I remember in mid 2009 a friend of mine was giving away all of his dvds. His reason was "its just a sad reminder of all the money I've wasted." We already knew then what was going to happen.
WOW! What a difference!
LOL
WOW! Out of business!
Crazy so many memories…… I remember one of them in town turned into Hollywood video. My cousin was a manager and got me a simple part time job there. Worked like 10 -15 hours a week but man I really loved it, I remember seeing Dante’s inferno game coming out. Then after working there for only 3 months they told us it was over granted the GM kept saying they were gonna stay open. Crazy how it boomed in 86 that’s the year I was born, and then dies in 2006 ……20 years of some awesome cartridge renting and movies!!!!
You should do Kmart.
Yes
I moved into a condo - the first place I actually owned - in 2005. It was less than 2 miles from where I worked. I used to pass 3 different Blockbusters on that less than 2 mile trip. By the time I had been in that condo a year, there were zero Blockbusters on my way to work.
Blockbuster was offered to buy Netflix, but turned them down lol
Didn't realize till now my town's Blockbuster was among the first 200 to built in the middle of June 1988, and then was among the last 150 to be closed around December 2013. Our location was one of the most popular places in town to go even in its last few years. I remember going there in the summer of 2013 and the place was packed!
Netflix happened. Then streaming. People got sick of late fees, and going to Blockbuster just to find the movie they have been hoping to pick up was all rented out. Blockbuster tried to do the delivery thing, but it was too late, everyone already jumped ship.
Best story I heard was at a veterinary conference. Blockbuster found the town of Susanville, California which had a large population but no video stores nearby. So they put a store there to service the underserved populace. One problem - the population was mostly the inmates in the Susanville prison.
0:09 si se fijan verán q en ese segundo nace el único Blockbuster q aún existe :)
I saw the rise and fall of Blockbuster Video. I still get memories of renting out N64 game from Blockbuster from 1996 to 2007 (age 10 to 21). Netflix and Amazon Prime changed everything. 😢
1:45 and this is where the figures fall
I remember when going to BlockBuster was the highlight of my week. It was like going to the movies but less expensive. There were so many different people, there were families, groups of friends, couples… It was a scene. Remember when people were charged late fees & went to war with them on the counter? 😄
1:48 oh no OH NO
OH NOOOOOO
That’s sad in January 2005 that when Blockbuster Video is just starting to shut down
Wow! I Live in Oregon! I'm proud of our State again!!
and Terrible state because of Liberal. Good luck with your state
This store was my happy place when I was four and my dad took me there every now and then so we were both devastated when they went out of business but I was able to purchase some of the movies that were still available when they were going out of business and I still have them to this day and I keep passing the building it use to be in and I always feel a tear go down my face.
Texas (and surprisingly DFW) held out way longer than I expected
Headquarters were based in downtown Dallas. Could be a factor.
2004 was the peak for dvds/vhs, oh how it quickly faded :'(
Want to see this with gas stations.
In due time...
Gas stations will evolve into electric charging stations in the future
Cumberland Farms, 7/11, Circle K Irving, Nouria, Seasons, Hess, Speedway, and Citgo!
it will save thousands from food poisoning
I used to work for Blockbuster in the I.T. dept. Many bad decisions by executives is what killed Blockbuster. Think back when you went to Blockbuster, movies were available to rent for about 3 month before you had the option to buy them. You had a hard time getting a popular movie, because they always seem to be rented out. The stores were always packed. Then about the time that DVD's came out, the movie studios started making them available for purchase at the same time they were available for rental. So people started buying movies instead of renting. Why rent a movie, that you were eventually going to buy anyway, for $3.99 when you could buy it now for $14-$15. And you could buy movies a lot cheaper at Walmart, Target, Best Buy, etc. than you could at Blockbuster. So with the reduced rental market, they had to find ways to get people to continue renting. Let's get rid of late fees. Bad idea. Good if you are the consumer, but a bad business decision. They lost a ton of revenue with the end of late fees. Oh hey there is this new thing where you can order movies by mail and have them delivered to your house. Nah, not interested. That will never take off. Then after realizing they screwed up, Blockbuster started their own movie by mail service. Too late, you missed that boat. Then you outsource all of your I.T. dept to IBM. Now you don't have anyone in house to develop/work on new technology like streaming. Now by this time your closing stores, and your stock is in the toilet, and your just trying to figure out how to keep the company going. And I will, say they were a great company to work for. I have a lot of fond memories working there. The executives just made bad decisions