Blockbuster
also referred to as: blockbuster video
4 statements across 2 episodes · 1 bullish · 2 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Feb 9, 2026 by Reed Hastings · said 19 times in 6 episodes since 2018 · across every show →
Mentions by year
brought up most by Guy Raz (11), Katrina Lake (5), Antonio Swad (2)
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2026 11 mentions in 2 episodes 6 per episode
2025 1 mention in 1 episode
2022 1 mention in 1 episode
2021 1 mention in 1 episode
2018 5 mentions in 1 episode
Everything said about Blockbuster, oldest first
Feb 9, 2026
Feb 9, 2026 bearish
Hastings: Taking 20% of store revenue guaranteed Blockbuster's retail collapse
“You take away 20% of the revenue from every store, and that takes away the profit, right? And our customer base was highly distributed, you know, across the U.S., So, we knew that if we got to a certain size that it was like, you know, a billion, it was very p…”
Feb 9, 2026 negative
Hastings: Blockbuster’s 'late fee' branding was a major marketing failure
“And their marketing was poor, so it got named as a late fee, like you're supposed to, that's, you know, like it's a moral issue. And it should have been, if they had just gotten to be called a double rental or an extended rental.”
Apr 6, 2026 positive
Wingstop acquired early customers by handing out samples to neighboring Blockbuster patrons
“Yeah, I thought that they would, it was a great food to go with movies, and I had people coming on the lot already, and that's why we sampled to them, you know, and a lot of our customers were developed from that, you know, and eventually, you know, Blockbuste…”