blockbuster

A high-explosive bomb used for the purposes of demolishing extensive areas, such as a city block.

Something, such as a film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales, as opposed to a box office bomb.

He was watching the blockbuster film series Harry Potter.

Something, especially an event or a film, book or other creative work, that is intended to achieve high sales (perhaps indicated by large budgets or high advertising spending) or that is conceived on a large or epic scale

"General William Booth Enters into Heaven" is lusty, a blockbuster conception.

The report noted that 'an increasing public appetite for large "blockbuster" musicals is a firmly established feature of London’s West End theatre scene'.

Anything very large or powerful; a whopper.

“How nice," she responded to his invitation, “but I've got a blockbuster of a headache. I'm paying for last night. Call me tomorrow, will you?"

Many—such as plants' relationships with mycorrhizal fungi—have been blockbuster moments in the history of life, with world-changing consequences.

A large firework of the firecracker type; an M-80.