At the height of its popularity, there were 9,000 Blockbuster stores. A movie fan seeing that familiar Blockbuster logo – a vibrant blue and sunny yellow movie ticket stub ripped on one side – knew they were in for a night of movie magic.
“Blockbuster was the social meeting place of every little town,” says Jay Carlson, a VHS expert with Heritage Auctions. “On Saturday night you bumped into all of your friends and their families renting tapes. It was something that everyone was doing.”