Free Blockbuster

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Free Blockbuster
Founded2018 (2018)
Founder Brian A Morrison
Headquarters Hollywood, California
Website freeblockbuster.org

Free Blockbuster is an initiative that promotes neighborhood movie exchanges. The initiative was started in 2019 by film enthusiasts in Los Angeles, including Brian A Morrison, a former Blockbuster employee who opened the first site outside of a grocery store in Los Feliz, Los Angeles. [1] [2] Free Blockbuster stands were later installed on the east coast of the United States the following year starting with Richmond, Virginia. [3] Further adoption occurred in the Philadelphia region, with the site in Fishtown becoming the eighteenth Free Blockbuster box installed in the country by November 2020. [1] There are over 200 Free Blockbuster Boxes across the United States as of 2024. [2]

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Typically, Free Blockbuster boxes are made by upcycling abandoned newspaper distribution boxes. [4] They use the brand name Blockbuster on the kiosks which feature a Blockbuster logo downloadable from the Free BlockBuster website. [2] [1] Some inspiration was taken from Little Free Library in developing the initiative. [1]

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  1. 1 2 3 4 Farr, Stephanie (November 19, 2020). "Free Blockbusters, with everything you'd find at a real Blockbuster, are now in Fishtown and Delco". www.inquirer.com. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 Vaziri, Aidin (March 26, 2024). "Bay Area Free Blockbuster kiosks encourage users to 'take a movie, leave a movie'". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved August 26, 2024.
  3. ↑ "'Free Blockbuster' fosters local movie exchange". commonwealthtimes.org. April 21, 2021. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
  4. ↑ Bartkowiak Jr, Dave (April 12, 2021). "Free Blockbuster take-it-or-leave-it libraries pop up in Metro Detroit". clickondetroit.com. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
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