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Blockbuster Could Have Bought Netflix for $50 Million. Here's What It's Worth Now
Oct 18, 2026
In 2000, Netflix's founders offered to sell the company to Blockbuster for $50 million. Blockbuster passed. Ten years later Blockbuster filed for bankruptcy; in 2025 Netflix brought in $45 billion in revenue. Here is the story in numbers, and what that $50 million would be worth today.
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