Blockbuster stock

Blockbuster (BBI): filed for bankruptcy 23 Sep 2010. Peak price $30.25 a share (Q2 2002). Final price $0.00 a share (23 Sep 2010). Blockbuster and the other defunct companies are on one page, each with its dates, prices and sources.

Key dates and prices

What happened

Blockbuster opened its first store in Dallas on Oct 26, 1985.

Its chain peaked at 9,100 stores in 2004.

In 2000 it collected nearly $800 million in late fees, 16 percent of its revenue.

By its 2010 bankruptcy its market value had fallen to about $12 million, from $4 billion eight years earlier.

It filed for Chapter 11 on Sep 23, 2010, listing assets of $1.02 billion and debt of $1.46 billion.

Common stockholders got nothing in the bankruptcy.

DISH Network bought most of Blockbuster's assets, including the Blockbuster name, in a sale that closed on Apr 26, 2011, for a net purchase price of $234 million.

The old parent became BB Liquidating Inc.; its shares traded as BLOAQ and BLOBQ and never became DISH shares.

A store in Bend, Oregon calls itself the world's last remaining Blockbuster.

Cause: Lost out to Netflix, Redbox. Rewound for the last time, 2010.

What was the ticker symbol for Blockbuster stock?

Blockbuster traded under the ticker BBI. Blockbuster: filed for bankruptcy 23 Sep 2010.

What was the peak price of Blockbuster stock?

The peak price was $30.25 a share, in Q2 2002. Share basis: Class A common stock (BBI); no splits after the Aug 1999 IPO.

What was the final price of Blockbuster stock?

The final price was $0.00 a share, on 23 Sep 2010 (shareholders wiped out in bankruptcy). Blockbuster: filed for bankruptcy 23 Sep 2010.

Checked 27 September 2026. History, not advice.

Sources: techcrunch.com, sec.gov, techcrunch.com, nbcnews.com, foxnews.com, sec.gov, sec.gov, sec.gov