Hollywood Entertainment Corp. (Nasdaq: HLYW),[1] more commonly known as Hollywood Video, was a home video and video game rental shop company started in 1988. The chain was the largest direct competitor to Blockbuster Video until it was purchased by Movie Gallery in 2005.[2]
Hollywood Video ceased operations in May 2010, when Movie Gallery, its parent company, declared Chapter 7 bankruptcy.[3] Its last US store closed on July 31, 2010, whereas the last official one in Canada closed on August 8 of that year.
In October 2011, the HollywoodVideo.com site had been relaunched as a blog. While the website remains active, the last entry was made in October 2014.
