Although I even got teary-eyed with the very tender words of your source... 

my source says as follows:

"Firsts:  
Record-breaking financial success Jaws introduce the term "blockbuster." *

*Kinn, Gail and Piazza, Jim;   The Academy Awards:  The Complete History of Oscar; Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, NY, New York pg. 203. 

Thank you, thank you very much...