big-budget
idiom
: involving a lot of money : involving a relatively large cost
a big-budget movie
a big-budget economic forecast
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Universal’s big-budget musical has generated $177 million in North America and $250 million globally after five days of release.
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Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 26 Nov. 2025
Do your memories from your smaller projects recur more often than the big-budget work?
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 25 Nov. 2025
Jerry Weintraub was Frank Sinatra’s manager, as well as a major Hollywood producer making big-budget movies.
—Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2025
The ever-avid Scorsese managed to shoot and edit one film (The Last Waltz) during a short production break from another big-budget film, New York, New York.
—Peter Bart, Deadline, 6 Nov. 2025
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Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 26 Nov. 2025
Do your memories from your smaller projects recur more often than the big-budget work?
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 25 Nov. 2025
Jerry Weintraub was Frank Sinatra’s manager, as well as a major Hollywood producer making big-budget movies.
—Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2025
The ever-avid Scorsese managed to shoot and edit one film (The Last Waltz) during a short production break from another big-budget film, New York, New York.
—Peter Bart, Deadline, 6 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for big-budget
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“Big-budget.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/big-budget. Accessed 5 Dec. 2025.
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