big-budget
idiom
: involving a lot of money : involving a relatively large cost
a big-budget movie
a big-budget economic forecast
Examples of big-budget in a Sentence
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Director Gary Winick had never made a movie for more than $150,000 when Garner hand-picked him to direct a big-budget studio rom-com.
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Keaton Bell, Vogue, 19 Apr. 2024
A number of big-budget titles—including Halo, Tomb Raider, and Final Fantasy—have recently traded their own engines for Unreal.
—Anna Wiener, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
Theater owners urged studio executives at CinemaCon to put more films in theaters — and not just big-budget tent poles timed for summer movie season and holiday weekends.
—Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2024
Popular on Variety The crowd of theater operators gave the big-budget film an enthusiastic thumbs up, but will audiences?
—Brent Lang, Variety, 11 Apr. 2024
But that's just the beginning of their story, which will be told over two big-budget musical films.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 11 Apr. 2024
If nothing else, Amazon’s big-budget take on the popular Fallout franchise functions as a TV series.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 10 Apr. 2024
Regardless, Dead Reckoning is the apotheosis of the big-budget spy blockbuster.
—Dennis Perkins, EW.com, 5 Apr. 2024
Think about how a big-budget movie might cover the eclipse.
—Douglas Goodwin, The Conversation, 1 Apr. 2024
Keaton Bell, Vogue, 19 Apr. 2024
A number of big-budget titles—including Halo, Tomb Raider, and Final Fantasy—have recently traded their own engines for Unreal.
—Anna Wiener, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
Theater owners urged studio executives at CinemaCon to put more films in theaters — and not just big-budget tent poles timed for summer movie season and holiday weekends.
—Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2024
Popular on Variety The crowd of theater operators gave the big-budget film an enthusiastic thumbs up, but will audiences?
—Brent Lang, Variety, 11 Apr. 2024
But that's just the beginning of their story, which will be told over two big-budget musical films.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 11 Apr. 2024
If nothing else, Amazon’s big-budget take on the popular Fallout franchise functions as a TV series.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 10 Apr. 2024
Regardless, Dead Reckoning is the apotheosis of the big-budget spy blockbuster.
—Dennis Perkins, EW.com, 5 Apr. 2024
Think about how a big-budget movie might cover the eclipse.
—Douglas Goodwin, The Conversation, 1 Apr. 2024
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