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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Heading into the weekend, the big-budget event pic had been tracking to open to $40 million to $45 million domestically (at one point, $50 million was even a possibility) against a hefty net production budget of $180 million after tens of millions in tax breaks and production incentives. Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 12 Oct. 2025 This doesn't just apply to space games, of course; from Expedition 33 to Blue Prince, the indie scene has been showing up in big-budget gaming for a good while now. Alan Bradley, Space.com, 7 Oct. 2025 This was the last time Leo would try to headline a big-budget movie still looking like the pretty boy of Titanic; after this, his next four films were for either Martin Scorsese or Steven Spielberg. Tim Grierson, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025 Ho also found this approach a welcome break from developing a big-budget sci-fi project. Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 20 Sep. 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 18 Oct. 2025.

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