the big screen

noun phrase

: movies and the movie industry especially when they are being compared to television
She was a star of the big screen.
The television show was adapted for the big screen.

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Prada is putting more money toward the big screen in support of independent cinema. Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 14 May 2025 Focus Features has locked in a release date for Anemone, its film bringing three-time Oscar winner Daniel Day-Lewis back to the big screen for the first time since Paul Thomas Anderson’s Phantom Thread in 2017. Matt Grobar, Deadline, 13 May 2025 Nobody 2 will bring Odenkirk’s Hutch Mansell — and his bruised, bloodied knuckles — back to the big screen on Aug. 15. Jack Smart, People.com, 13 May 2025 Adapted for the big screen by Craig and Carter Blanchard, Clown in a Cornfield follows teenager Quinn Maybrook (Katie Douglas) and her doctor fatherm Glenn (Aaron Abrams), who move to the farming community of Kettle Springs, Mo., to get a fresh start following the death of Quinn’s mother. Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 11 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for the big screen

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“The big screen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20big%20screen. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

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