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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Angel Reese is taking her talents to the big screen.
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Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 4 Sep. 2025
And Sophie Turner, who entered negotiations last November after testing for Lara Croft, is confirmed for the high-profile role previously played on the big screen by Angelina Jolie and Alicia Vikander.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2025
Many in Hollywood were dubious as to whether Universal and Amblin could reboot the Jurassic franchise for a third time, and birth a new trilogy more than three decades after Steven Spielberg’s dinos first stomped onto the big screen in 1993’s Jurassic Park.
—Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
The conversation started when Barrymore, who began hosting daytime TV's The Drew Barrymore Show in 2020, was asked which actor could lure her back to the big screen.
—Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2025
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Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 4 Sep. 2025
And Sophie Turner, who entered negotiations last November after testing for Lara Croft, is confirmed for the high-profile role previously played on the big screen by Angelina Jolie and Alicia Vikander.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2025
Many in Hollywood were dubious as to whether Universal and Amblin could reboot the Jurassic franchise for a third time, and birth a new trilogy more than three decades after Steven Spielberg’s dinos first stomped onto the big screen in 1993’s Jurassic Park.
—Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
The conversation started when Barrymore, who began hosting daytime TV's The Drew Barrymore Show in 2020, was asked which actor could lure her back to the big screen.
—Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 1 Sep. 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 9 Sep. 2025.
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