the movies

plural noun

chiefly US
1
: a showing of a movie in a theater
We are going to the movies tonight.
also : a movie theater
What's (playing/showing) at the movies?
2
: the business of making movies : the film industry
He wants to work in the movies.

Examples of the movies in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web There’s no point to doing any of this if people aren’t going to see the movies and care about the movies. Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2024 From returning favorites to brand new adventures, 2024 is shaping up to be a big year for family fun at the movies. Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 5 Feb. 2024 Grogu goes to the movies Lucasfilm this week announced that the next Star Wars movie will be titled The Mandalorian & Grogu, as the Disney+ series makes the jump to theaters. Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Jan. 2024 For the second straight year, each screening comes with an exclusive, insightful introduction by Leonard Maltin, who knows a thing or two about the movies. Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Dec. 2023 In the movies, there are the origin stories of Darth Vader and the Joker. WIRED, 17 Nov. 2023 These are the movies that get the recipe just right. Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 27 Oct. 2023 My company Original Film did the movies, too, and so Rob Letterman, who directed the first movie, created this show and directed the first episode and he’s got a long history with R.L. Stein. Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Oct. 2023 Neither the aftereffects of the COVID-19 pandemic nor the huge popularity of streaming films from home has dampened Friedenberg’s optimism about the future of going to the movies. David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Oct. 2023

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“The movies.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20movies. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

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