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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Not only does the song-and-dance film carry a $150 million budget, but the second half of the two-part story (which cost an additional $150 million) is arriving on the big screen in 2025. —

Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 19 Nov. 2024 After years of bringing Broadway audiences to Oz, Wicked the musical is finally defying gravity on the big screen. —

Jack Smart, People.com, 19 Nov. 2024 Three attempts to capture author James Patterson’s massive Alex Cross thriller franchise flopped on the big screen. —

Ronda Racha Penrice, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024 According to Smokefree Media, an organization that tracks smoking on the big screen, more than 30 films released this year feature smoking. —

Hikmat Mohammed, WWD, 5 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for the big screen

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