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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Over the past 29 years, the Mission: Impossible series has become the gold standard for big-budget action films, but that wasn’t easy to foresee when the series began.
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Keith Phipps, Vulture, 23 May 2025
For the cinephile who desires a reprieve from big-budget Hollywood movies, check out this charming French rom-com written and directed by promising filmmaker Laura Piani.
—Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 22 May 2025
Kim recently lost his last remaining endorsement deals — including one with Prada — and the release of his next big-budget drama series, Knock-Off, has been put on indefinite hold by Disney+.
—Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 21 May 2025
That's in stark contrast to another recent big-budget, mainstream strategy game release (Civilization VII), which offered robust onboarding tutorials but also had a user interface that at times failed completely to indicate to players what their choices meant.
—ArsTechnica, 19 May 2025
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Keith Phipps, Vulture, 23 May 2025
For the cinephile who desires a reprieve from big-budget Hollywood movies, check out this charming French rom-com written and directed by promising filmmaker Laura Piani.
—Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 22 May 2025
Kim recently lost his last remaining endorsement deals — including one with Prada — and the release of his next big-budget drama series, Knock-Off, has been put on indefinite hold by Disney+.
—Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 21 May 2025
That's in stark contrast to another recent big-budget, mainstream strategy game release (Civilization VII), which offered robust onboarding tutorials but also had a user interface that at times failed completely to indicate to players what their choices meant.
—ArsTechnica, 19 May 2025
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“Big-budget.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/big-budget. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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