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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Meanwhile, Millie Bobby Brown and Chris Pratt’s big-budget Netflix original action movie The Electric State lands on March 14.
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Rebecca Schneid, TIME, 1 Mar. 2025
But there is also something in the shift to a broader big-budget canvas that persistently defeats him.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2025
As for the cast, Rao Hydari starred in last year’s big-budget Netflix series Heeramandi, while Tiwary lead cast for the streamer’s 2024 film Sikandar Ka Muqaddar.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 26 Feb. 2025
In what would be her last starring role in a big-budget studio film for quite some time, Moore is at her steely best as Jordan O’Neil, the first female to go through Navy SEAL training.
—Eddie Mouradian, Vulture, 24 Feb. 2025
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Rebecca Schneid, TIME, 1 Mar. 2025
But there is also something in the shift to a broader big-budget canvas that persistently defeats him.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2025
As for the cast, Rao Hydari starred in last year’s big-budget Netflix series Heeramandi, while Tiwary lead cast for the streamer’s 2024 film Sikandar Ka Muqaddar.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 26 Feb. 2025
In what would be her last starring role in a big-budget studio film for quite some time, Moore is at her steely best as Jordan O’Neil, the first female to go through Navy SEAL training.
—Eddie Mouradian, Vulture, 24 Feb. 2025
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“Big-budget.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/big-budget. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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