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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For the Love of the Game (1999) Sam Raimi was quite the versatile filmmaker, directing everything from low-budget horror to big-budget action to everything in between—including this part-baseball, part-romance.
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Travis Bean, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
The region and its gothic folklore are often explored in TV and film, but rarely seen in big-budget games.
—Sarah Thwaites, Rolling Stone, 3 Apr. 2025
Hot on the heels of the release of Netflix’s big-budget sci-fi pic The Electric State from Netflix, Chris Pratt turned up in Las Vegas to talk up his next film Mercy and beg for some from the CinemaCon crowd.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 2 Apr. 2025
One of the core appeals of a games subscription service is the opportunity to bounce between big-budget megatons and offbeat relics on the same machine.
—Luke Winkie, Vulture, 1 Apr. 2025
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Travis Bean, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
The region and its gothic folklore are often explored in TV and film, but rarely seen in big-budget games.
—Sarah Thwaites, Rolling Stone, 3 Apr. 2025
Hot on the heels of the release of Netflix’s big-budget sci-fi pic The Electric State from Netflix, Chris Pratt turned up in Las Vegas to talk up his next film Mercy and beg for some from the CinemaCon crowd.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 2 Apr. 2025
One of the core appeals of a games subscription service is the opportunity to bounce between big-budget megatons and offbeat relics on the same machine.
—Luke Winkie, Vulture, 1 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for big-budget
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“Big-budget.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/big-budget. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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