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: relating to movies or to the movie industry
She worked on the novel's big-screen adaptation.
Big-screen villains that resemble America's real-world enemies are as old as the movies themselves.—
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: having a large screen
a big-screen television
And in my experience testing big-screen phones …, it really is far more difficult to do anything on them one-handed, including typing.—John Gruber
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: the movie medium often as contrasted to television
a story adapted for the big screen
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Noun
many actors now take roles for both television and the big screen
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Josef Adalian, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
Aside from Erivo and Grande, Wicked's big-screen cast includes Jonathan Bailey as Fiyero, Jeff Goldblum as the Wizard, Marissa Bode as Nessarose, Bowen Yang as Pfannee, Keala Settle as Miss Coddle, Ethan Slater as Boq, Peter Dinklage as Dr. Dillamond and Michelle Yeoh as Madame Morrible.
—Tommy McArdle, People.com, 4 Nov. 2024
Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 31 Oct. 2024
Both chains reported a day after big screen theater tech giant Imax disclosed revenue of $91.5 million for the latest financial quarter, down 12 percent from the year-ago period when Oppenheimer made its run in theaters.
—Erik Hayden, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Oct. 2024
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Adjective
WandaVision heralded the era of MCU-set series influencing its big-screen stories; watching the show helped audiences understand what would happen in upcoming movies, and story lines and characters in the movies sprung directly from what happened on TV.
—Josef Adalian, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
Aside from Erivo and Grande, Wicked's big-screen cast includes Jonathan Bailey as Fiyero, Jeff Goldblum as the Wizard, Marissa Bode as Nessarose, Bowen Yang as Pfannee, Keala Settle as Miss Coddle, Ethan Slater as Boq, Peter Dinklage as Dr. Dillamond and Michelle Yeoh as Madame Morrible.
—Tommy McArdle, People.com, 4 Nov. 2024
Noun
This will be followed by Gunn’s big screen rendition of Superman on July 11, 2025.
DC’s HBO series The Penguin continues to break viewership records averaging 1.8 million U.S. cross-platform viewers, the drama’s strongest single-day performance for the overall series in the states on Oct. 20.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 31 Oct. 2024
Both chains reported a day after big screen theater tech giant Imax disclosed revenue of $91.5 million for the latest financial quarter, down 12 percent from the year-ago period when Oppenheimer made its run in theaters.
—Erik Hayden, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Big-screen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/big-screen. Accessed 20 Nov. 2024.
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