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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An always bustling event threatened to spill over into febrile territory as an agitated world tried to make sense of the moment up on the big screen.
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Thomas Page, CNN Money, 24 May 2025
But the core of the film begins with something both horrible and commonplace that often isn’t portrayed on the big screen: Caretaking for a dying relative.
—William Earl, Variety, 23 May 2025
Starring John Krasinski and Natalie Portman as estranged siblings reuniting to search for the mythological spring, the film is the sort of mindless, glossy entertainment tailor-made for streaming, even if its large-scale action sequences and exciting locations would look great on the big screen.
—Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2025
If a spend-y, widely appealing feature like this (with big movie stars and a big name director to boot) can’t make the jump to the big screen, what can?
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 22 May 2025
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Thomas Page, CNN Money, 24 May 2025
But the core of the film begins with something both horrible and commonplace that often isn’t portrayed on the big screen: Caretaking for a dying relative.
—William Earl, Variety, 23 May 2025
Starring John Krasinski and Natalie Portman as estranged siblings reuniting to search for the mythological spring, the film is the sort of mindless, glossy entertainment tailor-made for streaming, even if its large-scale action sequences and exciting locations would look great on the big screen.
—Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2025
If a spend-y, widely appealing feature like this (with big movie stars and a big name director to boot) can’t make the jump to the big screen, what can?
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 22 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for the big screen
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“The big screen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20big%20screen. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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