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.

Examples of the big screen in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Wahlberg most recently appeared on the big screen in March's release Arthur the King. —

Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 5 June 2024 On the big screen, Gillies appeared in the Australian sci-fi film Occupation: Rainfall (2020) and led the 2021 thriller Coming Home in the Dark in his native New Zealand. —

Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 1 June 2024 Filmmakers and theaters have struggled to lure fans back to the big screen, with box-office receipts running about a third below earlier levels. —

Thomas Buckley, Fortune, 22 May 2024 But Fly Me to the Moon is his first project for the big screen since 2018’s Love, Simon. —

Ben Rosenstock, TIME, 21 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for the big screen

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