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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The Upside Down is coming to the big screen.
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Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
West’s upcoming movie is not the only adaptation of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol to hit the big screen; in June, Deadline reported that Robert Eggers and Willem Dafoe, director and star of Nosferatu, are also taking the classic ghost story in a horror direction.
—Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
Stranger Things is headed to the big screen, a move series creators Matt and Ross Duffer have long fought for.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Oct. 2025
The upcoming Stranger Things 5 finale will be available to watch on the big screen.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2025
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Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
West’s upcoming movie is not the only adaptation of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol to hit the big screen; in June, Deadline reported that Robert Eggers and Willem Dafoe, director and star of Nosferatu, are also taking the classic ghost story in a horror direction.
—Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
Stranger Things is headed to the big screen, a move series creators Matt and Ross Duffer have long fought for.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Oct. 2025
The upcoming Stranger Things 5 finale will be available to watch on the big screen.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 23 Oct. 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 30 Oct. 2025.
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