tentpole

noun

tent·pole ˈtent-ˌpōl

: a big-budget movie whose earnings are expected to compensate the studio for its less profitable movies

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Bleacher Report will also be able to access NFL tentpole events for content capture, including the Super Bowl, the NFL Draft, and the NFL Scouting Combine. —

Sara Fischer, Axios, 16 Jan. 2025 To mitigate this risk, Disney also needed what is known in the movie industry as a tentpole, a big-budget movie which makes enough income to compensate a studio for its less profitable productions. —

Caroline Reid, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025 What will lead at next weekend's box office is anyone's guess, as the upcoming slate of Friday premieres doesn't contain any obvious tentpoles of the Mufasa or Sonic stripe. —

Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 12 Jan. 2025 And the major studios and streamers have already begun returning north to shoot originals, whether big budget tentpoles or small indie films, albeit on tighter budgets than the pre-strike boom time. —

Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for tentpole