the big screen
noun [S]Definition
› films that are shown in cinemas: He will soon be returning to the big screen for his first movie since 1990.Types of film, play, book etc.Cinema - general words big-screen adjective [before noun] › Her first big-screen success was in the movie "Rosemary's Baby".Types of film, play, book etc.Cinema - general words
(Definition of the big screen noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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