bankable

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Studio executives and theater operators chalk up the improved prospects to several factors, including a better and more plentiful crop of bankable movies that are giving consumers more reason to trek to the multiplex.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

For decades, it was one of the most bankable brands in food.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

The 55-year-old is seen as one of the most talented and bankable actresses in film, but she has indicated several times in recent years that she's keen to break away from the big screen.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2025

Concurrently, movies focused on white stories to avoid anti-miscegenation laws, not to mention white performers were seen as more bankable, especially to white audiences.

From Salon • Dec. 5, 2024

Many merchants even keep a saucer of black sand in readiness to dilute their bankable gold to the utmost thinness it will bear.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866 by Various