bankable

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Robert Redford became a bankable leading man in 1969, when “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,” about a pair of outlaws on the lam, turned him into a paragon of the movie star.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025

So the creative team instead relied on other selling points — namely, a hit filmmaker and a bankable star.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2025

Gene Hackman, who has died aged 95, was once described as having the face of a truck driver, but became one of Hollywood's most bankable stars.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 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

At all events make it bankable, and add the interest for six months.

From Our World, Or, the Slaveholder's Daughter by Adams, F. Colburn (Francis Colburn)