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

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

Organising concerts is tough, as they often incur losses, so when the opportunity arises, bankable performers are exploited for profits.

From BBC • Sep. 28, 2024

The trader, in receiving our money, complains if it does not approximate what is bankable, but in paying us his money pours out a combination in which black sand is a predominating ingredient.

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