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movie industry

NOUN
show business
Synonyms
STRONGEST
entertainment industry show biz
WEAK
Broadway Hollywood TV industry footlights motion picture industry television industry the boards the bright lights the footlights the stage the theater theater theater world

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If it’s too easy to say that “Jaws” and “Star Wars” pushed the movie industry in a more commercial, risk-averse direction—the money pit of “Apocalypse Now” and other ambitious directorial follies helped—it’s also true.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

The movie industry is really hanging by a thread right now.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2026

Discovery on Friday accepted Netflix’s offer of $27.25 per share for the company’s studio and streaming arm, HBO Max, in a deal that would transform the television and movie industry if approved.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 8, 2025

But it is Hungary's flourishing one-billion-dollar-a-year movie industry that has been dubbed "Hollywood on the Danube" that could soon face the axe in the form of tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump.

From Barron's • Nov. 30, 2025

The reason may not be the greed of the movie industry in cashing in on the first film’s popularity, but simply another instance of regression to the mean.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos