high-budget
Well-funded project type
High-budget describes productions, projects, or endeavors with substantial financial backing.
The term appears most often in entertainment—a high-budget Hollywood blockbuster—but extends to any undertaking where significant money has been allocated: a high-budget marketing campaign.
High-budget implies professional polish, elaborate execution, or expensive resources, though not necessarily quality results.
High in price
- expensiveCosting much money
- big-ticketCosting considerable money
- bankrolledProvided money for
- investmentDeploying capital for returns
capital · backers · investors · greenlit · overbudget · returns · profitability · break-even
Ostentatiously wealthy
- sumptuousSplendidly rich and costly
- lavishAbundant beyond necessity
- extravagantExceeding sensible bounds
- grandiosePretentiously impressive in scale
ornate · palatial · magnificent · splendid · glamorous · luxurious · decadent · gilded
Enormously successful entertainment property
- franchiseLicensed business operation
- sequelContinuation of prior work
- tentpoleCentral shelter support
- studioCreative professional's workspace
star-studded · action-packed · superhero · box-office · megahit · spectacle · premiere · A-list
Complex and detailed
- large-scaleOf great size
- ambitiousStrongly desiring achievement
- state-of-the-artMost technologically advanced available
- cutting-edgeAt innovation's forefront
sweeping · epic · set-design · post-production · soundstage · on-location · world-building · visual-effects
Academy's golden award
- auteurDirector with total control
- cinematographyMotion picture visual craft
- screenplayFilm's written blueprint
- CannesFrench Riviera resort city
Venice · nomination · red-carpet · art-house · BAFTA · biopic · showrunner · HBO
costly
High in price
- expensiveCosting much money
- big-ticketCosting considerable money
- bankrolledProvided money for
investment · capital · backers · investors · greenlit · overbudget · returns · profitability · break-even
opulent
Ostentatiously wealthy
- sumptuousSplendidly rich and costly
- lavishAbundant beyond necessity
- extravagantExceeding sensible bounds
grandiose · ornate · palatial · magnificent · splendid · glamorous · luxurious · decadent · gilded · resplendent
blockbuster
Enormously successful entertainment property
studio · star-studded · action-packed · superhero · box-office · megahit · spectacle · premiere · A-list · mainstream
elaborate
Complex and detailed
- large-scaleOf great size
- ambitiousStrongly desiring achievement
- state-of-the-artMost technologically advanced available
cutting-edge · sweeping · epic · set-design · post-production · soundstage · on-location · world-building · visual-effects · motion-capture
Oscar
Academy's golden award
- auteurDirector with total control
- cinematographyMotion picture visual craft
- screenplayFilm's written blueprint
Cannes · Venice · nomination · red-carpet · art-house · BAFTA · biopic · showrunner · HBO
high-budgetlow-budget
Costing relatively little
shoestring · micro-budget · low-cost · cheap · bargain-basement
high-budgetlow-budget
Costing relatively little
indie · guerrilla · DIY · bare-bones · small-scale
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