tentpole movie | Idiomator

Meaning: (US,idiomatic,film)A majormotion picturewhich is expensive to produce but expected to generate significantrevenuefor itsstudioandinvestors.1995August 11, Steve Persall, “Critic's Notebook: Previews whet our cinematic appetites”, inSt. Petersburg Times, page 6:United Artists hasn't prospered in recent years, so a box office hit from itstentpole moviefranchise is essential.2005December 3,Todd McCarthy, “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe”, inVariety, retrieved28 September 2012:Just coincidentally, it also provides the opportunity for the sorts of extravagant computerized effects that createtentpole movieattractions these days.2007May 25, “The 1997 Summer Movie Review”, inWashington Times, retrieved28 September 2012:Thetentpole movieis an attraction popular and exploitable enough to prop up the entire moviegoing tent for several weeks or even months.2009April 1,Brian Stelter, “Piracy Puts Film Online One Month Before Open”, inNew York Times, retrieved28 September 2012:“We've never seen a high-profile film—a film of this budget, atentpole moviewith this box office potential—leak in any form this early,” he said.2012February 14, “Guillermo del Toro to direct Emma Watson in “Beauty and the Beast””, inIFC, retrieved28 September 2012:Varietyis reporting that del Toro will direct the flick with Watson cast as its titular Beauty. . . . So we’re thinking bigtentpole movieversus introverted indie.

Examples:

EN: It's an action film, it's a tentpole movie, so they tend to be more wall-to-wall.
ES: Es una película de acción, es una película de terror, por lo que tienden a ser más de pared a pared.
EN: Another movie that kind of just highlighted that horror could be just as much fun as any kind of other rollercoaster tentpole movie you were seeing at the time like Indiana Jones or something.
ES: Otra película que remarcaba que el terror podía ser tan divertido como cualquier otra película de "montaña rusa" que se estaban viendo en ese momento, como Indiana Jones, o algo así.

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