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

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

The 55-year-old is seen as one of the most talented and bankable actresses in film, but she has indicated several times in recent years that she's keen to break away from the big screen.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 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

These are all paid in full once a fortnight in bankable money.

From The Impending Crisis of the South How to Meet It by Helper, Hinton Rowan