low-budget

phrase

: involving a small amount of money : involving a relatively small cost
a low-budget movie

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The low-budget feature will mark Just’s directorial debut, and be the second in the new Dogma25 slate of ambitious arthouse features from producer Zentropa. — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2026 Curry Barker’s microbudget horror Obsession and Kane Parsons’ low-budget psychological thriller Backrooms took a combined near $1 billion from cinemas worldwide. — Diana Lodderhose, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2026 Horror is always lucrative, but has been especially potent this year, with the monumental successes of low-budget films like Obsession and Backrooms. — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Oct. 2026 Directed by Linklater, the low-budget drama was built around three characters confined to a motel room. — Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 3 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for low-budget

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“Low-budget.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/low-budget. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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