"Studio tentpoles" refers to highly anticipated or blockbuster movies that are expected to generate significant revenue and support the overall success of a film studio. Full definition
The Ryan Coogler - directed movie — unprecedented in being a big - budget studio tentpole featuring a virtually all - black cast — secured the fifth - biggest domestic opening of all time after blasting past all expectations. (hollywoodreporter.com)
He could have easily been leading big studio tentpoles at multiple points in his career, but time and time again he's opted instead to take challenging roles... (collider.com)
Saddled with a staggering amount of material (over 4,000 pages from the novels alone), Nikolaj Arcel's film attempts the unenviable task of wrangling the material through a double - barreled approach to screenwriting, including a streamlined script from Arcel, producer Akiva Goldsman, Jeff Pinkner, and Anders Thomas Jensen that results in the rare studio tentpole feature that clocks in under 100 minutes. (indiewire.com)