How to Use megahit in a Sentence

megahit

noun
  • His latest movie was a megahit.
  • And the series was a megahit right out of the gate.
    — Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 24 June 2026
  • Yazbek didn’t grow up dreaming of writing the next Broadway megahit.
    — Rebecca Milzoff, Billboard, 2 Nov. 2017
  • Production on the last run of the megahit series is roughly halfway done.
    — Joe Otterson, Variety, 16 July 2024
  • Sony’s studios growing from small to megahit producers took a decade, in some instances.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 11 Apr. 2021
  • The company knows these won't be a megahit, and a spokesperson says that's OK.
    — Arielle Pardes, WIRED, 13 Aug. 2019
  • News of a show based on the megahit book series first leaked on April 3, but details have now been confirmed.
    — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 12 Apr. 2023
  • So, any chance for a Southland revival if this turns into a Netflix megahit?
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 17 Jan. 2026
  • That its concept and gameplay are the kind of thing that launched the megahit Apex Legends, and all doubts will melt away.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Ballerini took the stage solo, singing from a couch before Kahan launched into his megahit amidst tall grass.
    — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 16 May 2024
  • Starlight Theatre Elice argues that the stories, as well as the music, carry the megahit shows.
    — Kate Miller, kansascity, 21 June 2017
  • The Kansas City summer theater scene has gone retro with a spate of megahit jukebox musicals.
    — Kate Miller, kansascity, 21 June 2017
  • From his home in Northeast London, Rowland tells us the whole story behind the beloved megahit.
    — Liza Lentini, Spin, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Where will PopCap Games’ megahit puzzle game Bejeweled pop up next?
    — Earnest Cavalli, WIRED, 19 Sep. 2008
  • Guards in ‘Squid Game,’ which has become an unexpected megahit for Netflix.
    — Timothy W. Martin, WSJ, 6 Oct. 2021
  • The megahits of 2024 were inseparable from their back stories.
    — Jon Pareles, New York Times, 28 Dec. 2024
  • Guests clamored for selfies with Peacock’s megahit stars and asked for insights about the shocking finale that brought in huge viewership.
    — Elizabeth Taylor, Variety, 11 Mar. 2024
  • Even flops refine algorithms, fueling megahits like Stranger Things and Squid Game.
    — Jessica Mendoza, Forbes.com, 1 Apr. 2025
  • The Last of Us is the storied channel’s latest breakout megahit, here’s a fun new bit of data to join its rave reviews and high premiere numbers.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2023
  • The Disney megahit, which has surpassed $1 billion at the global box office, features a black king of a highly-advanced African kingdom.
    — Kevin Rector, baltimoresun.com, 13 Mar. 2018
  • So true—both for this megahit’s return to Broadway and for its single-mom heroine, Donna (Christine Sherrill).
    — Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
  • As stops continue to pop up nationwide and videos from past nights circulate online, the party has emerged as one of the clearest examples of the megahit’s expansion beyond the screen.
    — Holly Alvarado, Oc Register, 22 Jan. 2026
  • The megahit Paramount Network show will resume production on the final episodes of its fifth and final season in late spring 2024.
    — Joe Otterson, Variety, 16 Nov. 2023
  • The stakes of the episode become dire as Friday fights for survival against time, human nature, and the Black-and-white aesthetics of a 1930’s megahit.
    — Malik Peay, Essence, 17 Apr. 2025
  • Grammy Award-winning songwriter Brett James, famous for his megahit Jesus, Take the Wheel, has died in a plane crash.
    — Jordan King shane Croucher john Feng, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Netflix’s megahit miniseries, His and Hers, has spent almost three weeks on the top of its top 10 list, almost the entirety of 2026 so far.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
  • The two best friends — who met while working on Nickelodeon’s megahit Blue’s Clues, which Johnson created in 1996 — couldn’t make sense of it.
    — Julian Sancton, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Aug. 2024
  • Yes, there are all-time megahits like The Blair Witch Project and Paranormal Activity, which made hundreds of millions.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
  • After Netflix picked up You from Lifetime in 2018, the show about a murderous psychopath became a megahit and spawned three more seasons.
    — Jihane Bousfiha, Men's Health, 20 Jan. 2023
  • The documentary is currently #1 on Netflix’s Top 10 list, ahead of Hostage and megahit Wednesday.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025

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