megahit

[meg-uh-hit]

noun

an enterprise, as a movie, that is outstandingly successful.

Origin of megahit

First recorded in 1980–85

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Another song that almost never came to be for the same reason was the megahit ballad “Hero.”
Speed Read: Juiciest Bits From the Tommy Mottola Memoir ‘Hitmaker’
Kevin Fallon
January 31, 2013