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Recent Examples of sleeper
The first film achieved sleeper hit-status with $180 million worldwide.
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Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 29 June 2025
So many best-sellers are marked down; droves of shoppers are grabbing these bed sheets that reviewers say are great for hot sleepers, as well as this Levoit air purifier that tackles airborne allergens, pollutants, and unwanted odors with ease.
—Clara McMahon, People.com, 5 July 2025
The extra 4 ounces for the Sea to Summit pad gets you quite a bit more cushion too—this is a 4-inch thick pad, compared to the 3 inches of the Therm-a-rest X-Lite, which makes this a better ultralight option for side sleepers.
—Scott Gilbertson, Wired News, 5 July 2025
Magnolia doesn’t often release this wide with its last big push being Thelma last summer, the June Squibb-starrer acquired out of Sundance that became a sleeper hit.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 3 July 2025
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Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 29 June 2025
So many best-sellers are marked down; droves of shoppers are grabbing these bed sheets that reviewers say are great for hot sleepers, as well as this Levoit air purifier that tackles airborne allergens, pollutants, and unwanted odors with ease.
—Clara McMahon, People.com, 5 July 2025
The extra 4 ounces for the Sea to Summit pad gets you quite a bit more cushion too—this is a 4-inch thick pad, compared to the 3 inches of the Therm-a-rest X-Lite, which makes this a better ultralight option for side sleepers.
—Scott Gilbertson, Wired News, 5 July 2025
Magnolia doesn’t often release this wide with its last big push being Thelma last summer, the June Squibb-starrer acquired out of Sundance that became a sleeper hit.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 3 July 2025
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“Sleeper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sleeper. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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