box office
noun
1
a
: an office (as in a theater) where tickets of admission are sold
b
: income from ticket sales (as for a film)
2
: the ability (as of a show) to attract ticket buyers
also
: something that enhances that ability
any publicity is good box office
Examples of box office in a Sentence
The box office will open at 10:00 a.m.
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In addition, Variety reported, Juror #2 made $5 million from 1,348 theaters at the international box office.
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Tim Lammers, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Big-budget titles released in 2016, 2018 and 2022 generated little heat at the global box office.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 5 Nov. 2024
But with Rain, Mongolian Horse and Fishbone all awaiting a domestic theater release, Qiu, for one, remains unconvinced that festival praise will lead to box office back home.
—Mathew Scott, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Nov. 2024
Although some international arthouse titles were performing surprisingly well at the China box office before the pandemic, the market has skewed towards local productions in recent years, with even some Hollywood films struggling to break through.
—Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2024
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Tim Lammers, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Big-budget titles released in 2016, 2018 and 2022 generated little heat at the global box office.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 5 Nov. 2024
But with Rain, Mongolian Horse and Fishbone all awaiting a domestic theater release, Qiu, for one, remains unconvinced that festival praise will lead to box office back home.
—Mathew Scott, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Nov. 2024
Although some international arthouse titles were performing surprisingly well at the China box office before the pandemic, the market has skewed towards local productions in recent years, with even some Hollywood films struggling to break through.
—Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Box office.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/box%20office. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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