How to Use box office in a Sentence

box office

noun
Definition of box officenext
  • The box office will open at 10:00 a.m.
  • Some big hitters are on the way in the home stretch of the 2024 box office.
    — Lindsey Bahr, Chicago Tribune, 15 Dec. 2024
  • That could give the movie one last big push at the box office.
    — Chris Smith, BGR, 5 Oct. 2022
  • The film also starred Leslie Mann and was a top film at the box office that year.
    — Chloe Melas, CNN, 7 Dec. 2022
  • The Eras Tour movie broke box office records for a concert film.
    — Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 6 Dec. 2023
  • But the film was a box office success, and has since had a sequel.
    — Milan Polk, Men's Health, 8 Sep. 2023
  • January tends to be a slow time of year at the box office.
    — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 15 Jan. 2023
  • The box office has an entrance from the lobby and one from the foyer.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Aug. 2022
  • Tickets can be bought at the Hall High box office or at hallhighjazz.com or pnj.ludus.com.
    — Susan Dunne, Hartford Courant, 22 Feb. 2023
  • Most of that box office total came from the U.S., where the film earned about $181 million.
    — Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
  • The model cuts down risk at the box office since the films don’t have such a high budgetary bar to clear.
    — Frank Pallotta, CNN, 14 Oct. 2022
  • Four movies in, Thor is still bringing the hammer down at the box office.
    — Lindsey Bahr, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2022
  • Harden said the movie saw 130 million sales at the box office.
    — Jane Thier, Fortune, 17 Nov. 2022
  • Many have struggled at the box office, but so have a lot of other shows.
    — Michael Paulson, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2023
  • The film was a box office success, with Nicolas Cage and Eva Mendes as leads.
    — Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 9 Aug. 2022
  • That would give the film the No. 1 spot at the box office, and nearly make back its $68 million budget.
    — Frank Pallotta, CNN, 22 July 2022
  • The first Joker went on to make just over $1 billion at the global box office.
    — Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 5 Oct. 2024
  • The film proved to be both a critical and box office success.
    — Joe Otterson, Variety, 10 Nov. 2022
  • Here’s why some of the biggest box office hits are often passed over at the Oscars.
    — Alexandra Meeks, CNN, 28 Feb. 2023
  • The remaining tickets are sold at the box office on show night.
    — Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Sep. 2022
  • The sequel to the 1986 blockbuster became the first of Cruise’s films to reach the billion-dollar milestone at the box office.
    — Toyin Owoseje, CNN, 19 Dec. 2022
  • And Avatar 2 has already passed $1.39 billion at the box office as of this writing.
    — Maren Estrada, BGR, 2 Jan. 2023
  • The first film made over $680 million at the global box office and has been streamed for over 1 billion hours on Disney+.
    — Lindsey Bahr, USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2024
  • As black-and-gold jerseys mixed in with the overflow from the venue’s box office, one of the football guys asked what the line was for, and a patron told him.
    — Marley Marius, Vogue, 16 Jan. 2024
  • Booming box office There were some bright spots, though.
    — Laura He, CNN, 19 Feb. 2024
  • The actress, singer, and all-around badass is always a box office success.
    — Sabrina Talbert, Women's Health, 25 Jan. 2023
  • Plus, her movie made $340 million worldwide at the box office.
    — Odie Henderson, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Nov. 2022
  • The box office is open Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
    — Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 8 Sep. 2022
  • Tickets are available online, by phone, and at The Sheen Center box office.
    — Angela Andaloro, People.com, 6 Feb. 2025
  • With more than $722M at the global box office, Wicked is the biggest feature take of a Broadway musical ever.
    — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 8 Feb. 2025

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