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.
Recent Examples on the Web
The Hindi film took just ten days to cross the $50 million-mark at the global box office.
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Sweta Kaushal, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
The former, which was co-directed by Dan Berk and Robert Olsen for Paramount, is now the number-one film at the domestic box office.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Mar. 2025
The Hong Kong biz has suffered since the pandemic and its overall box office is shrinking.
—Clifford Coonan, Variety, 17 Mar. 2025
The Day the Earth Blew Up came in 10th at the international box office with $3.3 million this weekend, while Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy continues to do great business in the U.K., earning the sixth spot in its fourth week in release.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 16 Mar. 2025
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Sweta Kaushal, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
The former, which was co-directed by Dan Berk and Robert Olsen for Paramount, is now the number-one film at the domestic box office.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Mar. 2025
The Hong Kong biz has suffered since the pandemic and its overall box office is shrinking.
—Clifford Coonan, Variety, 17 Mar. 2025
The Day the Earth Blew Up came in 10th at the international box office with $3.3 million this weekend, while Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy continues to do great business in the U.K., earning the sixth spot in its fourth week in release.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 16 Mar. 2025
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“Box office.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/box%20office. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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