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box office
1noun
the office of a theater, stadium, or the like, at which tickets are sold.
Theater.
receipts from a play or other entertainment.
entertainment popular enough to attract paying audiences and make a profit.
This show will be good box office.
box-office
2[boks-aw-fis, -of-is]
adjective
of or relating to the box office or to the business and commercial aspects of the theater.
a box-office window; box-office receipts; a box-office attraction.
box office
noun
an office at a theatre, cinema, etc, where tickets are sold
the receipts from a play, film, etc
the public appeal of an actor or production
the musical was bad box office
( as modifier )
a box-office success
Word History and Origins
Origin of box office1
Origin of box office2
Idioms and Phrases
The office where seats for a play, concert, or other form of entertainment may be purchased, as in Tickets are available at the box office . It is so called because originally (17th century) it was the place for hiring a box, a special compartment of theater seats set aside for ladies. [Second half of 1700s]
The financial receipts from a performance; also, a show's relative success in attracting a paying audience. For example, You may not consider it great art, but this play is good box office . [c. 1900]
Example Sentences
Though family audiences were initially slow to return after the pandemic, movies that appeal to those theatergoers have turned out to be box office juggernauts.
They will be allowed to exchange their tickets for one of the remaining performances June 15, 18 or 21; or they can request a refund from the box office.
Tickets can be exchanged online or by calling the box office.
Video games are a massive business in entertainment, with gross revenues far exceeding annual worldwide box office ticket sales for movies, for example.
But Disney's latest release, Lilo & Stitch, broke box office records in the US for the Memorial Day holiday weekend.
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