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

Star vehicles — including David Leitch’s The Fall Guy and John Krasinski’s family fantasy IF — haven’t fared much better, leaving box office pundits to question the future of summer blockbusters. —Shania Russell, EW.com, 9 June 2024

Disney’s conversion of a collection of decades-old comic book characters into an $30 billion box office juggernaut is the quintessential playbook for building a staggeringly lucrative intellectual property empire. —Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 8 June 2024

So what’s available this summer to light fresh box office fires? —Bob Mondello, NPR, 31 May 2024

The film's box office success was what prompted a spinoff show featuring the Gotham City villain to be ordered straight to series. —Marina Watts, Peoplemag, 26 May 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1741, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Kids Definition

box office

noun

: an office in a public place (as a theater or stadium) where admission tickets are sold