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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The film bowed in the summer and grossed $32 million at the global box office, strong results for an indie horror pic in the thick of the summer tentpole season.
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Justin Kroll, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2025
Released in July 2007, The Simpsons Movie collected $536 million at the global box office.
—Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2025
The total domestic box office gross hasn’t eclipsed $9 billion since.
—Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025
That’s just shy of the $15 million to $25 million that box office analysts had predicted.
—Sarah Whitten, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2025
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Justin Kroll, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2025
Released in July 2007, The Simpsons Movie collected $536 million at the global box office.
—Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2025
The total domestic box office gross hasn’t eclipsed $9 billion since.
—Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025
That’s just shy of the $15 million to $25 million that box office analysts had predicted.
—Sarah Whitten, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for box office
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“Box office.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/box%20office. Accessed 3 Oct. 2025.
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