box-office









box-office


box-office [boks-aw-fis, -of-is] ExamplesWord Origin adjective

  1. 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.

Origin of box-office First recorded in 1805–15; adj. use of box office box office noun

  1. the office of a theater, stadium, or the like, at which tickets are sold.
  2. Theater.
    1. receipts from a play or other entertainment.
    2. entertainment popular enough to attract paying audiences and make a profit: This show will be good box office.

Origin of box office First recorded in 1780–90 Related Words for box-office gate, receipts Examples from the Web for box-office Contemporary Examples of box-office

  • Jennifer Aniston had the kind of box-office year that had people stop feeling bad for Jennifer Aniston.

    Our Pop Culture Wish List for 2014

    Kevin Fallon

    December 30, 2013

  • Sighs of relief came in the form of a box-office take of $93 million over a five-day Thanksgiving weekend.

    The Biggest Surprises and Disappointments in 2013

    Melissa Leon

    December 24, 2013

  • Asked whether there was anyone who was still a box-office guarantee, insiders would be hard-pressed to name a single actor.

    2013 Was the Year of Women at the Box Office

    Kevin Fallon

    December 10, 2013

  • With the exception of Anchorman, none of these movies are as mass appealing or box-office friendly as Bridesmaids ended up being.

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    July 22, 2013

  • The best idea for Depp, then, would be to embrace this idea that the category of “box-office star” is kaput, for him at least.

    Johnny Depp and the ‘Lone Ranger’ Flop: Is His Career Doomed?

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    July 9, 2013

  • Historical Examples of box-office

  • No, every place was taken when my servant went to the box-office.

    The Son of Monte-Cristo, Volume I (of 2)

    Alexandre Dumas pre

  • I went boldly to the box-office and encountered the same young man.

    Old Fogy

    James Huneker

  • Then skirting a big beadle in blue, policemen, and loungers, I reached the box-office.

    Old Fogy

    James Huneker

  • All of them his, all box-office best bets and all still going strong!

    Sundry Accounts

    Irvin S. Cobb

  • Would you mind coming to the box-office a few moments before you dress?

    Sister Carrie

    Theodore Dreiser

  • British Dictionary definitions for box-office box office noun

    1. an office at a theatre, cinema, etc, where tickets are sold
    2. the receipts from a play, film, etc
      1. the public appeal of an actor or productionthe musical was bad box office
      2. (as modifier)a box-office success

    Idioms and Phrases with box-office box office 1

    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]

    2

    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]

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