outgrossv.
/ˌaʊtˈɡrəʊs/, U.S. /ˌaʊtˈɡroʊs/ Originally U.S.
transitive. Of a film or other entertainment: to surpass (another attraction) in gross earnings or profit; to take more money than.
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1951 T. Huff Charlie Chaplin xxiv. 225 Their astonishment would have been even greater could they have foreseen the year 1950, when its [sc. City Lights's] revival on Broadway outgrossed many new films.
1974 Observer 27 Oct. (Colour Suppl.) 65/2 Genesis have toured the United States almost non-stop..outgrossing almost every other British import of comparable quality.
1986 Video Today Apr. 39/4 Police Academy has outgrossed all other movie comedies—160 million dollars worldwide.
2000 R. Barger et al. Hell's Angel vii. 134 We out-grossed them at the box office.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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