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noun 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. Origin of box office First recorded in 1780–90
Words nearby box office box loom, box lunch, box magazine, box nail, box number, box office , box pleat, box plot, box room, box score, box seat
Definition for box office (2 of 2) [ boks -aw-fis, -of-is ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈbɒksˌɔ fɪs, -ˌɒf ɪs / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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.
Origin of box-office First recorded in 1805–15; adj. use of box office
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Example sentences from the Web for box office Jennifer Aniston had the kind of box-office year that had people stop feeling bad for Jennifer Aniston.
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Sighs of relief came in the form of a box-office take of $93 million over a five-day Thanksgiving weekend.
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Asked whether there was anyone who was still a box-office guarantee, insiders would be hard-pressed to name a single actor.
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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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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.
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Frohman left without a word, went out to the box-office and wrote a letter, discharging the stage-director.
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"Shillin'," said the box-office man, when Mr. Clarkson asked for a stall.
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You can begin your theatrical career in the box-office of Hooley's Theater in Brooklyn.
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And then to the youth on the other side of the box-office window, "Have you any seats left in the front row?"
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The man went into the box-office again; Hamish was left alone there, in the great empty vestibule.
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British Dictionary definitions for 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 Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Idioms and Phrases with 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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