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fɪs, -ˌɒf adjective
of or pertaining 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.
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World English Dictionary
| box office | |
| —n | |
| 1. | an office at a theatre, cinema, etc, where tickets are sold |
| 2. | the receipts from a play, film, etc |
| 3. | a. the public appeal of an actor or production: the musical was bad box office |
| b. (as modifier): a box-office success | |
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Idioms & Phrases
box office
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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]
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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]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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Example sentences
It's lovely the box office is so exciting and all of that.
Tellingly, the film's first-weekend box office take was well below expectations.
It is on its way to making hundreds of millions of pounds in box office receipts.
The box office matters mostly as an indicator of popularity based on which studios make the vast majority of their revenue.
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