box office
A place where tickets are sold in a theatre/theater or cinemaA place where tickets are sold in a theatre/theater or cinema.
» That movie was a box office hit.
Meaning
3 senses(countable)A place where tickets are sold in a theatre/theater or cinema.
The movie tanked at the box office.
Schalter, Kasse
биле́тная ка́ссаbilétnaja kássa, ка́ссаkássa, бу́дкаbúdka
the office where tickets of admission are sold
(broadly, uncountable)The total amount of money paid by people worldwide to watch a movie at cinemas/movie theaters.
box office receipts
(uncountable)Quality of an entertainment or spectacle that makes it very popular with the public, or likely to be so.
His performance last night was pure box office.
A show that makes great box office.
Examples
19 sentencesThat movie was a box office hit.
That movie wasn't successful at the box office.
That movie was a box-office flop.
The movie was a box-office flop.
The movie bombed a bunch at the box office.
Цей фільм став провальним з точки зору касових зборів. — deniko
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
1786, presumably from sales of boxes, box seats (“separated private seating”). Sense of “t1786, presumably from sales of boxes, box seats (“separated private seating”). Sense of “total sales” from 1904.
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Forms
plural: box officesSynonyms
2 synonyms- the office where tickets of admission are sold:ticket officeticket booth
Word family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable