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box office

Noun

Meaning

the office where tickets of admission are sold

total admission receipts for an entertainment

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Now I wonder who is gonna be president: Tweedle Dumb, or Tweedle Dumber-- And who is gonna have the big block buster box office this summer. Ani DiFranco

Now both my films have been number one at the Australian box office and it took about two years just to get the finance for this film, so if it's hard for me then God help everyone else. Yahoo Serious

When people protest and are upset with a movie, it becomes a big hit. They hated Passion of The Christ, it worked out pretty well for the box office. So let's get that going. Denzel Washington

If the boy and girl walk off into the sunset hand-in-hand in the last scene, it adds 10 million to the box office. George Lucas

Sheer visual quantity evokes the magical resonance of the tribal hoard. The box office looms as a return to the echo chamber of bardic incantation. Marshall McLuhan

Women were real box office stars in the '40s, more so than men. People loved to see women's films. I think it was better then, except for the studio system. Gwyneth Paltrow

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