box office

noun

1

a

: an office (as in a theater) where tickets of admission are sold

b

: income from ticket sales (as for a film)

2

: the ability (as of a show) to attract ticket buyers

also : something that enhances that ability

any publicity is good box office

Examples of box office in a Sentence

The box office will open at 10:00 a.m.

Recent Examples on the Web

That puts the Burbank media and entertainment giant at about 25% of this year’s box office. —Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2024

Disney’s Mufasa: The Lion King and Paramount’s Sonic the Hedgehog 3 are in a close battle for the Christmas box office crown as a topsy-turvey year at the box office comes to a close. —Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Dec. 2024

The final numbers for the five-day Christmas weekend box office will be released on Monday. —Tim Lammers, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024

The musical, released in theaters nationwide last month, has raked in $580 million at the global box office since its silver screen debut. —Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Courier-Journal, 27 Dec. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1741, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Kids Definition

box office

noun

: an office in a public place (as a theater or stadium) where admission tickets are sold