box-office
Theater ticket counter
Box-office refers to the place at a theater or venue where tickets are sold, and by extension, to commercial performance in entertainment: The film was a box-office success.
As a modifier, it describes drawing power or financial returns: box-office receipts, box-office poison.
A movie's box office is how much money it made: It did well at the box office.
Enormously successful entertainment property
- hitSuccessful contact or strike
- smashBreak violently apart
- sensationPerceived stimulus or phenomenon
- crowd-pleaserBroadly appealing entertainment
phenomenon · juggernaut · record-breaker · chart-topper · number-one · legs · word-of-mouth · holdover
Total before subtractions
- earningsMoney gained from work
- takingsMoney received, earnings
- receiptsTransaction documentation
- proceedsRevenue from a transaction
gate · returns · haul · collection · total · domestic · international · worldwide
Venue for live drama
- multiplexMulti-screen movie theater
- screeningEvaluative selection process
- showtimeScheduled performance start
- ticketEntry permit slip
marquee · auditorium · matinee · premiere · rollout · distribution · exhibitor · sold-out
Complete commercial failure
- bombExplosive device or disaster
- disappointmentSadness from unmet expectations
- disasterSudden ruinous event
- turkeyWattled North American fowl
dud · underperformer · write-off · misfire · money-loser · bust · also-ran
Prediction of future conditions
- predictionForecast of coming events
- estimateInformed guess at quantity
- projectionSomething that extends outward
- analystOne who examines systematically
pre-sales · actuals · revision · benchmark · comparison · chart · ranking
blockbuster
Enormously successful entertainment property
crowd-pleaser · phenomenon · juggernaut · record-breaker · chart-topper · number-one · legs · word-of-mouth · holdover · must-see
gross
Total before subtractions
proceeds · gate · returns · haul · collection · total · domestic · international · worldwide · run
theater
Venue for live drama
- multiplexMulti-screen movie theater
- screeningEvaluative selection process
- showtimeScheduled performance start
ticket · marquee · auditorium · matinee · premiere · rollout · distribution · exhibitor · sold-out
flop
Complete commercial failure
- bombExplosive device or disaster
- disappointmentSadness from unmet expectations
- disasterSudden ruinous event
turkey · dud · underperformer · write-off · misfire · money-loser · bust · also-ran
forecast
Prediction of future conditions
- predictionForecast of coming events
- estimateInformed guess at quantity
- projectionSomething that extends outward
analyst · pre-sales · actuals · revision · benchmark · comparison · chart · ranking
box-officeflop
Complete commercial failure
bomb · turkey · dud · financial loss · bust
box-officestreaming
Real-time digital delivery
direct-to-video · VOD · home video · digital release · pay-per-view
box, office, official, boxing, boxes, offices, boxed, officious, unbox