box office draw
Cinema crowd puller
A box office draw is a performer, director, or property that reliably attracts paying audiences to theaters.
The term comes from film industry accounting—the box office is where tickets are sold, and a draw pulls people in.
Stars like Tom Cruise remain proven box office draws; a franchise like Marvel has enormous draw.
The studio greenlit the project because she's a guaranteed box office draw.
- summer blockbusterHigh-grossing warm-season theatrical release
- blockbusterEnormously successful entertainment property
- movie starFamous film performer
- starLuminous astronomical object
- ticketEntry permit slip
sales · hit · smash · crowd · audience · marquee · celebrity · opening · opening weekend · weekend · gross · revenue · premiere · A-list · top billing · bankable · Hollywood · big screen
- celebritiesmovie stars, A-lister, pop stars, superstar, celebrity
- movie buzzblockbuster, cult classic, sleeper hit, star power, viral content
- actorsactor, actors, actresses, film actor, actress
- famefame, famous, celebrity, renown, famed
- headlinersheadliner, headline act, main act, main attraction, top billing
- leading roleslead role, leading role, lead actor, lead actress, leading man
box office drawbox office bomb
Film losing significant money
underperformer · turkey · dud · bomb · non-starter
box office drawcritical darling
Work reviewers champion
cult classic · awards bait · indie darling · critical success · Oscar bait
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