box offices

Theater sales counters

Box offices is the plural of box office—the place at a theater, stadium, or venue where tickets are sold: The box offices open two hours before showtime.

The term also measures commercial success: comparing box offices across films means comparing their ticket revenue.

Related

summer blockbuster · cinemas · tickets · receipts · grosses · opening night · theaters · opening weekend · Hollywood · film industry · red carpet · movie premiere · revenue · earnings · sales · premieres · off-Broadway · sell-out

Opposites
ticket sales channel

box officesdigital platforms

Software-based networked services

mobile apps · e-ticketing · streaming services · StubHub · Fandango

commercial success indicator

box officesflops

Unsuccessful ventures or releases

direct-to-streaming · financial losses

ticket purchase method

box officese-tickets

Electronic admission codes

Ticketmaster · StubHub · Fandango · streaming access · self-service kiosks

Family

box, office, box office, ticket sales, box-office, ticket office

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G