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box offices, plural;
  1. A place at a theater or other arts establishment where tickets are bought or reserved

  2. Used to refer to the commercial success of a movie, play, or actor in terms of the audience size or takings they command
    • - the movie was a huge box-office hit
  1. total admission receipts for an entertainment
  2. the office where tickets of admission are sold
  3. Boxoffice is a film industry magazine dedicated to the movie theatre business published by Boxoffice Media LP. It started in 1920 as The Reel Journal, taking its current name in 1931 and still publishes today, with an intended audience of theatre owners and film professionals.
  4. a place where tickets are sold in a theatre/theater or cinema; the total amount of money paid by people worldwide to watch a movie at cinemas/movie theaters
  5. Alternative form of box office
  6. A program providing review of movies already released and preview of movies to-be-released in overseas film industries. The 20-minute long show also gives information about world music and other sources of entertainment. Box Office airs at 19:30 Monday and repeats at 07:30 Tuesday.
  7. The place in the theatre, normally in the foyer, where tickets are sold and in many cases collected.
  8. The place where the tickets are sold. Occasionally used colloquially to mean the size of the audience ("What's the box office like tonight?"). Often abbreviated to box.
  9. This is the designated area of a theatre’s front of house where prospective audience members can purchase their tickets.
  10. Ribric of success: Cher in top billing has the ability to fill seats.
  11. The place that members of the general public can purchase tickets and reserve seats for a performance
  12. The Box Office is the place to buy tickets for all events in the Union building, from the gigs to the legendary club nights. The Box Office also serves as the cloakroom for most evenings.
  13. Formerly known as the Cockpit. Renamed by Female Pilots. — "I was gettin' into the Box Office when the Chief grabbed me."
  14. Of or pertaining to the box office or to the business and commercial aspects of the theater
  15. The amount of money paid in tickets for the theatrical screening of a film.
  16. Part of the theatre front of house area where audience members can buy tickets. Most Box Offices are now computerised, and offer phone reservations. Some offer online (internet) bookings also.
  17. Theatre ticket sales