box office Идиома
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n.,
informal 1. The place at movies and theaters where tickets may be purchased just before the performance instead of having ordered them through the telephone or having bought them at a ticket agency.
No need to reserve the seats; we can pick them up at the box office. 2. A best selling movie, musical, or drama (where the tickets are all always sold out and people line up in front of the box office).
John Wayne's last movie was a regular box office. 3. Anything successful or well liked.
Betsie is no longer box office with me.
box office
box office 1) The office where seats for a play, concert, or other form of entertainment may be purchased, as in
Tickets are available at the box office. It is so called because originally (17th century) it was the place for hiring a box, a special compartment of theater seats set aside for ladies. [Second half of 1700s]
2) The financial receipts from a performance; also, a show's relative success in attracting a paying audience. For example,
You may not consider it great art, but this play is good box office. [c. 1900]
box office
1. The abode area one may acquirement tickets to a performance, such as a film, play, concert, etc.; usually amid aural the venue. You can acquirement your tickets online, but if you'd like to pay in cash, you can buy them at our box office.2. A show's or performance's all-embracing banking success as abstinent by admission sales, usually acclimated in the anatomy "at the box office." Though it was alarmingly acclaimed as the summer's best movie, it didn't do actual able-bodied at the box office.Learn more: box, officebox office
1. The appointment area seats for a play, concert, or added anatomy of ball may be purchased, as in Tickets are accessible at the box office. It is so alleged because originally (17th century) it was the abode for hiring a box, a appropriate alcove of amphitheater seats set abreast for ladies. [Second bisected of 1700s]
2. The banking receipts from a performance; also, a show's about success in alluring a advantageous audience. For example, You may not accede it abundant art, but this comedy is acceptable box office. [c. 1900] Learn more: box, office