also box-office
( box offices)
1.
The box office in a theatre, cinema, or concert hall is the place where the tickets are sold.
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2.
When people talk about the box office , they are referring to the degree of success of a film or play in terms of the number of people who go to watch it or the amount of money it makes.
The film has taken £180 million at the box office...
The film was a huge box-office success.
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