box office
Example Sentences
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At the box office, “Iron Lung” might fall off a cliff now that Fischbach’s fans have done their part on opening weekend.
It was also released in UK cinemas, but box office figures are not yet available.
From BBC
Many industry insiders have been amazed at the amount Amazon was willing to put up for a documentary, a genre that typically doesn’t deliver major box office hits.
From MarketWatch
The promotional tour for the film was the first clue it was going to be a box office dud.
From Salon
By the early 2000s, Sundance films like “Napoleon Dynamite” and “Little Miss Sunshine” were becoming box office hits, sending the indie movie aesthetic further mainstream.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
