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Definition box office in British English

box office noun

[countable] noun
1

the place in a theatre where you buy tickets

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2

used for referring to the number of tickets a film, play, or performer has sold in order to show how successful they are

Example

It took £20 million at the box office.

Example

a box-office success/failure

Example

the film that launched Travolta as a big box-office star

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Definition box office in British English