How to Use box office in a Sentence

box office

noun
  • The box office will open at 10:00 a.m.
  • Talk about a scary-good box office streak.
    — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 7 Sep. 2025
  • That could give the movie one last big push at the box office.
    — Chris Smith, BGR, 5 Oct. 2022
  • Out on the wily, windy moors, a new box office queen was crowned!
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Feb. 2026
  • The film placed ninth on the global box office chart.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 6 Oct. 2025
  • The film placed fifth on the global box office chart.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 6 Oct. 2025
  • The film placed sixth on the global box office chart.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Aren’t those deals based on a movie’s box office success?
    — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 24 Aug. 2025
  • The film was a box office smash for Marvel.
    — Jack Dunn, Variety, 4 Jan. 2026
  • But the film was a box office success, and has since had a sequel.
    — Milan Polk, Men's Health, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Despite the setbacks, the film was a huge box office hit.
    — Brent Lang, Variety, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Many have struggled at the box office, but so have a lot of other shows.
    — Michael Paulson, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2023
  • Both movies grossed close to a half billion at the global box office.
    — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2025
  • How will that factor in to overall box office?
    — Erik Hayden, HollywoodReporter, 25 June 2026
  • The film placed 10th on the global box office chart.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 6 Oct. 2025
  • This isn’t Swift’s first box office triumph.
    — Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Warners pulled off some other unique box office records.
    — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Both movies took about the same time to reach their final box office figures — about three months.
    — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 25 Feb. 2026
  • But the film itself did not make a big impression at the box office.
    — NBC News, 28 Mar. 2022
  • The box office has an entrance from the lobby and one from the foyer.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Aug. 2022
  • This weekend’s box office is one big ol’ guesstimate.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 24 Aug. 2025
  • The Eras Tour movie broke box office records for a concert film.
    — Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 6 Dec. 2023
  • The film proved to be both a critical and box office success.
    — Joe Otterson, Variety, 10 Nov. 2022
  • The remaining tickets are sold at the box office on show night.
    — Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Sep. 2022
  • The weekend's other wide release did not fare so well at the box office.
    — NBC News, 10 Apr. 2022
  • The model cuts down risk at the box office since the films don’t have such a high budgetary bar to clear.
    — Frank Pallotta, CNN, 14 Oct. 2022
  • Four movies in, Thor is still bringing the hammer down at the box office.
    — Lindsey Bahr, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2022
  • Over 3 billion bucks in overall box office take?
    — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Saldaña has reason to feel good about keeping her box office crown, too.
    — Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Jan. 2026
  • If that happens, the movie will surely get a second chance at box office life.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 27 Oct. 2025

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