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countable and uncountable, plural box offices
(countable, film, theater) A place where tickets are sold in a theatre/theater or cinema. examples
(uncountable, by extension, film) The total amount of money paid by people worldwide to watch a movie at cinemas/movie theaters. quotations examples
If any further insurance was required, the popularity of the three "Topper" films in the 1930s — based on Thorne Smith's characters — would seem to indicate that amusing ghosts made good box office.
2005, Barry Day, Coward on Film: The Cinema of Noël Coward, page 88
(uncountable) Quality of an entertainment or spectacle that makes it very popular with the public, or likely to be so. examples