Box office meaning in English

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Definition

a box office: a place in where tickets (for the cinema, theatre) are sold noun
(My film is top) at the box office!: (My film) is the most popular at the moment! is the most successful! idiom

Examples

  • "Not only that, but my last film grossed 100 million dollars at the box office and my next one is predicted to do the same."
Exercise 1
Brent makes statements about several different topics during this broadcast.

Select all the TRUE statements Brent makes, there may be more than 1!

Brent talks about:
Brent makes statements about several different topics during this broadcast.

Select all the TRUE statements Brent makes, there may be more than 1!

Brent talks about:
This is one of the topics that Brent discusses during this broadcast. Brent mentions the popularity of "Cancer" (a constellation shaped like a crab). Brent mentions that a "survey" or "poll" was conducted and that "Cancer" was elected the most popular constellation in the sky. "Cancer" of course also refers to the common disease or sickness.
This is not correct. Brent does discuss a genre of popular music (death metal, a cousin of heavy metal), however it is to describe the popularity of the music among a certain demographic (white teenagers).
This is one of the topics that Brent discusses during this broadcast. Brent says that the "Swine Flute quartet", a group of pig musicians will be playing "Carnegie Hall" (a famous New York City music venue) next Tuesday. "Swine Flu" is the aggressive virus which originated from tainted pork meat. "(An) upcoming (event)" is one which will take place in the near future.
This is not correct. Brent mentions the plans of a film studio (Warner Brothers) to "release" or "produce" and "launch" a film. Brent doesn't discuss the success of the film.
This is one of the topics that Brent discusses during this broadcast. Brent reports that "Apocalypse", the title of a children's book, "debuted" (or began) as the number one book on a list of "best-selling" book. "Apocalypse" also refers to a "cataclysm" or world-ending disaster or chaos.

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