ˈbox ˌoffice noun

1. [countable] the place in a theatre, cinema etc where tickets are sold ⇒ ticket office
at the box office
Collect your tickets at the box office.

2. [singular] used to describe how successful a film, play, or actor is, by the number of people who pay to see them
a (huge) box office hit/success
a (big) box office draw (=a successful actor who many people will pay to see)
box office receipts/takings etc (=the number of tickets sold or the money received)

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

box office
noun
BOX OFFICE + NOUN hit, success | receipts, takings Box office receipts for the film have hit $50 million.
PREP. at a/the ~ Tickets are available at the box office.
PHRASES do well/badly at the box office The musical has done very well at the box office (= a lot of tickets have been sold).

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

stage the raised area on which the actors, musicians etc perform:
He came on stage to rapturous applause.
The band will appear live on stage for the first time in three years.
the stalls British English, the orchestra American English the lower level of seats:
He had a seat in the stalls.
We paid $100 for a seat in the orchestra.
the circle British English, the balcony the higher level of seats:
They were sitting in the balcony.
the orchestra pit the space below the stage where the musicians sit:
The actress fell into the orchestra pit.
box office the place in a theatre where you buy tickets:
Collect your tickets at the box office.
programme British English, program American English a small book that you buy when you go to the theatre that gives information about the play and the performers:
His name is not in the programme.
Do you want me to buy you a program?
interval British English, intermission BrE formal and American English a short period of time between the parts of a play or show when the audience can talk or have a drink:
We got a drink in the interval.

[TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲

box office
n., informal
1. The place at movies and theaters where tickets may be purchased just before the performance instead of having ordered them through the telephone or having bought them at a ticket agency.
No need to reserve the seats; we can pick them up at the box office.
2. A best selling movie, musical, or drama (where the tickets are all always sold out and people line up in front of the box office).
John Wayne's last movie was a regular box office.
3. Anything successful or well liked.
Betsie is no longer box office with me.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲