OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 33013

box office

/ˈbɒksˌɒfɪs/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
boletería • taquilla
A place where tickets are sold in a theatre/theater or cinema.
taquilla • taquillaje • taquillas
The total amount of money paid by people worldwide to watch a movie at cinemas/movie theaters.
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 mad…