box office vs theatre

box office

noun
  • A place where tickets are sold in a theatre/theater or cinema. 

  • The total amount of money paid by people worldwide to watch a movie at cinemas/movie theaters. 

  • Quality of an entertainment or spectacle that makes it very popular with the public, or likely to be so. 

theatre

noun
  • A cinema; movie theatre. 

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