box office

noun3

1. •
   A place where tickets are sold in a theatre/theater or cinema.

   • The movie tanked at the box office.
2. •
   The total amount of money paid by people worldwide to watch a movie at cinemas/movie theaters.

   • box office receipts
3. •
   Quality of an entertainment or spectacle that makes it very popular with the public, or likely to be so.

   • His performance last night was pure box office.
   • A show that makes great box office.