box-office bomb

noun

A motion picture that generates relatively low revenue at the box office, especially less than the budget for producing it.

Similar
flopturkey
Opposite
blockbuster
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Meanings

nounbox-office bomb (plural box-office bombs)

plural box-office bombs · alternative box office bomb

  1. informalbroadcastingA motion picture that generates relatively low revenue at the box office, especially less than the budget for producing it.

    The story organization is acquiring a lot of downbeat, disgusting properties like ALL FALL DOWN (which turned into an awful box-office bomb) and TWO WEEKS IN ANOTHER TOWN (which will do the same thing .

    1960, Jaik Rosenstein (publisher), Hollywood Close-Up, page 4

    Synonyms: flop, turkey · Antonyms: blockbuster

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA motion picture that generates relatively low revenue at the box office, especially less than the budget for producing it.

Similar
flopturkey
Opposite
blockbuster

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 票房撲街 /票房扑街, 票房慘淡 /票房惨淡
  • 票房撲街 /票房扑街 (piàofáng pūjiē)motion picture that generates relatively low revenue at the box office
  • 票房慘淡 /票房惨淡 (piàofáng cǎndàn)motion picture that generates relatively low revenue at the box office
  • 票房崩盤 /票房崩盘 (piàofáng bēngpán)motion picture that generates relatively low revenue at the box office
German Flop
  • Flopmotion picture that generates relatively low revenue at the box office
Hungarian bukás, bukta
  • bukásmotion picture that generates relatively low revenue at the box office
  • buktamotion picture that generates relatively low revenue at the box office
Italian fallimento al botteghino
  • fallimento al botteghinomotion picture that generates relatively low revenue at the box office
Korean 매표소 실패
  • 매표소 실패 (maepyoso silpae)motion picture that generates relatively low revenue at the box office
Polish klapa, fiasko
  • klapamotion picture that generates relatively low revenue at the box office
  • fiaskomotion picture that generates relatively low revenue at the box office
Spanish fracaso en taquilla
  • fracaso en taquillamotion picture that generates relatively low revenue at the box office
Vietnamese bom xịt
  • bom xịtmotion picture that generates relatively low revenue at the box office
Cite this entry
APA

box-office bomb. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/box-office%20bomb

MLA

“box-office bomb.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/box-office%20bomb. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “box-office bomb,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/box-office%20bomb.

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