boxoffice

plural boxoffices

1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of box office.

   With a cast so well balanced, it is reasonable to predict fairly busy boxoffices where “College Rhythm” is played.

   1934 December 4, Roland Barton, “As I See Them …: Reviews of New Films”, in Mo Wax, editor, Independent Exhibitors Film Bulletin, volume 1, number 13, Philadelphia, Pa.: Film Bulletin Company, →OCLC, page 8, column 2

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   The Columbia, Chicago, hung up a new boxoffice record for last week, Manager William Roche saying the week’s business on “Puss Puss” (including an extra performance New Year’s eve) was the biggest since he assumed the management of the house.

   1916 January 7, “Two Columbia’s Records for Burlesque Houses Broken […]”, in Variety, volume XLI, number 6, New York, N.Y.: Variety, Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 12, column 1

   EXHIBITORS’ VIEWPOINT: Chevalier’s draw and the neat manner in which this picture has been filmed are sufficient, one or the other or both, to bring in good boxoffice to houses where one or the other or both are factors.

   1930 February 1, A. H. Frederick, “Picture Reviews – Previews – Shorts”, in Jack Josephs, editor, Inside Facts of Stage and Screen, volume XI, number 5, Los Angeles, Calif.: Inside Facts Publishing Company, Inc., →OCLC, page 4, column 1

   The domestic boxoffice rose steadily to peak in 1946 and then late in 1947 began a steady decline that would last for ten years and result in a 50 percent drop in attendance.

   1987, Tino Balio, “The Studio System Production Policy”, in United Artists: The Company That Changed the Film Industry, Madison, Wis.: University of Wisconsin Press, →ISBN, chapter 1 (Prelude at Eagle-Lion), page 24

   A 1986 animated movie was based on the original "Transformers" television show, which was based, of course, on the popular multiform robot toy line. It didn't go over well at the boxoffice.

   2007 August 10, Kirk Honeycutt, “"Transformers" an exciting thrill ride”, in Reuters, →OCLC