Box office

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A box office is a place where tickets are sold to the public for admission to a venue.

The term is often used, especially in the context of the film industry, as a metonymy for the amount of business a particular production, such as a movie or theatre show, does. This can be measured in terms of the number of people who see it or the amount of money raised by ticket sales. The projection and analysis of these earnings has become a popular pursuit with filmgoers.

Some complain that this focus of money hurts the attention paid to films as an art form. Others counter that paying attention to the economic element of film is no different than tracking popular success in popular music, and that since the film industry is heavily influenced by financial success, seeing what films are successful is important to predict what future films will be made.

There are numerous websites that pursue this interest, such as www.the-numbers.com and Box Office Mojo.

For a list of films which are major box-office hits, see List of highest-grossing films.

Box office is a Canadian movie-magazine show hosted by Anne-Marie Losique. It is broadcast in French and English since 1995 on Musique Plus, CHUM, Star! and TQS.

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Derivation

The term "box office" originates from William Shakespeare's Globe Theatre. In the olden days, entry into the lower parts of the playhouse cost a single coin, and this fee was collected in small, locked boxes with entry slots in the top. Upon the boxes being filled up, a runner would take the coin-filled box to a back room where it was counted and stored. Hence, the room associated with the financial aspects of the theatre became known as a box office.

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External links

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