Example sentences for: box-office

How can you use “box-office” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Studios will also try to substitute for expensive star vehicles more animated films and explosive special-effects movies such as Twister and Independence Day --the biggest box-office successes last year, with grosses of more than $200 million apiece.

  • I can hardly blame Director Kevin Smith ( Clerks , Chasing Amy ) for complaining that no one's going after the current box-office leader Stigmata , which is violent, bloody, highly anti-Catholic, or for telling the New York Daily News , "Next time, I'll just make a stupid stoner flick, and leave it alone."

  • Quality alone isn't enough to propel a film to great box-office heights, as the recent failures of Out of Sight and Rushmore demonstrate.

  • It will survive its box-office flop and become a classic.

  • As the incredible box-office numbers for the trilogy's re-release showed, there are millions upon millions of American children, born a decade or more after Luke Skywalker first appeared, who nonetheless see him as their hero.


How many words do you know? Try our free vocabulary size test!


Search

Search for example sentences

Loading Loading...
Quantcast