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:

  • 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.

  • Though a box-office flop on release, it became immensely popular on television thanks to repeated showings: Stations programmed it heavily during the holidays, paying no royalties to its producers, and more than 100 distributors sold the movie on tape.

  • Looking at Saturday's line-up, it's clear the networks are betting that, in your post-holiday stupor, you won't notice the stunning array of box-office bowsers they're running: Rudy (Fox, 8 PM), Richie Rich (NBC, 8 PM), Medicine Man (TBS, 8: 05), Poison Ivy (UPN, 8 PM), Corrina, Corrina (TNT, 8 PM), Dunston Checks In (Family Channel, 8 PM).

  • Most are visually impressive, boast interestingly shaped playing fields, and start off as box-office hits.


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