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The term "box office" was being used from at least 1741, deriving from the office from which tickets for theatre boxes were sold (although the use of "box" for a private section from which to watch the play was in use in 1609); this is the derivation favoured by the Oxford English Dictionary.
A box office territory, [nb 1] in context of the film industry, ranges from a single country to a grouping of countries for reporting box office gross ticket sales. [1] This is distinct from dependent territories, though such territories under a country's administrative control may confuse box office revenue and reporting due to data variously including or excluding them.
The smallest movie theaters have a single viewing room with a single screen. In the 2010s, most movie theaters had multiple screens. The largest theater complexes, which are called multiplexes—a concept developed in Canada in the 1950s—have up to thirty screens. The audience members often sit on padded seats, which in most theaters are set ...
A few months ago, box office revenues were 27.5% behind last year. Fast forward to the holidays, and overall domestic ticket sales have shrunk to 4% behind 2023 while still lagging about 23% ...
“A Quiet Place: Day One” is making noise at the box office, collecting a roaring $53 million in its domestic opening weekend. The nearly silent thriller added $45.5 million internationally for ...
Benchmarking to 2019, when domestic receipts totaled $11.4 billion, he projects that box office will drop 40% in 2021 and another 7% in 2022 before surging 7% to a new high in 2023.
Screen quotas (no influence on U.S. box office) Price differences: matinee and evening tickets, [13] roadshow tickets, [13] or difference between rural and urban cinemas [12] Length of release (number of weeks) [13] Further explanation of issues with calculating an adjusted gross can be found in the article for List of highest-grossing films.
Paramount’s “Mean Girls” musical is winning most popular at the domestic box office this weekend. The adaptation of the Broadway adaptation of the beloved 2004 comedy is off to a strong ...