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The financial scoreboard where movies brag, flop, or quietly pretend they broke even.
means The total ticket revenue a film earns, used as the industry's headline measure of success.
from From literal box offices: theater booths selling admission, possibly named for the private boxes whose seats they sold, dating to the 1700s stage.
Opening weekendDecides a film's fate in three days.
Hollywood accountingHits can legally lose money on paper.
Global splitStudios keep far less than the gross suggests.