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Box Office Hit: Definition and Examples
Meaning 1：Blockbuster (Box office hit)
Box office hit
/bɑːks ˈɔːfɪs hɪt/
n.
A movie that sells many tickets and earns a lot of money in the cinemas.
Blockbuster
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/ˈblɒkˌbʌstər/
n.
A film that achieves great commercial success by selling many tickets and generating high revenue.
📘 Details & Usage
📖 Root Explanation
Combination of 'box office' (ticket booth) and 'hit' (successful film).
💡 Mnemonic
Picture a box office cashier overwhelmed by a long line of customers — that's a box office hit!
📖 Example
Everyone was talking about it, and Zootopia became a huge box office hit worldwide.
Everyone was talking about it, and Zootopia became a huge box office hit worldwide.
🔗 Collocations
become a box office hit – to achieve great financial success in theaters
box office hit movie – a commercially successful film
major box office hit – a very profitable film
🔄 Synonyms
blockbuster (n.) – a very successful and profitable film
smash hit (n.) – a great commercial success
moneymaker (n.) – something that generates large amounts of money
🚫 Antonyms
box office flop (n.) – a movie that fails commercially
bomb (n.) – a complete failure at the box office
📖 Cultural Story
The term 'box office' originated from the physical box where tickets were sold in theaters. 'Hit' comes from baseball, meaning a successful strike. Together, they denote a financially successful film.
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