A box office is a place where tickets are sold to the public for admission to a venue. Edmonton (ˈɛdmɨntɨn is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta. A ticket is a Voucher to indicate that one has paid for Admission to an event or establishment such as a Theatre, Movie theater, Amusement Patrons may perform the transaction at a countertop, through an unblocked hole through a wall, or at a wicket. Countertop (also counter top, countertopping, or ( British English) worktop) usually refers to a horizontal worksurface in kitchens other food A wicket is the place where a Customer performs a transaction with a Customer service representative. The term is often used, especially in the context of the film industry, as a synonym for the amount of business a particular production, such as a film or theatre show, receives. The film industry consists of the technological and commercial institutions of filmmaking i Theatre (or theater, see spelling differences) is the branch of the Performing arts defined by Bernard Beckerman as what "occurs when one

Contents 1 Usage 2 Colloquialism 3 List of Box Office Websites 4 See also 5 External links

Usage

Box office business can be measured in terms of the number of people who see it or the amount of money raised by ticket sales (revenue). In business revenue or revenues is Income that a company receives from its normal business activities usually from the sale of goods and services The projection and analysis of these earnings is very important for the creative industries and often a source of interest for fans.

Some complain that industry focus on profit has diminished the attention given to film as an art form. Art refers to a diverse range of Human activities creations and expressions that are appealing to the Senses or Emotions of a human individual However, analysis of the financial success of films is very influential for the production and funding of future works.

There are numerous websites that monitor box-office receipts and profits, such as ShowBIZ Data and Box Office Mojo. A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages ShowBIZ Data is a Website that tracks domestic and international Box office and other performance related information Box Office Mojo is a Website that tracks Box office Revenue in a systematic way For a list of films which are major box-office hits, see List of highest grossing films. The following is a non-definitive list of the all-time highest-grossing films.

On average, the movie's distributor receives more than half of the revenue, with the remainder kept by the movie theater. A film distributor is an independent company a Subsidiary company or occasionally an individual which acts as the final agent between a film production company Cinemaaustraliajpg|thumb|A movie theater in Australia ]]A movie theater, movie theatre, picture theatre or cinema is a venue The split varies from movie to movie, and the percentage for the distributor is generally higher in early weeks. Usually the distributor gets a percentage of the revenue after first deducting a "house allowance" or "house nut". It is also common that the distributor gets either a percentage of the gross revenue, or a higher percentage of the revenue after deducting the nut, whichever is larger. [1] [2].

Colloquialism

Box office is also used as a London slang term for a pretty woman—e. London slang is a mixture of words and phrases from many sources reflecting the diverse ethnic and cultural makeup of the city's population g. "She's box office. "

The term box office comes from Middle Ages, when patrons would pay into a box at a gate to get into the theatre, then pay again to get into better seats. Afterwards the payment boxes would be brought to the "Box Office" for counting and security.

List of Box Office Websites

• Box Office Mojo
• Box Office Prophets
• ShowBIZ Data
• The Numbers

See also

• Box office bomb
• Box office slump
• List of U.S. box office bombs
• List of biggest opening weekends
• List of highest grossing films
• List of highest-grossing films throughout history
• List of top actors by total box office gross
• Will call

External links

• ShowBIZ Data
• Box Office Fanatic
• Box Office Magazine
• attheBoxOffice.com
• Box Office Mojo
• Box Office Psychic
• Box Office Prophets
• Box Office (U.S.A. and Spain)
• Movie Marshal (Australia)
• Indian Box Office - IBOS
• The Box Office Junkie
• The Movie Times
• The Numbers
• Wildbill's Movie Ratings
• Box Office India
• Box Office France

Box Office Mojo is a Website that tracks Box office Revenue in a systematic way Box Office Prophets (BOP is a web site that contains movie-related features and information ShowBIZ Data is a Website that tracks domestic and international Box office and other performance related information The Numbers is a Website that tracks Box office Revenue. Bruce Nash started the site in October 1997. The phrase box office bomb refers to a Film for which the production and Marketing costs greatly exceeded the Revenue retained by the movie The following is a partial list of US and Canadian Box office bombs; Films with low Box office revenue What is notable about this list is that not many films released before the mid-to-late 1990s are on it The following is a non-definitive list of the all-time highest-grossing films. The following is a non-definitive list of the all-time highest-grossing films. Will call is an American term for a Box office where Patrons of entertainment venues go to pick up already-bought tickets for an event such as

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