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A '''box office''' is a place where [[Ticket (admission)|ticket]]s are sold to the public for [[admission]] to a [[venue]]. Patrons may perform the transaction at a [[countertop]], through an unblocked hole through a wall, or at a [[wicket (retail)|wicket]]. 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. | A '''box office''' is a place where [[Ticket (admission)|ticket]]s are sold to the public for [[admission]] to a [[venue]]. Patrons may perform the transaction at a [[countertop]], through an unblocked hole through a wall, or at a [[wicket (retail)|wicket]]. 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. | ||
== Related == | == Related == | ||
- | [[audience]] - [[blockbuster]] - [[business]] - [[art patrons, funding and sponsors]] - [[venue]] | + | *[[Artworld economics]] |
+ | *[[Blockbuster]] | ||
+ | *[[Art patron|Art patrons, funding and sponsors]] | ||
+ | == See also == | ||
+ | * [[Box office bomb]] | ||
+ | * [[Will call]] | ||
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A box office is a place where tickets are sold to the public for admission to a venue. Patrons may perform the transaction at a countertop, through an unblocked hole through a wall, or at a wicket. 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.
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