Where Did the Term ‘Box Office’ Come From?
The 'box office' is more about box seats and less about the fact that many old-fashioned box offices look like glorified boxes.
The 'box office' is more about box seats and less about the fact that many old-fashioned box offices look like glorified boxes.
'Terminator 2: Judgment Day' remains even a miracle of ingenuity, hard work and of course deep, deep pockets.
When movie theaters are open for business, snacks make up nearly half of their profits. But when movie houses first cropped up, managers banned food outright.
Before the word was used to describe hit movies, 'blockbuster' was a nickname for a highly destructive bomb.
'Cats' gave viewers a lot to hate when it came out in 2019. Now, the movie musical has been named the worst film of the 2010s.
From 'It's a Wonderful Life' to 'Battlefield Earth,' these box office turkeys proved that it can take just one major flop to send a studio down the dreaded path of bankruptcy.
The highest grossing movie of 1980 was 'The Empire Strikes Back.' Now, thanks to the drive-in theater resurgence, the second film in the original Star Wars trilogy found its way back into the number one spot—40 years after its original release.