box-office bomb

English

Noun

box-office bomb (plural box-office bombs)

1. (idiomatic) A motion picture that generates relatively low revenue at the box office, especially that which is less than the budget for the motion picture.

   My favorite movie was a giant box-office bomb.

Synonyms

• flop
• turkey

Antonyms

• blockbuster

Translations

(Translated as unsuccessful motion picture, box-office failure, or motion picture failure)

a motion picture that generates relatively low revenue at the box office

Chinese: trad. 不成功的電影, simpl. 不成功的电影 (pinyin: bùchénggōng de diànyǐng), trad. and simpl. 票房失败 (pinyin: piàofáng shībài) Dutch: niet succesvolle film m., bespreekbureaumislukking f. French: flop (fr) m. German: erfolglose Bewegung Abbildung f., Kasseausfall m. Greek: αποτυχία ταινιών (apostuchía tainión) Hungarian: bukás (hu), bukta (hu)

Italian: fallimento al botteghino Japanese: kanji: 発券所の失敗, hiragana: はっけんしょのしっぱい, romaji: hakkensho no shippai Korean: 매표소 실패 (maepyoso silpae) Latin: offensio picturae cinematographicae, offensio picturae motionis, pictura cinematographica infelix Portuguese: fracasso de bilheteria m. Russian: отказ касс (otkáz kass) m. Spanish: fracaso en taquilla m.