box-office bomb

English

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Noun

box-office bomb (plural box-office bombs)

1. (informal) A motion picture that generates relatively low revenue at the box office, especially less than the budget for producing it.

   My favorite movie was a giant box-office bomb.

Synonyms

• flop
• turkey

Antonyms

• blockbuster

Translations

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

• Hungarian: bukás (hu), bukta (hu)
• Italian: fallimento al botteghino m
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• Korean: 매표소 실패 (maepyoso silpae)
• Spanish: fracaso en taquilla m