Dictionary

box-office bomb en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Australia) audio

Meanings

1. (informal) A motion picture that generates relatively low revenue at the box office, especially less than the budget for producing it.
   • The story organization is acquiring a lot of downbeat, disgusting properties like ALL FALL DOWN (which turned into an awful box-office bomb) and TWO WEEKS IN ANOTHER TOWN (which will do the same thing . 1960, Jaik Rosenstein (publisher), Hollywood Close-Up, page 4:

Forms

Antonyms

blockbuster

Coordinates

sleeper

Synonyms

turkey · flop

Translations (12)

cmn 票房崩盤 /票房崩盘 (motion picture that generates relatively low revenue at the box office) · it fallimento al botteghino (motion picture that generates relatively low revenue at the box office) · hu bukás (motion picture that generates relatively low revenue at the box office) · ko 매표소 실패 (motion picture that generates relatively low revenue at the box office) · vi bom xịt (motion picture that generates relatively low revenue at the box office) · cmn 票房慘淡 /票房惨淡 (motion picture that generates relatively low revenue at the box office) · pl klapa (motion picture that generates relatively low revenue at the box office) · pl fiasko (motion picture that generates relatively low revenue at the box office) · hu bukta (motion picture that generates relatively low revenue at the box office) · cmn 票房撲街 /票房扑街 (motion picture that generates relatively low revenue at the box office) · de Flop (motion picture that generates relatively low revenue at the box office) · es fracaso en taquilla (motion picture that generates relatively low revenue at the box office)