box-office bomb

box-office bomb

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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

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

Chinese: Mandarin: 不成功的電影, 不成功的电影 (bù chénggōng de diànyǐng), 票房失败 (piàofáng shībài) Dutch: niet succesvolle film m, bespreekbureaumislukking f French: flop (fr) m German: erfolglose Bewegung Abbildung f, Kasseausfall m Greek: αποτυχία ταινιών (apotychía tainión) Hungarian: bukás (hu), bukta (hu)

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