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, Canada]] A box office is a place where Ticket s are sold to the public for Admission to a Venue . Patrons may perform the transaction at a Countertop , through an unblocked hole through a wall, or at a Wicket . The term is often used, especially in the context of the Film Industry , as a synonym for the amount of business a particular production, such as a Film or Theatre show, receives. ''Box office'' business can be measured in terms of the number of people who see it or the amount of money raised by ticket sales ( Revenue ). The projection and analysis of these earnings is very important for the creative industries and often a source of interest for fans. Some complain that industry focus on profit has diminished the attention given to film as an Art Form . However, analysis of the financial success of films is very influential for the production and funding of future works. There are numerous Websites that monitor box-office receipts and profits, such as Box Office Mojo . For a list of films which are major box-office hits, see List Of Highest Grossing Films . On average, the movie's Distributor receives more than half of the revenue, with the remainder kept by the Movie Theater . The split varies from movie to movie, and the percentage for the distributor is generally higher in early weeks. Usually the distributor gets a percentage of the revenue after first deducting a "house allowance" or "house nut". It is also common that the distributor gets either a percentage of the gross revenue, or a higher percentage of the revenue after deducting the nut, whichever is larger. [http://express.howstuffworks.com/wq-movies1.htm . COLLOQUIALISM ''Box office'' is also used as a London Slang term for a pretty woman—e.g. "She's box office." SEE ALSO
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