box-office bomb

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box-office bomb (plural box-office bombs)

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

   Synonyms: flop, turkey

   Antonym: blockbuster

   Coordinate term: sleeper

   • 1960, Jaik Rosenstein (publisher), Hollywood Close-Up‎^[1], page 4:

     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 .