票房

• Pinyin: piào fáng
• Hanzi breakdown: 票 = 示 + 覀 (to show/reveal — a slip or ticket); 房 = 户 + 方 (door + square — a room or enclosure)

Meaning

Box office; ticket sales revenue. The commercial performance of a film, theatrical production, or live event as measured by ticket receipts.

Primarily used in the film and entertainment industry to gauge commercial success. Common collocations: 票房大卖 (sell out at the box office), 票房冠军 (box-office champion), 票房纪录 (box-office record). Can also refer literally to the ticket booth in traditional venue contexts.

Examples

1. 这部动作片上映首周末便斩获逾二十亿元的票房成绩，刷新了国内同档期电影的最高纪录。 This action film raked in more than two billion yuan at the box office on its opening weekend, setting a new record for domestic releases in the same period.
2. 导演坦言，艺术追求与票房压力之间的张力始终令他感到两难，但他最终选择了坚守自己的创作理念。 The director admitted that the tension between artistic ambition and box-office pressure has always left him torn, but in the end he chose to stick to his creative principles.
3. 今年暑期档多部大制作影片相继亮相，争夺有限的观影时间，票房竞争空前激烈，局面难以预判。 This summer season, multiple big-budget films are hitting theaters one after another, competing for limited viewing time; the box-office battle is fiercer than ever and hard to predict.

Usage Guide

Context: film industry, entertainment, business

Tone: neutral

Do Say

• 这部以真实历史事件为蓝本改编的战争题材电影，凭借精良的制作和深厚的情感共鸣，在春节档收获了超过四十亿元的惊人票房。(This war film adapted from a real historical event achieved a staggering box-office take of more than forty billion yuan during the Spring Festival season, thanks to its excellent production quality and deep emotional resonance.)
• 业内人士指出，单纯以票房高低来衡量一部影片的艺术价值是片面的，口碑与票房之间并不总是呈现正相关的关系。(Industry insiders point out that measuring a film's artistic value purely by box-office performance is one-sided, as critical reputation and box-office receipts do not always correlate positively.)

Don't Say

• 票房 refers specifically to commercial ticket revenue — do not use it for streaming views or digital downloads; use 播放量 or 点击量 for those contexts

Origin & History

票 (ticket) + 房 (room/house — originally the room where tickets were sold and receipts counted)

Cultural Context

Generation: All ages

Social background: Universal