box-office (English) boxoffice

Japanese: box-office(英語表記)boxoffice
box-office (English) boxoffice

...All of these are part of the film industry's process. Planning involves what to make (what theme or original story to choose), production involves how to make it (what kind of cast and director to use, and how much budget (production costs) to spend), distribution involves where to supply it (what theaters to show it to), exhibition involves how to screen it (single feature or double feature, single-theater roadshow or extended roadshow, etc.), advertising involves how to sell it (how to build up "advance buzz" using newspaper ads, posters, reviews, etc.), and ultimately the goal is to increase the box office results. In other words, all of these processes are methods and stages for creating the production value of a film (so-called box office value). ...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "box-office" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…そのすべてが映画企業のプロセスである。企画は何を作るか(どんな主題や原作を選ぶか)であり,製作はいかに作るか(どんな配役や監督でどのくらいの予算(製作費)をかけて作るか)であり,配給はどこに供給するか(どんな劇場にかけるか)であり,興行はいかに上映するか(1本立て番組でいくか2本立て番組でいくか,1館ロードショーでいくか拡大ロードショーでいくか等々)であり,宣伝はいかに売るか(新聞広告やポスターや批評などを利用して,いかに〈前評判〉をもり立てるか)であり,最終的にはいかに興行成績box‐officeをあげるかを目的とする。すなわち,そのプロセスのすべてが映画の作品価値(いわゆる興行価値)を作りだすための方法であり段階である。…

※「box-office」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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