興行(こうぎょう)

こうぎょう
noun, suru-verb
entertainment show, public performance
1. public performance, show, entertainment event
A commercial entertainment event performed for a paying audience, such as a play, concert, sumo tournament, or film screening. Also refers to the business of staging such events.
今月(こんげつ)の興行(こうぎょう)は大(おお)いに盛(も)り上(あ)がった。
This month's show was a huge success.
大相撲(おおずもう)の地方(ちほう)興行(こうぎょう)が来月(らいげつ)行(おこな)われる。
A regional sumo tournament performance will be held next month.
その映画(えいが)は興行(こうぎょう)収入(しゅうにゅう)百億(ひゃくおく)円(えん)を突破(とっぱ)した。
That film surpassed 10 billion yen in box office revenue.

USAGE:
Commonly associated with traditional performing arts (kabuki, sumo), cinema, and live entertainment. The word covers both the event itself and the commercial aspect of staging public entertainment.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 興行(こうぎょう)収入(しゅうにゅう): box office revenue
  • 興行(こうぎょう)成績(せいせき): box office performance
  • 地方(ちほう)興行(こうぎょう): regional performance/tour
  • 興行(こうぎょう)を打(う)つ: to stage a show
  • 興行(こうぎょう)主(ぬし): promoter, impresario
  • 興行(こうぎょう)権(けん): performance rights
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