Example Sentences

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Going into 2023, no one was betting “Sound of Freedom” would outgross “The Marvels” or that “Five Nights at Freddy’s” would have a bigger opening weekend than “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.”

From Seattle Times • Dec. 27, 2023

Now it’s a question of how high “Barbie” can go and if it can outgross other top films directed by women.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 24, 2023

“I assumed that people were going to outgross one another, which influenced what I made,” he said.

From New York Times • Jan. 25, 2013

Before it is finished, the movie will probably outgross The Graduate and Easy Rider, and perhaps come close to that alltime mint, The Sound of Music.

From Time Magazine Archive

By this yardstick, Happy, Texas, which Miramax Films picked up for about $6 million, should sweep the Oscars and outgross Titanic.

From Time Magazine Archive