Film SPeak

[lorrymorry]

What, in moviespeak, is b.o.?

[Top_Gooner]

Box Office ?

[tonymclark]

Probably Boom Operator, the person operating the microphone that is attached to a long pole often possitioned above an actor's head.

[galltin]

It's commonly held to be Box Office

[jno]

in Variety, the Hollywood trade newspaper, it's box office - ie the amount of money a film makes (at the ticket office).

[gutfish]

it's body oddor... specifically the oddor from the body of an actor/actress.

i also believe alot of film people like bacon in their omlettes... so it could also be to do with that.