Box Office
The object of the Box Office round was to answer 5 questions correctly. Before each question, host Newton gave the contestant two category choices. The first four correct answers were worth $500 each; the fifth won the Box Office.
At any time, a contestant could quit and take what they had won up to that point. However, an incorrect answer lost whatever winnings they had earned; either way, if a contestant did not win the Box Office, they played another game and search for another Box Office card.
When a contestant won the Box Office, he/she retired from the show, and a new contestant took his/her place for a new search for the Box Office card and the Box Office again started fresh at $10,000.
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