outgross
verb
out·gross
ˌau̇t-ˈgrōs 
outgrossed; outgrossing; outgrosses
1
: to gross more than
a highly anticipated movie that outgrossed all the rest in its first week
2
: to be more disgusting or gross than : to exceed in grossness
But violence and decay can't make or break a [TV] series … With so much competition, the rush to outgross the grossest can't possibly last.—
Tim Goodman
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Wakanda Forever also both failed to outgross their predecessors, and audiences gave four of Marvel's six films before Vol. 3 a CinemaScore grade of B+ or lower.
—Brendan Morrow, The Week, 7 May 2023
The film kicked off summer movie season in May 2017 and went on to outgross the original with $863.7 million.
—Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Apr. 2023
Heck, the second-biggest global grosser at that moment was Will Smith’s Independence Day, while Smith’s Men in Black would outgross The Lost World domestically in the summer of 1997.
—Scott Mendelson, Forbes, 14 Apr. 2022
Animal House’ would outgross ‘American Graffiti’ (the 1973 Universal movie that earned $55.8 million in domestic film rentals).
—Scott Harrison, latimes.com, 6 June 2018
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Brendan Morrow, The Week, 7 May 2023
The film kicked off summer movie season in May 2017 and went on to outgross the original with $863.7 million.
—Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Apr. 2023
Heck, the second-biggest global grosser at that moment was Will Smith’s Independence Day, while Smith’s Men in Black would outgross The Lost World domestically in the summer of 1997.
—Scott Mendelson, Forbes, 14 Apr. 2022
Animal House’ would outgross ‘American Graffiti’ (the 1973 Universal movie that earned $55.8 million in domestic film rentals).
—Scott Harrison, latimes.com, 6 June 2018
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“Outgross.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outgross. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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