What is grossing?

Answer 1

A layman's take:

A simple way to think of it is that "gross" income is the total amount of money a product takes in, period. It doesn't take into account any related costs or expenses.

Movie studios, record companies and game makers in particular love to point out what a title is "grossing" for promotional purposes. It sounds a whole lot better to say, "The (film/album/game) is grossing over $15 million a week in sales" (assuming that's an accurate statement), than to say, "Unless sales double starting this week, this turkey will never cover its expenses" (which could be an equally accurate statement!).

Answer 2

Pork is gross. Also, snails and shark and whale.