Industry News
by saidiontheside

saidi’s take – 5/1/2026

Hello everyone,

BOX OFFICE: “Michael” surprised everyone this past weekend making almost $100 million domestic (actually $97.2 million).  That’s the 2nd highest domestic opening for 2026 (so far) and the highest opening for a biopic ever.  It made TWICE AS MUCH as #2-10 made domestically.  The #2 movie at the domestic box office was “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie” with $20 million which is now at $385 million total domestic box office.

Thanks to “Michael” the domestic box office total zoomed up to $150 million which is the 2nd highest 3-day weekend of 2026 so far (“The Super Mario Galaxy Movie” opening weekend made $199.3 million – thanks to “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie” which made $131.7 million).  That makes it the #6 biggest worldwide box office of 2026 (so far) after just one weekend. 

WORLDWIDE BOX OFFICE: Thanks to an international box office of $120.4 million, “Michael” is the HIGHEST OPENING WEEKEND OF 2026 SO FAR with a worldwide total of $217.4 million.  Meanwhile, “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie” is still the #1 movie of 2026 at the worldwide box office zooming past $830 million this past weekend.

OTHER NEWS:

  • Two Universal reboots just moved release dates.  The second attempt at a movie version of the TV show “Miami Vice” – now called “Miami Vice 85” moved from August 6, 2027 to May 19, 2028 and (reboot or sequel) “The Mummy” movie moved from May 19, 2028 up to October 15, 2027.
  • The movie previously shelved by Warner Bros” now has a release date and a trailer.  The part real/part animated “Coyote Vs Acme” originally scheduled for Nov 2023 before it was shelved now has a trailer and a release date of August 28.  You can watch the trailer for it here.
  • They recently announced that the Village Theater in Westwood Village which was closed for remodeling after it was purchased by a group of filmmakers a couple years ago will reopen for at least one night for the premiere of “Billie Eilish: Hit Me Hard And Soft” and then it will be closed again for remodeling that supposed to start in the fall.  Maybe they’ll also open it for other movie premieres….or maybe for some summer movies.  Also, maybe the long closed “Cinerama Dome” in Hollywood will do the same thing.

LITTLE BIT OF HUMOR: Everything seems to be going digital….except for one thing.

Paper movie posters are going in the other direction.  Barco, Real D 3-D, Dolby Cinema, IMAX…..etc, etc, etc. now have their own unique movie poster for some upcoming movie openings.