There aren’t a lot of companies that are still going strong after 100 years. However, that is how long many of the movie studios have been around. Despite people saying that “television with be the […]
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saidi’s take – 6/8/2023
Hello everyone, The new #1 opening weekend of the summer (so far) is “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse”. It surpassed predictions and made approx. $120 million over this past weekend. That means the two biggest opening […]
review – the machine
It seems like a lot of people that are famous for other things would also like to be actors. Singers like Lady Gaga, Justin Timberlake, and Taylor Swift, athletes like Lebron James, Ronda Rousey, and […]
saidi supplemental – 5/30/2023
Hello everyone, For the upcoming big Memorial Day weekend “The Little Mermaid” is predicted to do well with approx. $125 million for four days and about $100 million for the 3 day weekend. If those […]
saidi’s take – 5/30/2023
Hello everyone, The Memorial Day weekend box office did pretty well for ONE movie opening. “The Little Mermaid” made approx. $95 million 3 day and approx. $117 million 4 day which is the 3rd highest […]
saidi’s take – 5/23/2023
Hello everyone, “Fast X” didn’t do so well at the domestic box office making only $67 on it’s opening weekend. That’s slightly less than the previous movie made in the middle of COVID in 2021. […]
saidi’s take – 5/20/2023
There’s some news from Cannes this week so here is a late movie news…. “Fast X” is doing well internationally already. After 2 days in a few international countries it’s already made $69 million with […]
review – guardians of the galaxy vol. 3
I’m a pretty big comic book fan. I go to my local comic book store almost every week to get the new issues of the series that I’m reading. I prefer the standalone comic book […]
summer movies: must see, maybe see, Won’t see
If you look in an almanac, summer doesn’t start until the summer solstice on June 21. If you ask people in school, the summer doesn’t start until summer break – which is June 9 according […]
saidi’s take – 5/18/2023
Hello everyone, This past weekend, “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3” retained the #1 spot on the domestic box office with $62 million making its domestic total a little less than $215 million. That’s a […]
saidi’s take – 5/10/2023
Hello everyone, Although summer doesn’t officially start until later this month, the first unofficial movie of the summer – “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3” was the #1 movie of the weekend with about $118 […]
saidi on cinema con – pt.5
Final Day Paramount Presentation The first thing on the final day (Thursday) was the Paramount presentation. (this is not in the actual order of the presentation). They started with some teenage mutant ninja turtle dancers […]
saidi on cinema con – pt.4
Day 3 Disney Presentation The first thing I attended on Wed morning was the Disney presentation. They first showed a montage for their 100th anniversary and displayed the brand-new Disney logo with “100 Years” on it. […]
saidi’s take – 5/1/2023
Hello everyone, Once again, “Super Mario Bros” movie beat all the new movies. The $40 million it made is the best 4th weekend box office for any animated movie ever. Its domestic total is now at […]
saidi on cinema con – pt. 3
SEMINAR The “State of the Industry” seminar is always first thing on the Tuesday morning. It’s usually the most important seminar of CinemaCon because the head of the MPA (Motion Picture Association) and the head […]
saidi on cinema con – pt. 2
SEMINAR The first thing I attended was the “Movie Theaters Aren’t Going Anywhere” seminar on Monday afternoon. Jeffrey Cole gave a speech about the current movie industry. According to an online bio: he’s the founder […]
saidi on cinema con – pt. 1
INTRODUCTION For those who don’t know, CinemaCon is the annual movie theater convention usually held is Las Vegas, NV every spring. It’s put together by NATO – the National Association of Theater Owners (NOT the […]
saidi’s take – 4/23/2023
Hello everyone, This email has box office estimated instead of actuals because on Monday I will be at the CinemaCon convention (the annual movie theater convention). The estimates say that “Super Mario Bros Movie” will […]
saidi’s take – 4/18/2023
Hello everyone, “The Super Mario Bros Movie” once again dominated it’s 2nd weekend with $92 million for a total of $353 million which makes it the biggest domestic movie for 2023 so far – over $100 […]
saidi’s take – 4/11/23
Hello everyone, Box Office: While people were making jokes about the “Super Mario Bros Movie” movie and complaining that Chris Pratt’s voice isn’t like Marios, the filmmakers were laughing all the way to the bank […]
review – air
I always recommend that you see a movie in a movie theater on a big screen. In the past, I have gone out of my way to see a movie when it was playing at […]
saidi’s take – 4/6/2023
Hello everyone. Although it’s still early April, it looks like the summer movie season has now started. Advance tickets for “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3” (May 5) and “Fast X” (May 19) just went […]
saidi’s take – 4/4/2023
Hello everyone, Today’s email is dedicated to William Doren who passed away about a month ago (although Variety reported it today). He was my boss for a little while when I worked at Kodak. Box […]
review – a good person
According to what I’ve read, writer/director Zach Braff made this movie for his girlfriend (at the time) Florence Pugh. History has shown that doing that is often a bad idea. One reason is because if […]
saidi’s take – 03/30/2023
Hello everyone, Moar news… Movie theater news: I couldn’t find this mentioned on any of the standard entertainment news sites (Hollywood Reporter, Variety, etc) so it might be just a rumor: According to other news […]
