Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: Just like last year, a Warner Bros sequel had a huge opening weekend right after Labor Day. Last year it was “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” (which made $111 million about a year ago), this […]
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saidi’s take – 9/3/2025
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: The summer movie season came crawling to a close with “Weapons” jumping back to #1 and the 50th anniversary re-release of “Jaws” beating all the new movie releases. “Weapons” is the only move […]
you should see movies in theaters – part deux
Since I posted about all the classic movies returning to movie theaters there has been even more news. The 50th Anniversary re-release of “Jaws” made more money than any other new movie release at the domestic […]
saidi’s take – 8/25/2025
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: The animated movie released by Netflix “KPop Demon Hunters” was the box office winner this past weekend with approx. $18-19 million but Netflix doesn’t release theatrical box office numbers so there’s no […]
you should see movies in theaters
I have always said that if you want to see a movie the best place to see it – if possible – is in a movie theater. Apparently, other people are now thinking the same […]
saidi’s take – 6/19/2025
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: There was only 1 new movie in the domestic top 5 this past weekend. “Nobody 2” opened at #3 with only 9.2 million. The #1 movie was still “Weapons” which played in […]
saidi’s take – 8/13/2025
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: For the 5th time in 2025, an ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (not based on anything and not a sequel/prequel/remake/reboot/spinoff of another movie) was the #1 movie at the domestic box office. “Weapons” was the #1 […]
danger! i’m playing a film!
Since everything is digital now, you might not know that several years ago working as a movie theater projectionist was a dangerous job. If you ever saw “Cinema Paradiso” you probably remember this scene…. The […]
saidi’s take – 8/5/2025
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: It looks like the summer box office is starting to wind down although there’s technically still a month left. “The Fantastic Four: First Steps” retained the #1 spot although it sunk over two […]
review – the fantastic four: first steps
Since there were already 2 or 3 attempts to bring the comic book quartet “The Fantastic Four” to the big screen, in this latest reboot – the first time the quartet is in the Marvel […]
saidi’s take – 7/28/2025
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: In what will probably be the last movie to open with an $100+ opening weekend this summer, “The Fantastic Four: First Steps” had an opening weekend of $117 million. This is fourth […]
saidi’s take – 7/22/2025
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: The new movies opening this weekend were no match for the previous “Superman” and “Jurassic World Rebirth”. Superman was again #1 movie this past weekend with $58.5 million which is down 53% […]
saidi’s take – 7/15/2025
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: “Superman” soared to the 3rd highest opening weekend of 2025 so far with $125 million. “Jurassic World: Rebirth” – which lost a lot of it’s IMAX, Dolby Vision, and other premium theaters to […]
saidi’s take – 7/9/2025
This post is dedicated to Michael Madsen who passed away last week. Incredible actor mostly known for several Quentin Tarantino movies. BOX OFFICE: “Jurassic World: Rebirth” dominated the weekend box office with $147 million since it […]
I OBJECT TO HOW LAWYERS ARE SHOWN IN MOVIES!!!!
I have a friend who is a lawyer. He loves watching movies but if the plot involves a trial, he’ll often skip it. He says that movies get too many things wrong regarding lawyers. Here […]
2025 box office half-time report
Hello everyone, 2025 is halfway done and here’s the current box office stats…. Domestic Top 10 Worldwide Top 10 Disney is doing the best this year with 4 of the 10 top movies for both […]
saidi’s take – 7/1/2025
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: Apple Original Films just found out how well one of their movies could do in a wide theatrical release. “F1” made $57 million over the weekend including $10 million on the previews […]
review – F1
It seems like every few years a racing movie comes out. There are animated movies (“Cars”), comedy movies (“Talladega Nights”), movies based on a true story (“Ford vs Ferrari”), movies based on other things (“Grand […]
saidi’s take – 6/24/2025
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: The two new wide releases couldn’t take “How To Train Your Dragon” from the top of the box office this weekend. It stayed at #1 with $36.5 million, dropping 57% from it’s […]
saidi’s take – 6/20/2025
Hello everyone, This post is dedicated to actor David Hekili Kenui Bell who was one of the stars of the recent “Lilo and Stitch” movie. It was announced today that he just passed away. BOX OFFICE: Live action […]
saidi’s take – 6/9/2025
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: The new movie “Ballerina” (full title “From the World of John Wick: Ballerina”) didn’t make enough to dethrone the leading movie of the last two weeks but it did manage to beat […]
everything you’ve done led you to reading this
A few days ago I rewatched “Bullet Train” on cable TV (my original review is posted here) and there was one scene that references something which seems to be part of the storyline in a few […]
saidi’s take – 6/4/2025
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: “Lilo & Stitch” went down approx. 58% from the previous 3-day weekend, but since the previous weekend was $146 million (3-day) the movie remained at the top of the box office with […]
saidi’s take – 5/27/2025
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: The unofficial start of summer kicked off with a record-breaking weekend – although not the records people were expecting. Prior to the weekend, some people predicted that “Lilo and Stitch” and “Mission: Impossible […]
original script? what an original idea!
Right now, the total domestic box office for the movie “Sinners” is at approx. $240 million. That is the biggest box office for an ORIGIAL SCRIPT – NOT based on a true story/book/video game/etc. and […]
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