Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: “Captain America Brave New World” officially became the first blockbuster of 2025 making $100 million (4-day) and $88.8 million (3-day). The other new movie “Paddington in Peru” was a distant second with […]
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saidi’s take – 2/11/2025
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: Partly thanks to the Super Bowl, this weeks domestic box office was the lowest of 2025 so far. “Dog Man” was #1 again with $13 million – down almost two thirds from […]
saidi’s take – 2/4/2025
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: The weekend of Jan/Feb got a boost thanks to the new Dreamworks/Universal animated movie “Dog Man” which made $36 million this past weekend. That’s the 2nd best opening for an animated movie in […]
ode to the movie theater
I’ve always said that movie theaters will never go away because there’s no other way a single movie can make up to $500 million worldwide over a 3-day weekend. Netflix might have 20 million people […]
saidi’s take – 1/28/2025
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: The box office slump of January continues. Only 1 movie made over $10 million this past weekend. The new movie “Flight Risk” was #1 with approx. $11.6 million. This is the 2nd #1 […]
saidi’s take – 1/24/2025
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: This past 4-day Martin Luther King weekend was the lowest in over 25 years (not including during the pandemic). Except for 2021 & 2022, the 4-day weekend box office has never dipped […]
movie 2: Rise of movie
DIDN’T I SEE THIS BEFORE 2025???? Another year means a lot more movies that seem very familiar. Especially since last year the top 10 movies at the box office were all sequels/prequels/part 2/reboots/remakes/spinoffs/etc. It looks […]
saidi’s take – 1/14/2025
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: Of course, the first new #1 movie at the domestic weekend box office is a sequel. “Den of Thieves 2” was #1 this past weekend with approx. $15 million. Since its […]
saidi’s take – 1/11/2025
Hello everyone, The recent fires all over Los Angeles this past week have affected a lot of things in the movie industry.. Places were closed for a few days (or for a while if they’re […]
saidi’s take – 1/7/2025
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: It’s a new year with a new #1 movie. “Mufasa: The Lion King” finally got past “Sonic The Hedgehog 3” to take the #1 spot for the first weekend of 2025. It […]
saidi’s take – 2024 box office recap
Hello everyone, It’s time to recap the 2024 box office…. TOP 10 WORLDWIDE OF 2024 TOP 10 DOMESTIC OF 2024 So, sequels/prequels/spinoffs/and whatever “Twisters” is supposed to be (“the next chapter”??) ruled the box office […]
saidi’s take – 12/31/2024
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: After doing poorly last weekend, “Mufasa” suddenly roared into action going neck and neck with “Sonic the Hedgehog 3” all week last week. One of them was #1 and the other was […]
saidi’s take – 12/27/2024
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: Disney is having a great 2024 but it’s final release of the year didn’t meet expectations. “Mufasa” was #2 this past weekend with $35 million. “Sonic the Hedgehog 3” zoomed past it […]
saidi’s take – 12/17/2024
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: Both of the new major studio releases this weekend didn’t do well. “The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim” made approx. 4.5 million to come in at #5 on […]
saidi’s take – 12/10/24
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: There wasn’t any new major studio release this past weekend so the top 3 at the box office stayed the same. The biggest new release was the movie from India “Pushpa: The […]
saidi’s take – 12/6/2024
Hello everyone, A special Friday movie news! AWARD NEWS: Although Dec has only started the awards for best movies of the year have already started. The following winners were announced this past week…. GOTHAM AWARDS Best […]
saidi’s take – 12/3/2024
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: The movie theaters had a lot to be thankful for over this Thanksgiving weekend. A lot of ALL-TIME box-office records were broken. The #1 movie “Moana 2” had the highest 3-day, 4-day, […]
saidi’s take – 11/26/2024
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: Everybody is raving about “Gl-icked” – this year’s version of “Barbenheimer”. However, it’s not even close to as big as that weekend. Most of the records are “biggest opening weekend for a […]
saidi’s take – 11/19/2024
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: The big hit of this past weekend is “Red One” which barely met it’s predicted box office with $32 million. Everything else basically just went down 1 spot. “Venom The Last Dance” […]
saidi’s take – 11/12/2024
Hello everyone, (I thought that this past weekend was a 4-day holiday weekend due to Veterans Day, but apparently it isn’t) BOX OFFICE: This past weekend none of the new releases were big box office winners […]
saidi’s take – 11/5/2024
Hello everyone, This email is dedicated to actress Teri Garr who passed away a few days ago and also to the people laid off this past week (see below)…. BOX OFFICE: The new releases this past […]
review – juror #2
These days, when a movie directed by Clint Eastwood is released the question always comes up “Is it his last movie?” Personally, I feel very conflicted about that. On the one hand, the man is […]
saidi’s take – 10/29/2024
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: The new movie “Venom: The Last Dance” came out below expectations. It was expected to make $60-65 million but it ended up making approx. $51 million over this past weekend. Last weeks […]
saidi’s take – 10/22/2024
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: “Smile 2” was a little higher than predictions and a little bit higher than the opening weekend of the first movie making $23 million. “The Wild Robot” retained the #2 spot with […]
saidi’s take – 10/15/2024
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: Last weeks box office disappointment “Joker: Folie à Deux” broke a record in its 2nd weekend. It had one of the worst 2nd weekend drops EVER going down over 81% from its first weekend. […]
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