Hello everyone, This post is dedicated to Dolly Parton, Tim Curry, and Shelley Fabares who all passed away last week. Dolly Parton was the most well-known for her singing career but she also starred in in “9 to 5”, “Steel Magnolias”, […]
Category: Industry News
saidi’s take – 8/12/2026
Hello everyone, Here are all the records broken during the week last week….. BOX OFFICE: “Spider-Man Brand New Day” was #1 with the 3rd best second weekend at the domestic box office ever with $145 million. It […]
saidi’s take – 8/4/2026
Hello everyone, I’ve said it before. Movie theaters are NEVER GOING AWAY because they’re the ONLY WAY for a single movie to make UP TO $1 BILLION IN A WEEKEND. “Spider-Man Brand New Day” proved that […]
saidi’s take – 7/27/2026
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: As expected, without any major competition opening this weekend “The Odyssey” continued to dominate sinking only 27% for its second weekend to make $90 million. That makes its domestic total almost $290 […]
saidi’s take 7/21/2026
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: As expected, “The Odyssey” ruled the box office making the 3rd best opening weekend of 2026 (best for a live action movie) with $123 million. “Moana” was a distant second although it ADDED […]
saidi’s take – 7/14/2026
Hello everyone, This email is dedicated to the great Sam Niell who starred in the Jurassic Park/Jurassic World movies, The Hunt for Red October, and The Piano, and other films plus the TV show “Peaky Blinders”. BOX […]
saidi’s take – 7/7/2026
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: “Minions and Monsters” topped the domestic box office but was WAY BELOW box office predictions. It made only $62 million over the 5-day weekend (Wednesday thru Sunday) and only $37 million for […]
saidi’s take – 6/30/2026
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: “Toy Story 5” is still going strong. It passed $200 million in just 5 days and made another $70 million this past weekend. Domestically, it will pass $300 million by today (11 […]
saidi’s take – 6/23/2026
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: “Toy Story 5” broke records this weekend making almost $160 million which is the highest opening weekend of 2026 so far and the biggest opening for any “Toy Story” movie. “Disclosure Day” […]
saidi’s take – 6/15/2026
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: The new Spielberg movie “Disclosure Day” opened at #1 with $44.5 million. #2 was “Obsession” with $19 million which is STILL higher than its opening weekend box office of $17 million. The […]
saidi’s take – 6/8/2026
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: Two new movies took over the top of the box office this week. “Scary Movie” had a franchise best opening with $54.3 million. The reboot of “Masters of the Universe” was 2nd with […]
saidi’s take – 6/1/2026
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: The low budget independent release “Backrooms” blew past all predictions to make $81 on its opening weekend in 3,442 screens (about 900 screens less than “Star Wars The Mandalorian and Grogu” played […]
saidi’s take – 5/27/2026
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: The first summer movie hopeful didn’t do as well as predicted coming in just below predictions. “The Mandalorian and Grogu” made $81.6 million over the 3 day weekend and $98 million over […]
saidi’s take – 5/19/2026
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: This past weekend “Michael” raced back to the top of the domestic box office with $26.1 million. “The Devil Wears Prada 2” sunk to #2 – dropping 57% to $17.8 million (some […]
saidi’s take – 5/12/2026
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: It was a race to be #1 at the domestic box office this past weekend with the second weekend of “Devil Wears Prada 2” the third weekend of “Michael” and the opening […]
saidi’s take – 5/5/2026
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: The first weekend of May – which some people call the start of the summer movie season – did pretty well thanks to the 1 – 2 punch of “Devil Wears Prada […]
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 […]
cinemacon 2026
Hello everyone, Here’s the highlights from CINEMACON 2026. SONY PICTURES Sony Pictures CEO and chairman Tom Rothman stressed 3 changes that need to happen for movie theaters. 1) Longer theatrical windows. He called the 35 […]
saidi’s take – 4/17/2026
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie” continued to lead the box office with $36.5 million which is down 46% from the previous weekend but still well above #2 – which was once again […]
saidi’s take – 4/15/2026
Hello everyone, FIRST THING: This week is the annual “CinemaCon” movie theater convention in Las Vegas where most movie studios showcase their upcoming summer movies. If there is any big news from CinemaCon I may have […]
saidi’s take – 4/7/2026
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie” blew past it’s estimated box office to make $131 million over the Easter weekend and $190.8 million since the movie opened last weekend. That’s easily the biggest […]
saidi’s take – 3/31/2026
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: “Project Hail Mary” continues to dominate at the box office making $54 million. In 2 weeks, it has made a domestic total of $163.8 million which is more than “Hoppers” has made […]
saidi’s take – 3/23/2026
Hello everyone, Today’s post is dedicated to Chuck Norris and Valerie Perrine. Chuck Norris passed away a few days ago. He was one of the original action heroes along with Bruce Lee (before Van Damme, Stallone, and Schwarzenegger). […]
saidi’s take – 3/18/2026
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: “Hoppers” retained the #1 spot declining just 37% to make $28.6 million on its second weekend. The new movies “Reminders of Him” came in second with $18 million and “Undertone” came in […]
saidi’s take – 3/14/2025
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: “Hoppers” took the #1 spot of the weekend with $45.3 million domestic. That’s the best opening weekend for an original Pixar movie since “Coco”. The other new studio release “The Bride” came […]
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