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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
saidi’s take – 5/20/2025
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: The #1 movie this past weekend was the new release “Final Destination: Bloodlines” which broke the franchise record for best opening weekend with $51.6 million. #2 was “Thunderbolts*” which went down about […]
saidi’s take – 5/13/2025
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: Slow weekend at the movie theaters. Partly because people were busy with Mothers Day and partly because the biggest release was Lionsgate’s action movie “Shadow Force” which was #6 with only $2.1 […]
saidi’s take – 5/5/2025
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: “Thunderbolts*” didn’t quite jump start the summer box office season since it’s $76 million opening was about $10 million less than the opening of “Captain America Brave New World” earlier this year, […]
saidi’s take – 4/29/2025
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: Two big surprises for the final weekend in April. First, the hit movie “Sinners” continues to bring in audiences adding 40 ADDITIONAL screens on its second weekend and falling LESS THAN 5%. […]
saidi’s take – 4/22/2025
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: Before the weekend, predictions were that it would be a neck and neck race between the 3rd weekend of “The Minecraft Movie” and the new horror movie “Sinners” but over the weekend it […]
saidi’s take – 4/15/2025
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: “A Minecraft Movie” continues to rule the box office making $78.5 million on its second weekend which is down approx. 52% from it’s opening weekend. It has now reached almost $300 million […]
saidi’s take – 4/8/2025
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: The “A Minecraft Movie” EXPLODED at the box office this past weekend. Pre-release estimates were $80 million (but it ended up doing TWICE THAT MIUCH), over the weekend estimates were around […]
cinemacon news
Hello everyone, This post is dedicated to the great Val Kilmer, who passed away on April 1st (no, not an April Fools joke). (Disney’s entire 2025 lineup from Disney/Marvel/Pixar/Fox Studios) Unfortunately, I didn’t get to go […]
saidi’s take – 4/1/2025
Hello everyone, WELCOME TO THE END OF THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2025. Time is just flying by. BOX OFFICE: This past weekend was a race between the 2nd weekend of “Snow White” and the new action […]
saidi’s take – 3/25/2025
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: This past weekend the live action remake of “Snow White” did OK (on the lower end of predictions) making $42.2 million this past weekend, but unfortunately everything else did poorly. No other […]
saidi’s take – 3/17/2025
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: The two new movies didn’t do very well this weekend. No movie made more than $9 million. It was a 3-way race for the top of the box office that ended up […]
saidi’s take – 3/11/2025
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: The new movie “Mickey 17” has replaced “Captain America Brave New World” as the #1 movie of the weekend this past weekend. It came just under early predictions (which were around $20 […]
saidi’s take – 3/8/2025
Hello everyone, THIS POST IS DEDICATED TO THE GREAT GENE HACKMAN WHO PASSED AWAY LAST WEEK – more info is below. BOX OFFICE: “Captain America Brave New World” sunk another 47% this past weekend but was still the […]
saidi’s take – 2/25/2025
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: “Captain America Brave New World” sunk approx. 68% from its opening weekend to make $28 million this past weekend. That’s double the amount of the #2 movie – the just released “The […]
saidi’s take – 2/21/2025
Hello everyone, VERY BIG MOVIE NEWS announced yesterday. So big that all the major newspapers are covering it, not just the entertainment news. The control of the James Bond franchise has been transferred to Amazon/MGM. The […]
saidi’s take – 2/18/2025
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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