Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: I believe this is the only weekend in March where there isn’t a major studio release (unless you count Lionsgate as a major studio). The #1 and #2 movies remained the same […]
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saidi’s take – 3/18/2024
Hello everyone, This is for the weekend of Mach 8-10. It’s a week late because I was busy (in the hospital) last week. BOX OFFICE: Some people were saying that “Dune Part 2” may dominate the […]
saidi’s take – 3/5/2024
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: As predicted (and hoped for) “Dune Part 2” made an incredible $82.5 million in its domestic opening weekend. Although no other movie made more than $8 million (#2 was “Bob Marley: One […]
saidi’s take – 2/28/2024
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: After rising to almost the highest box office weekend of 2024 so far, the box office sunk again approx. 25% this past weekend to the third lowest of 2024 so far with […]
saidi’s take – 2/20/2024
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: There was some good news and some bad news over the holiday weekend. The good news is that the overall domestic box office was more than DOUBLE the previous weekend with a […]
saidi’s take – 2/15/2024
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: Thanks to the Super Bowl – which I just read was the most watched television show EVER – and the lack of big studio releases – the only wide new release was […]
saidi’s take – 2/6/2024
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: Movie theaters were really hoping that “Argylle” would ignite the box office this past weekend, unfortunately, it didn’t. Probably due to the really bad reviews (currently 34% on Rotten Tomatoes), it only […]
saidi’s take – 1/30/2024
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: There was a competition for #1 this past weekend but there really wasn’t what you would call a “winner” since none of the movies made over $7 million at the domestic box […]
saidi’s take – 1/24/2024
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: The 2024 weekend box office totals were steadily climbing reaching over $100 million for the 4-day weekend last week but this weekend it dropped to what may be the lowest of the […]
saidi’s take – 1/17/2024
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: “Mean Girls” appears to be the first box office hit of 2024 making a decent $28.6 (3-day) and $33.6 (4-day holiday weekend). The #2 movie was also a new release. “The Beekeeper” […]
saidi’s take – 1/9/2024
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: “Wonka” stayed at #1 with only $14 million. For new movies, the highest opening was the thriller “Night Swim” which came in at #2 with $11 million. The total box office […]
saidi’s take – 1/3/2024
Hello everyone, WEEKEND DOMESTIC BOX OFFICE: Two movies INCREASED their weekend box office numbers from the previous weekend but only 1 was a Warner Bros movie. “Wonka” rose to #1 for the final weekend of 2023 […]
saidi’s take – 12/29/2023
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: Warner Bros had a not-so-great holiday weekend but they did have the top 3 movies at the domestic box office. #1 was “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom” with approx. $38 million (including […]
saidi’s take – 12/19/2023
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: The news is saying “Wonka” had a “strong” start making approx. $39 million this weekend. However, that’s A LOT lower than the same weekend last year when “Avatar: The Way of Water” […]
saidi’s take – 12/12/2023
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: With no new major releases this past weekend, the weekend was one of the lowest of this year with a total of approx. $69 million. Only 1 movie made over $10 million […]
saidi’s take – 12/5/2023
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: Beyonce’s new movie “Renaissance: A Film By Beyonce” opened to a somewhat disappointing $21 million at the domestic box office. It’s funny to see how the news is trying to make it […]
saidi’s take – 11/28/2023
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: At first the news was predicting a race for #1 between “Napoleon” and Wish”, then there was a 3-way race between those 2 movies and “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds […]
saidi’s take – 11/20/2023
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: Three new openings got the top 3 spots in this weekend’s box office. #1 was “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes” with $44.6 million. #2 was “Trolls Band Together” […]
saidi’s take – 11/13/2023
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: Things aren’t looking good at the box office. “The Marvels” was #1 this weekend with a disappointing $46 million which is the lowest opening weekend for ANY Marvel movie and approx. 25% […]
saidi’s take – 11/8/2023
Hello everyone, FIRST… This afternoon, the studios made the unusual move of giving the actors an ultimatum for a new deal with the actors. They gave deadline of 5pm PST today (11/8) for the deal to […]
saidi’s take – 11/7/2023
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: Since “Dune Part 2” was postponed until next year, this past weekend was one of the lowest box office weekends of the year. No movie made more than $20 million and the […]
saidi’s take – 11/4/2023
Hello everyone, 3 quick news items: BOX OFFICE: After “Dune Part 2” was delayed until next year, there isn’t a major studio release this weekend (although there is a few wide releases from smaller studios) so […]
saidi’s take – 10/31/2023
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: The new movie “Five Nights at Freddys” STUNNED EVERYONE at the domestic box office. Although it opened in movie theaters AND on the Peacock streaming site, it made $80 million domestic. It […]
saidi’s take – 10/24/2023
BOX OFFICE: The Taylor Swift movie “Taylor Swift The Eras Tour” was #1 this weekend again but the 2nd weekend decline was somewhat staggering. It made approx. $33 million which is an approx. 64% drop. There are […]
saidi’s take – 10/16/2023
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: As expected, the “Taylor Swift Eras Tour” concert film did very well this weekend but it DIDN’T meet predictions. It is the highest opening weekend for a concert film but it wasn’t […]
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