Hello everyone, Although there is no breaking news like there was last week, there was a few news items from the final week of August. According to reports, last Sunday on National Cinema Day there […]
Category: Industry News
saidi’s take – 8/30/2023
Hello everyone, It’s been awhile since a Warner Bros movie wasn’t #1 at the weekend box office, and Warner Bros seems very upset that “Gran Turismo” was #1 this past weekend. First, they said that […]
saidi’s take – 8/25/2023
Hello everyone, Three BREAKING NEWS items!!! The first breaking news is that “Barbie” is now #1 DOMESTIC MOVIE OF 2023 (so far). As of Wed Aug 23, the total domestic box office for “Barbie” $575.4 […]
saidi’s take – 8/23/2023
Hello Everyone, For the first time since it opened, “Barbie” was knocked out of the #1 position this past weekend. Warner Bros isn’t too upset though because it’s new release “Blue Beetle” was #1. “Blue […]
saidi’s take – 8/15/2023
Hello everyone, In the domestic box office, “Barbie” is still leading the way with $33 million which makes it’s domestic total now $526 million which is only approx. $50 million less than the #1 “Super […]
saidi’s take – 8/7/2023
In the domestic box office, “Barbie” is still dominating with approx. $53 million for its 3rd weekend. Its domestic total is now approx. $460 million which makes it #2 for 2023 so far and some people […]
saidi’s take – 8/3/2023
Hello everyone, Both “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” had very good second weekends at the box office. On their second weekends, they made about what pre-release predictions said they would make on their opening weekend. “Barbie was […]
saidi’s take – 7/26/2023
Hello everyone, “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” both soared past their expected grosses. This weekend was the first time ever where 2 different movies beat their box office predictions (usually one movie does well and the 2nd new […]
saidi’s take – 7/23/2023
Hello everyone, Lots of news to report so today is a special movie news update. I’m going to talk about the box office after the weekend as usual, but the movie theaters and studios are […]
saidi’s take – 7/20/2023
Hello everyone, “Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning Part 1” didn’t meet predictions prior to its opening ($90 million 5 day was predicted) but did beat the predictions from the end of last week ($70 million 5 […]
saidi’s take – 7/15/2023
Hello everyone, Actors Strike It’s official. At midnight tonight (west coast time I believe) the actors union is going on strike. This will have MAJOR ramifications for everyone because AMOST every movie, TV show, or […]
saidi’s take – 7/12/2023
Hello everyone, This past weekend at the domestic box office had some good news and some bad news. The good news was that “Insidious The Red Door“ beat expectations on its opening weekend. Most people […]
saidi’s take – 7/5/2023
Hello everyone, “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” was the #1 movie for the weekend but it wasn’t the blockbuster that everyone (especially movie theaters) was hoping for. It came in below predictions making […]
saidi’s take – 7/3/2023
2023 is now halfway done. There is some good news and some bad news… GOOD NEWS Halfway through 2023 the domestic box office total is at $4.35 Billion which is 20.7% higher than this time […]
saidi’s take – 6/28/2023
Hello everyone, Really weird box office weekend this past weekend. From the middle of last week to the start of the weekend, “Spider-Man Across the Spider Verse” and “Elemental” both passed “The Flash” and were […]
saidi’s take – 6/24/2023
Hello everyone, Both new movies that opened wide this past weekend didn’t meet expectations. “The Flash” made $55 million over the 3-day weekend and approx. $64 million for the 4-day holiday weekend. Most people are […]
saidi’s take – 6/15/2023
Hello everyone, Before the weekend some people were predicting that last weeks “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” might be competing with “Transformers: Rise of the Beasts” for the #1 spot this weekend, but “Transformers” beat expectations […]
saidi’s take – 6/8/2023
Hello everyone, The new #1 opening weekend of the summer (so far) is “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse”. It surpassed predictions and made approx. $120 million over this past weekend. That means the two biggest opening […]
saidi supplemental – 5/30/2023
Hello everyone, For the upcoming big Memorial Day weekend “The Little Mermaid” is predicted to do well with approx. $125 million for four days and about $100 million for the 3 day weekend. If those […]
saidi’s take – 5/30/2023
Hello everyone, The Memorial Day weekend box office did pretty well for ONE movie opening. “The Little Mermaid” made approx. $95 million 3 day and approx. $117 million 4 day which is the 3rd highest […]
saidi’s take – 5/23/2023
Hello everyone, “Fast X” didn’t do so well at the domestic box office making only $67 on it’s opening weekend. That’s slightly less than the previous movie made in the middle of COVID in 2021. […]
saidi’s take – 5/20/2023
There’s some news from Cannes this week so here is a late movie news…. “Fast X” is doing well internationally already. After 2 days in a few international countries it’s already made $69 million with […]
saidi’s take – 5/18/2023
Hello everyone, This past weekend, “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3” retained the #1 spot on the domestic box office with $62 million making its domestic total a little less than $215 million. That’s a […]
saidi’s take – 5/10/2023
Hello everyone, Although summer doesn’t officially start until later this month, the first unofficial movie of the summer – “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3” was the #1 movie of the weekend with about $118 […]
saidi on cinema con – pt.5
Final Day Paramount Presentation The first thing on the final day (Thursday) was the Paramount presentation. (this is not in the actual order of the presentation). They started with some teenage mutant ninja turtle dancers […]
