Day 3 Disney Presentation The first thing I attended on Wed morning was the Disney presentation. They first showed a montage for their 100th anniversary and displayed the brand-new Disney logo with “100 Years” on it. […]
Category: Industry News
saidi’s take – 5/1/2023
Hello everyone, Once again, “Super Mario Bros” movie beat all the new movies. The $40 million it made is the best 4th weekend box office for any animated movie ever. Its domestic total is now at […]
saidi on cinema con – pt. 3
SEMINAR The “State of the Industry” seminar is always first thing on the Tuesday morning. It’s usually the most important seminar of CinemaCon because the head of the MPA (Motion Picture Association) and the head […]
saidi on cinema con – pt. 2
SEMINAR The first thing I attended was the “Movie Theaters Aren’t Going Anywhere” seminar on Monday afternoon. Jeffrey Cole gave a speech about the current movie industry. According to an online bio: he’s the founder […]
saidi on cinema con – pt. 1
INTRODUCTION For those who don’t know, CinemaCon is the annual movie theater convention usually held is Las Vegas, NV every spring. It’s put together by NATO – the National Association of Theater Owners (NOT the […]
saidi’s take – 4/23/2023
Hello everyone, This email has box office estimated instead of actuals because on Monday I will be at the CinemaCon convention (the annual movie theater convention). The estimates say that “Super Mario Bros Movie” will […]
saidi’s take – 4/18/2023
Hello everyone, “The Super Mario Bros Movie” once again dominated it’s 2nd weekend with $92 million for a total of $353 million which makes it the biggest domestic movie for 2023 so far – over $100 […]
saidi’s take – 4/11/23
Hello everyone, Box Office: While people were making jokes about the “Super Mario Bros Movie” movie and complaining that Chris Pratt’s voice isn’t like Marios, the filmmakers were laughing all the way to the bank […]
saidi’s take – 4/6/2023
Hello everyone. Although it’s still early April, it looks like the summer movie season has now started. Advance tickets for “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3” (May 5) and “Fast X” (May 19) just went […]
saidi’s take – 4/4/2023
Hello everyone, Today’s email is dedicated to William Doren who passed away about a month ago (although Variety reported it today). He was my boss for a little while when I worked at Kodak. Box […]
saidi’s take – 03/30/2023
Hello everyone, Moar news… Movie theater news: I couldn’t find this mentioned on any of the standard entertainment news sites (Hollywood Reporter, Variety, etc) so it might be just a rumor: According to other news […]
saidi’s take – 3/28/2023
Hello everyone, After last weekends box office disappointment when “Shazam: Fury of the Gods” made below expectations, the box office boom of March continues once again. “John Wick 4” made approx. $74 million this past […]
saidi’s take – 3/21/2023
Hello everyone, After 2 weekends where franchise records were broken, box office was above predictions, and things were looking up for movie theater attendance, this past weekend was BELOW expectations. “Shazam: Fury of the Gods” […]
saidi’s take – 3/13/2023
Hello everyone, Another good weekend for movie theaters. “Scream 6” was a franchise record opening with approx. $44 million. Also, the other new opening “65” beat estimates and made approx. $12 million for the #3 […]
saidi’s take – 3/7/2023
Hello everyone, “Creed 3” was the biggest opening for an MGM movie since the company merged with Amazon. It’s also the biggest opening of all the Creed/Rocky movies. It beat expectations with approx. $58 million […]
saidi’s take – 2/28/2023
Hello everyone, The news keeps saying that “Cocaine Bear” and “Jesus Revolution” did surprisingly well at the domestic box office while “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” was the biggest 2nd weekend drop of any Marvel movie. […]
saidi’s take – 2/21/2023
Hello everyone, “Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania” was the #1 movie this past weekend but it just barely made their estimated amounts of $105 3-day and $120 4-day. Some people are saying that this is […]
saidi’s take – 2/18/2023
A little bit more movie news from this past week… “Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania” has already opened in some foreign countries and has already made $41 million in 2 days. Those numbers DO NOT […]
saidi’s take – 2/8/2023
Hello everyone, “Avatar: The Way of Water” is no longer #1 domestically. It dropped down to #3 this past weekend. The first 2023 movie that was #1 at the domestic box office was “Knock at […]
saidi’s take – 1/25/2023
The landscape after the Academy Award nominations… “Avatar: The Way of Water” was once again the #1 movie domestically making approx. $20 million. The #2 was “Puss in Boots 2” with $11 million. The highest […]
saidi’s take – 1/17/2023
Hello everyone, Once again, “Avatar: The Way of Water” took the top spot with approx. $31 (3-day) and approx. $40 (4-day holiday). Although some people are saying it’s continuing to make more money because it’s […]
saidi’s take – 1/10/2023
Hello everyone, The first full weekend of 2023, “Avatar: The Way of Water” continued to dominate with approx. $46 million. That means it’s crossed $500 million domestic total. The new movie “M3gan”came in at #2 […]
saidi’s take – 12/27/2022
Hello everyone, Despite the winter storms which actually forced movie theaters to close over the holiday weekend, the weekend overall was still pretty good. “Avatar: The Way of Water” made approx. $64 million 3-day weekend […]
saidi’s take – 12/20/2022
Hello everyone, “Avatar: The Way of Water” had a decent opening weekend of $134 million domestic. It’s a decent opening – it’s already the #13 movie of 2022 and it’s tied with “The Batman” for […]
saidi’s take – 12/17/2022
Whole bunch of movie news for this week… According to current estimates, “Avatar: The Way of Water” made approx. $17 million Thursday night late showings and approx. $55 million Thurs & Fri total. That means […]
