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Industry News by saidionthesideMay 5, 20259:14 pm
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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, […]

In Theaters by saidionthesideApr 30, 202511:55 am
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review – the accountant 2

Initially, I wasn’t planning on seeing this movie.  First, because it wasn’t released by Warner Bros – which seems to do a sequel for almost all their movies (the Harry Potter franchise, the Lord of […]

Industry News by saidionthesideApr 29, 20254:21 pm
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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%.  […]

Industry News by saidionthesideApr 22, 20255:56 pm

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 […]

Industry News by saidionthesideApr 15, 20259:31 am
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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 […]

Industry News by saidionthesideApr 8, 202510:32 am
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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 […]

Industry News by saidionthesideApr 5, 20259:09 am
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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 […]

Cinematic Ramblings by saidionthesideApr 3, 20259:49 pm
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gary oldman gone wild

ONE OF GARY OLDMANS MOST POPULAR SCENES WAS CREATED AS A JOKE I am a HUGE Gary Oldman fan.  So, when I saw he would be doing an extended interview with Stephen Colbert on “The […]

Industry News by saidionthesideApr 1, 20258:24 amApril 1, 2025
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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 […]

Industry News by saidionthesideMar 25, 20259:38 am
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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 […]

In Theaters by saidionthesideMar 21, 202512:58 pm
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review – black bag

“Black Bag” isn’t just a spy thriller.  A lot of scenes are set at a UK spy office, but there are also some key scenes set at a dinner table.  Most of the cast work […]

In Theaters by saidionthesideMar 18, 202511:40 pm
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review – mickey 17

After writer/director Bong Joo Ho won multiple Academy Awards for his last movie “Parasite” (including Best Original Screenplay, Best Directing, and Best Picture), it seems like he decided to cash in for his next movie.  […]

Industry News by saidionthesideMar 17, 202510:06 pm
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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 […]

Cinematic Ramblings by saidionthesideMar 12, 202511:47 am
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enough appetizers! are movie previews out of control?

I am a big fan of “movie previews” (also known as “trailers”).  Watching a good preview could be better than watching a whole movie (because they sometimes put the best scenes from a movie in […]

Industry News by saidionthesideMar 11, 20259:14 am
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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 […]

In Theaters by saidionthesideMar 10, 20256:58 pm
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review – captain america: brave new world

When a sports team loses some key players, some people say that the following seasons are “rebuilding seasons” so they can build the team back up again.  For the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), you could […]

Industry News by saidionthesideMar 8, 20258:59 am
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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 […]

Industry News by saidionthesideFeb 25, 20257:44 am
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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 […]

Industry News by saidionthesideFeb 21, 20254:42 pm
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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 […]

Industry News by saidionthesideFeb 21, 20254:36 pm

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 […]

Industry News by saidionthesideFeb 11, 20259:18 am
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saidi’s take – 2/11/2025

Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: Partly thanks to the Super Bowl, this weeks domestic box office was the lowest of 2025 so far.  “Dog Man” was #1 again with $13 million – down almost two thirds from […]

Industry News by saidionthesideFeb 4, 202511:01 am
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saidi’s take – 2/4/2025

Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: The weekend of Jan/Feb got a boost thanks to the new Dreamworks/Universal animated movie “Dog Man” which made $36 million this past weekend.  That’s the 2nd best opening for an animated movie in […]

Cinematic Ramblings by saidionthesideJan 31, 202510:15 amJanuary 31, 2025
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ode to the movie theater

I’ve always said that movie theaters will never go away because there’s no other way a single movie can make up to $500 million worldwide over a 3-day weekend.  Netflix might have 20 million people […]

Industry News by saidionthesideJan 28, 202511:44 am
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saidi’s take – 1/28/2025

Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: The box office slump of January continues.  Only 1 movie made over $10 million this past weekend.  The new movie “Flight Risk” was #1 with approx. $11.6 million.  This is the 2nd #1 […]

Industry News by saidionthesideJan 24, 202511:10 am
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saidi’s take – 1/24/2025

Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: This past 4-day Martin Luther King weekend was the lowest in over 25 years (not including during the pandemic).  Except for 2021 & 2022, the 4-day weekend box office has never dipped […]

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