Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: Almost everyone predicted “The Running Man” would be a close race for first place with “Now You See Me Now You Don’t” but the latter was #1 from the start and “Running […]
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saidi’s take – 11/4/2025
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: Halloween, the World Series, and no new major studio releases probably helped to make this the lowest domestic weekend since March and the 5th lowest of 2025 so far. No movie made over […]
saidi’s take – 10/15/2025
Hello everyone, Although some people worked on Indigenous People Day (or Columbus Day) – it’s considered a 3-day holiday weekend. BOX OFFICE: Some people were predicting “Tron: Ares” would make up to $90 million over the […]
saidi’s take – 9/16/2025
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: There were quite a few movie openings this past weekend – plus a couple re-releases – but only 1 movie made a big box office. The anime “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba […]
saidi’s take – 9/9/2025
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: Just like last year, a Warner Bros sequel had a huge opening weekend right after Labor Day. Last year it was “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” (which made $111 million about a year ago), this […]
saidi’s take – 9/3/2025
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: The summer movie season came crawling to a close with “Weapons” jumping back to #1 and the 50th anniversary re-release of “Jaws” beating all the new movie releases. “Weapons” is the only move […]
saidi’s take – 8/25/2025
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: The animated movie released by Netflix “KPop Demon Hunters” was the box office winner this past weekend with approx. $18-19 million but Netflix doesn’t release theatrical box office numbers so there’s no […]
saidi’s take – 7/15/2025
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 […]
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 – 6/4/2025
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 – 5/20/2025
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 – 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 […]
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 – 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 […]
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 […]
saidi’s take – 2024 box office recap
Hello everyone, It’s time to recap the 2024 box office…. TOP 10 WORLDWIDE OF 2024 TOP 10 DOMESTIC OF 2024 So, sequels/prequels/spinoffs/and whatever “Twisters” is supposed to be (“the next chapter”??) ruled the box office […]
saidi’s take – 12/27/2024
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: Disney is having a great 2024 but it’s final release of the year didn’t meet expectations. “Mufasa” was #2 this past weekend with $35 million. “Sonic the Hedgehog 3” zoomed past it […]
saidi’s take – 12/17/2024
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: Both of the new major studio releases this weekend didn’t do well. “The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim” made approx. 4.5 million to come in at #5 on […]
saidi’s take – 12/10/24
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: There wasn’t any new major studio release this past weekend so the top 3 at the box office stayed the same. The biggest new release was the movie from India “Pushpa: The […]
saidi’s take – 12/3/2024
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: The movie theaters had a lot to be thankful for over this Thanksgiving weekend. A lot of ALL-TIME box-office records were broken. The #1 movie “Moana 2” had the highest 3-day, 4-day, […]
saidi’s take – 11/26/2024
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: Everybody is raving about “Gl-icked” – this year’s version of “Barbenheimer”. However, it’s not even close to as big as that weekend. Most of the records are “biggest opening weekend for a […]
saidi’s take – 11/19/2024
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: The big hit of this past weekend is “Red One” which barely met it’s predicted box office with $32 million. Everything else basically just went down 1 spot. “Venom The Last Dance” […]
saidi’s take – 11/12/2024
Hello everyone, (I thought that this past weekend was a 4-day holiday weekend due to Veterans Day, but apparently it isn’t) BOX OFFICE: This past weekend none of the new releases were big box office winners […]
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