Hello everyone, According to internet reports, “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” has the longest running time of the franchise, and “Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One” also has the longest running time […]
Tag: box office
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, Little Bit of Humor…. If you want to get young boys to watch a movie that’s almost 85 years old – that’s probably a good way to do it.
saidi’s take – 5/20/2023
There’s some news from Cannes this week so here is a late movie news…. Little bit of humor…. It was June 1982 (over 40 years ago). Only 1 movie – “E.T.” – made over $10 […]
saidi’s take – 5/18/2023
Hello everyone, Little bit of humor…. A few days ago, Vin Diesel implied that the upcoming “Fast X” is the first of a THREE PART movie. So, I guess they don’t need a book. They […]
saidi’s take – 5/10/2023
Hello everyone, The opening weekend also didn’t beat the comparable opening weekend of “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” which opened with $187 million the first weekend of May. However, prospects for this summer […]
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 […]
saidi on cinema con – pt.4
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. […]
saidi’s take – 5/1/2023
Hello everyone, Little bit of humor…. Let me know when they can freeze prisoners in suspended animation. I may call it “brilliant” when they can do that.
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. 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). In 2nd place, the new release “Evil Dead Rise” is […]
saidi’s take – 4/18/2023
Hello everyone, The biggest new movie opening was “The Pope’s Exorcist” which was #2 with only $9 million. “Renfield” just missed the #3 spot with $8.02 million so it took the #4 spot. “John Wick […]
saidi’s take – 4/11/23
Hello everyone, Box Office: “Air” also beat expectations with approx. $14.45 million over the weekend and $20.2 million since it opened last Wednesday. It was ALMOST #2 for the weekend (“John Wick 4” made $14.46 […]
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 – 3/28/2023
Hello everyone, Little bit of humor: A lot of movie theater marquees look like this these days…. If the theater was playing “Creed 3” it would be ALL sequels. I wonder what “John Wick 4” […]
saidi’s take – 3/21/2023
Hello everyone, Little bit of humor… I would not recommend taking your daughter to any of those movies until she’s at least a teenager no matter what her mood is.
saidi’s take – 3/13/2023
Hello everyone, Of course, the biggest news is the Academy Awards A friend of mine commented: Since Harrison Ford AND Phoebe Waller-Bridge were both attending the awards, why didn’t they introduce a trailer for “Indiana Jones and the […]
saidi’s take – 3/7/2023
Hello everyone, Award news: ..so it’s looking like “Everything, Everywhere…” will probably win a lot for the final award show of the season next Sunday. Little bit of humor… They do seem to be doing […]
saidi’s take – 2/28/2023
Hello everyone, Little bit of humor… If Will Smith snuck into the Academy awards and snuck on stage that would be something they never anticipated.
saidi’s take – 2/18/2023
A little bit more movie news from this past week… I have amended my previous list of my “Movie to See in 2023”…. “Air” Little Bit of Humor: A few days ago, they released this […]
saidi’s take – 2/8/2023
Hello everyone, Streaming News: In the “what the heck” news: By the way, there’s probably going to be A LOT of commercials for upcoming movies during the Super Bowl including “Air”, “The Flash”, “Fast X”, […]
saidi’s take – 1/25/2023
The landscape after the Academy Award nominations… Here’s the major nominations: Best Picture Actor in a Leading Role Actress in a Leading Role Directing Actor in a Supporting Role Actress in a Supporting Role Little […]
saidi’s take – 1/17/2023
Hello everyone, Little bit of humor: It’s a good question. R2D2 remembered Leia but didn’t remember Anakin in Episode 4.
saidi’s take – 1/10/2023
Hello everyone, Little bit of humor: Although the “Avatar” box office is WAY AHEAD (“Puss In Boots” is only around $200 million worldwide total). These are the current numbers according to reviews.
LOS ANGELES FILM REVIEW 