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 […]
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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 […]
and the worst movie scene of the year is…
WARNING: The following has some mild spoilers from “Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning Part 1”. Although the scene is very early in the movie (about 20 minutes in – right before the opening credits) so there […]
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, More news over the weekend. “Spider-Man Across the Spider-Verse” just slipped past “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3” to be the #2 movie of 2023 (so far). “Guardians” total is $357.57 million and […]
saidi’s take – 7/5/2023
Hello everyone, Once again, the average box office tells a different story. “Indiana Jones” was still #1 with over 13000 per screen on around 4600 screens, #2 was Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse with $3500 on […]
saidi’s take – 7/3/2023
2023 is now halfway done. There is some good news and some bad news… GOOD NEWS However…. BAD NEWS So, it’s looking like there’s a chance that “The Super Mario Bros Movie” could STILL be […]
saidi’s take – 6/28/2023
Hello everyone, The average box office shows a completely different story. Wes Andersons “Asteroid City” which opened in another 1670 screens this past weekend made an average of $5400 per screen. The movie came in […]
saidi’s take – 6/24/2023
Hello everyone, By the way, if you want to see the movie in the Los Angeles area you should go to the newly re-opened Sunset Theaters which Landmark took over. The movie is playing on […]
saidi’s take – 6/15/2023
Hello everyone, Another funny thing that happened over the weekend is that “The Machine” and “About My Father” just passed $10 million (YES, ONLY $10 MILLION) this past weekend after 3 weeks in theaters. “The […]
saidi’s take – 6/8/2023
Hello everyone, Little bit of humor…. At first I thought there’s a possibility that this could be real – until a friend pointed out that the small type at the bottom says it’s just a […]
saidi supplemental – 5/30/2023
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 […]
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 […]
LOS ANGELES FILM REVIEW 