Hello everyone, Although there is no breaking news like there was last week, there was a few news items from the final week of August. People are starting to get concerned that the strikes will […]
Tag: box office
saidi’s take – 8/30/2023
Hello everyone, It’s been awhile since a Warner Bros movie wasn’t #1 at the weekend box office, and Warner Bros seems very upset that “Gran Turismo” was #1 this past weekend. First, they said that […]
saidi’s take – 8/25/2023
Hello everyone, Three BREAKING NEWS items!!! The first breaking news is that “Barbie” is now #1 DOMESTIC MOVIE OF 2023 (so far). As of Wed Aug 23, the total domestic box office for “Barbie” $575.4 […]
saidi’s take – 8/23/2023
Hello Everyone, For the first time since it opened, “Barbie” was knocked out of the #1 position this past weekend. Warner Bros isn’t too upset though because it’s new release “Blue Beetle” was #1. “Blue […]
saidi’s take – 8/15/2023
Hello everyone, In the domestic box office, “Barbie” is still leading the way with $33 million which makes it’s domestic total now $526 million which is only approx. $50 million less than the #1 “Super […]
saidi’s take – 8/7/2023
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 […]
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 […]
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