Hello everyone, “Fast X” didn’t do so well at the domestic box office making only $67 on it’s opening weekend. That’s slightly less than the previous movie made in the middle of COVID in 2021. […]
Tag: box office
saidi’s take – 5/20/2023
There’s some news from Cannes this week so here is a late movie news…. “Fast X” is doing well internationally already. After 2 days in a few international countries it’s already made $69 million with […]
saidi’s take – 5/18/2023
Hello everyone, This past weekend, “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3” retained the #1 spot on the domestic box office with $62 million making its domestic total a little less than $215 million. That’s a […]
saidi’s take – 5/10/2023
Hello everyone, Although summer doesn’t officially start until later this month, the first unofficial movie of the summer – “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3” was the #1 movie of the weekend with about $118 […]
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, Once again, “Super Mario Bros” movie beat all the new movies. The $40 million it made is the best 4th weekend box office for any animated movie ever. Its domestic total is now at […]
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). The estimates say that “Super Mario Bros Movie” will […]
saidi’s take – 4/18/2023
Hello everyone, “The Super Mario Bros Movie” once again dominated it’s 2nd weekend with $92 million for a total of $353 million which makes it the biggest domestic movie for 2023 so far – over $100 […]
saidi’s take – 4/11/23
Hello everyone, Box Office: While people were making jokes about the “Super Mario Bros Movie” movie and complaining that Chris Pratt’s voice isn’t like Marios, the filmmakers were laughing all the way to the bank […]
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, After last weekends box office disappointment when “Shazam: Fury of the Gods” made below expectations, the box office boom of March continues once again. “John Wick 4” made approx. $74 million this past […]
saidi’s take – 3/21/2023
Hello everyone, After 2 weekends where franchise records were broken, box office was above predictions, and things were looking up for movie theater attendance, this past weekend was BELOW expectations. “Shazam: Fury of the Gods” […]
saidi’s take – 3/13/2023
Hello everyone, Another good weekend for movie theaters. “Scream 6” was a franchise record opening with approx. $44 million. Also, the other new opening “65” beat estimates and made approx. $12 million for the #3 […]
saidi’s take – 3/7/2023
Hello everyone, “Creed 3” was the biggest opening for an MGM movie since the company merged with Amazon. It’s also the biggest opening of all the Creed/Rocky movies. It beat expectations with approx. $58 million […]
saidi’s take – 2/28/2023
Hello everyone, The news keeps saying that “Cocaine Bear” and “Jesus Revolution” did surprisingly well at the domestic box office while “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” was the biggest 2nd weekend drop of any Marvel movie. […]
saidi’s take – 2/18/2023
A little bit more movie news from this past week… “Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania” has already opened in some foreign countries and has already made $41 million in 2 days. Those numbers DO NOT […]
saidi’s take – 2/8/2023
Hello everyone, “Avatar: The Way of Water” is no longer #1 domestically. It dropped down to #3 this past weekend. The first 2023 movie that was #1 at the domestic box office was “Knock at […]
saidi’s take – 1/25/2023
The landscape after the Academy Award nominations… “Avatar: The Way of Water” was once again the #1 movie domestically making approx. $20 million. The #2 was “Puss in Boots 2” with $11 million. The highest […]
saidi’s take – 1/17/2023
Hello everyone, Once again, “Avatar: The Way of Water” took the top spot with approx. $31 (3-day) and approx. $40 (4-day holiday). Although some people are saying it’s continuing to make more money because it’s […]
saidi’s take – 1/10/2023
Hello everyone, The first full weekend of 2023, “Avatar: The Way of Water” continued to dominate with approx. $46 million. That means it’s crossed $500 million domestic total. The new movie “M3gan”came in at #2 […]
Does the box office predict awards?
Don’t confuse a successful box office movie with an award-winning movie. It seems like some people are thinking that a movie that made a lot of money at the box office in 2022 is the […]
saidi’s take – 12/27/2022
Hello everyone, Despite the winter storms which actually forced movie theaters to close over the holiday weekend, the weekend overall was still pretty good. “Avatar: The Way of Water” made approx. $64 million 3-day weekend […]
