Hello everyone, This post is dedicated to the great ROB REINER who was killed in his house two nights ago (December 14). BOX OFFICE: A slow box office weekend as theaters prepare for the expected blockbuster […]
Tag: disney
saidi’s take – 12/3/2025
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: Thanksgiving weekend blew up the box office with “Zootopia 2” breaking box office records. It was the 2nd best Thanksgiving domestic opening EVER with $158.8 million (5 day) and $100 million (3-day). #2 […]
saidi’s take – 8/13/2025
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: For the 5th time in 2025, an ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (not based on anything and not a sequel/prequel/remake/reboot/spinoff of another movie) was the #1 movie at the domestic box office. “Weapons” was the #1 […]
2025 box office half-time report
Hello everyone, 2025 is halfway done and here’s the current box office stats…. Domestic Top 10 Worldwide Top 10 Disney is doing the best this year with 4 of the 10 top movies for both […]
saidi’s take – 6/20/2025
Hello everyone, This post is dedicated to actor David Hekili Kenui Bell who was one of the stars of the recent “Lilo and Stitch” movie. It was announced today that he just passed away. BOX OFFICE: Live 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 – 12/31/2024
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: After doing poorly last weekend, “Mufasa” suddenly roared into action going neck and neck with “Sonic the Hedgehog 3” all week last week. One of them was #1 and the other was […]
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 […]
review – deadpool & wolverine
Finally, the team up that comic books fans have been waiting for has arrived in movie theaters. “Deadpool and Wolverine” is the introduction of Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds) into the main Disney/Marvel Cinematic Universe. Plus, they […]
saidi’s take – 7/23/2024
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: “Twisters” blew past predictions (of $50-55 million) and made over $81 million this past weekend. It made almost double what the original “Twister” made back in 1996 ($41 million) and it’s just […]
saidi’s take – 7/15/2024
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: As expected, the new movies didn’t take down last weeks #1 movie “Despicable Me 4”. It made approx. $43.6 at the domestic box office this past weekend. However, the big surprise of […]
saidi’s take – 7/9/2024
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: “Despicable Me 4” did better than pre-release predictions making $75 million this past weekend and $122 million since it opened last Wednesday (due to the 4th of July on Thursday). “Inside Out 2” […]
saidi’s take – 5/29/2024
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: The times have really changed. 2 years ago, Paramount released “Top Gun Maverick” on Memorial Day weekend. It zoomed past expectations making $160 million over 4 days – a new Memorial Day […]
saidi’s take – 5/7/2024
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: The domestic box office for the first weekend of May was pretty much a disappointment. The new movie “The Fall Guy” was #1 with a little under $28 million which was […]
the re-sequelizer strikes back. again. part II. Redux.
It’s only been about 4 months since I first wrote this list but in that time there have been some changes. Some movies postponed, some movies added, some movies rescheduled. Last month (April) there were […]
saidi’s take – 3/18/2024
Hello everyone, This is for the weekend of Mach 8-10. It’s a week late because I was busy (in the hospital) last week. BOX OFFICE: Some people were saying that “Dune Part 2” may dominate the […]
saidi’s take – 3/5/2024
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: As predicted (and hoped for) “Dune Part 2” made an incredible $82.5 million in its domestic opening weekend. Although no other movie made more than $8 million (#2 was “Bob Marley: One […]
saidi’s take – 2/28/2024
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: After rising to almost the highest box office weekend of 2024 so far, the box office sunk again approx. 25% this past weekend to the third lowest of 2024 so far with […]
saidi’s take – 2/15/2024
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: Thanks to the Super Bowl – which I just read was the most watched television show EVER – and the lack of big studio releases – the only wide new release was […]
saidi’s take – 2/6/2024
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: Movie theaters were really hoping that “Argylle” would ignite the box office this past weekend, unfortunately, it didn’t. Probably due to the really bad reviews (currently 34% on Rotten Tomatoes), it only […]
saidi’s take – 1/30/2024
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: There was a competition for #1 this past weekend but there really wasn’t what you would call a “winner” since none of the movies made over $7 million at the domestic box […]
pre-resequelboot II: this movie seems familiar
I was working on the list of movies I plan to see in 2024 when I noticed that the majority of them were sequels/prequels/reboots/remakes/spinoffs/or “part 2” movies. There is over 30 of them currently scheduled […]
saidi’s take – 12/19/2023
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: The news is saying “Wonka” had a “strong” start making approx. $39 million this weekend. However, that’s A LOT lower than the same weekend last year when “Avatar: The Way of Water” […]
is it fatigue? or, are marvel movies just dull?
A few weeks ago, “The Marvels” had the lowest opening weekend of any movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) so far and then had the biggest second weekend drop (approx. 77%) of any MCU […]
the good, the bad & the box office
The Good News: 2023 is having a record-breaking box office so far. It started with the incredible billion-dollar box office of “The Super Mario Bros Movie” in the spring. Then the domestic box office for the […]
LOS ANGELES FILM REVIEW 