Hello everyone, Here’s the highlights from CINEMACON 2026. SONY PICTURES Sony Pictures CEO and chairman Tom Rothman stressed 3 changes that need to happen for movie theaters. 1) Longer theatrical windows. He called the 35 […]
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saidi’s take – 4/17/2026
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie” continued to lead the box office with $36.5 million which is down 46% from the previous weekend but still well above #2 – which was once again […]
saidi’s take – 4/15/2026
Hello everyone, FIRST THING: This week is the annual “CinemaCon” movie theater convention in Las Vegas where most movie studios showcase their upcoming summer movies. If there is any big news from CinemaCon I may have […]
saidi’s take – 4/7/2026
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie” blew past it’s estimated box office to make $131 million over the Easter weekend and $190.8 million since the movie opened last weekend. That’s easily the biggest […]
saidi’s take – 3/31/2026
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: “Project Hail Mary” continues to dominate at the box office making $54 million. In 2 weeks, it has made a domestic total of $163.8 million which is more than “Hoppers” has made […]
saidi’s take – 2/18/2026
Hello everyone, Today’s email is dedicated to the great Robert Duvall who passed away yesterday. BOX OFFICE: Although the Olympics are still happening, the box office got a resurgence thanks to the new releases. “Wuthering Heights” […]
review – good luck, have fun, don’t die
While watching “Good Luck Have Fun Don’t Die” you might experience a lot of déjà vu because this movie borrows a lot from previous movies. Time travel movies like “Terminator”, “Back to the Future”, and […]
saidi’s take – 2/11/2026
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: Due to the Olympics and the Super Bowl, the domestic box office slumped this weekend with no movie making more than $10 million. Last week’s #1 movie “Send Help” retained it’s #1 […]
saidi’s take – 1/3/2025
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: The new movie “Send Help” topped the domestic box office this past weekend with $19.1 million. The #2 movie which is called “an indie film from a YouTuber” was “Iron Lung” with […]
2025 box office recap
Hello everyone, Top 10 domestic of 2025: (*- still in the top of the box office at the start of 2026) Top 10 Worldwide of 2025: (*- still in the top of the box office […]
must see rob reiner movies
I couldn’t believe the news that writer/director/producer/actor Rob Reiner was found dead in his house on Sunday Nov 14. He’s not very known for movies these days, but in the 80s he had a string […]
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 […]
no more films on film please
Today I watched “Jay Kelly” at the Egyptian theater in Hollywood. However, I can’t give you a review of the movie because I missed parts of it since it was projected on 35mm film. Unlike […]
saidi’s take – 11/25/2025
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: This weekend “Wicked for Good” dominated the box office making almost $150 million in 3 days at the domestic box office. That’s over TWICE the TOTAL DOMESTIC BOX OFFICE for last week. […]
saidi’s take – 11/4/2025
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: Halloween, the World Series, and no new major studio releases probably helped to make this the lowest domestic weekend since March and the 5th lowest of 2025 so far. No movie made over […]
saidi’s take – 10/28/2025
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: The final weekend of October (which unfortunately isn’t Halloween weekend) was a little better than any other weekend in October except the first one (when the Taylor Swift movie opened). The number […]
saidi’s take – 10/15/2025
Hello everyone, Although some people worked on Indigenous People Day (or Columbus Day) – it’s considered a 3-day holiday weekend. BOX OFFICE: Some people were predicting “Tron: Ares” would make up to $90 million over the […]
saidi’s take – 10/7/2025
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: As expected, Taylor Swifts movie “Taylor Swift: The Official Release Party of a Showgirl” led the domestic box office with $34 million. “One Battle After Another” sunk about 50% on its send […]
saidi’s take – 9/16/2025
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: There were quite a few movie openings this past weekend – plus a couple re-releases – but only 1 movie made a big box office. The anime “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba […]
saidi’s take – 9/9/2025
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: Just like last year, a Warner Bros sequel had a huge opening weekend right after Labor Day. Last year it was “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” (which made $111 million about a year ago), this […]
saidi’s take – 8/25/2025
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: The animated movie released by Netflix “KPop Demon Hunters” was the box office winner this past weekend with approx. $18-19 million but Netflix doesn’t release theatrical box office numbers so there’s no […]
you should see movies in theaters
I have always said that if you want to see a movie the best place to see it – if possible – is in a movie theater. Apparently, other people are now thinking the same […]
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 […]
danger! i’m playing a film!
Since everything is digital now, you might not know that several years ago working as a movie theater projectionist was a dangerous job. If you ever saw “Cinema Paradiso” you probably remember this scene…. The […]
saidi’s take – 7/22/2025
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: The new movies opening this weekend were no match for the previous “Superman” and “Jurassic World Rebirth”. Superman was again #1 movie this past weekend with $58.5 million which is down 53% […]
LOS ANGELES FILM REVIEW 