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% […]
Tag: horror
saidi’s take – 6/24/2025
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: The two new wide releases couldn’t take “How To Train Your Dragon” from the top of the box office this weekend. It stayed at #1 with $36.5 million, dropping 57% from it’s […]
original script? what an original idea!
Right now, the total domestic box office for the movie “Sinners” is at approx. $240 million. That is the biggest box office for an ORIGIAL SCRIPT – NOT based on a true story/book/video game/etc. and […]
saidi’s take – 5/20/2025
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: The #1 movie this past weekend was the new release “Final Destination: Bloodlines” which broke the franchise record for best opening weekend with $51.6 million. #2 was “Thunderbolts*” which went down about […]
saidi’s take – 4/29/2025
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: Two big surprises for the final weekend in April. First, the hit movie “Sinners” continues to bring in audiences adding 40 ADDITIONAL screens on its second weekend and falling LESS THAN 5%. […]
saidi’s take – 4/22/2025
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: Before the weekend, predictions were that it would be a neck and neck race between the 3rd weekend of “The Minecraft Movie” and the new horror movie “Sinners” but over the weekend it […]
saidi’s take – 4/8/2025
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: The “A Minecraft Movie” EXPLODED at the box office this past weekend. Pre-release estimates were $80 million (but it ended up doing TWICE THAT MIUCH), over the weekend estimates were around […]
cinemacon news
Hello everyone, This post is dedicated to the great Val Kilmer, who passed away on April 1st (no, not an April Fools joke). (Disney’s entire 2025 lineup from Disney/Marvel/Pixar/Fox Studios) Unfortunately, I didn’t get to go […]
gary oldman gone wild
ONE OF GARY OLDMANS MOST POPULAR SCENES WAS CREATED AS A JOKE I am a HUGE Gary Oldman fan. So, when I saw he would be doing an extended interview with Stephen Colbert on “The […]
enough appetizers! are movie previews out of control?
I am a big fan of “movie previews” (also known as “trailers”). Watching a good preview could be better than watching a whole movie (because they sometimes put the best scenes from a movie in […]
saidi’s take – 3/11/2025
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: The new movie “Mickey 17” has replaced “Captain America Brave New World” as the #1 movie of the weekend this past weekend. It came just under early predictions (which were around $20 […]
movie 2: Rise of movie
DIDN’T I SEE THIS BEFORE 2025???? Another year means a lot more movies that seem very familiar. Especially since last year the top 10 movies at the box office were all sequels/prequels/part 2/reboots/remakes/spinoffs/etc. It looks […]
saidi’s take – 10/22/2024
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: “Smile 2” was a little higher than predictions and a little bit higher than the opening weekend of the first movie making $23 million. “The Wild Robot” retained the #2 spot with […]
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 […]
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 […]
LOS ANGELES FILM REVIEW 