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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
saidi’s take – 12/20/2022
Hello everyone, “Avatar: The Way of Water” had a decent opening weekend of $134 million domestic. It’s a decent opening – it’s already the #13 movie of 2022 and it’s tied with “The Batman” for […]
saidi’s take – 12/17/2022
Whole bunch of movie news for this week… According to current estimates, “Avatar: The Way of Water” made approx. $17 million Thursday night late showings and approx. $55 million Thurs & Fri total. That means […]
saidi’s take – 12/13/2022
Hello everyone, As predicted, this past weekend’s box office was the 2nd lowest of the year making a total of only approx. $35.5 million. This is because studios were very wary about opening a movie in […]
Saidi’s Take – 12/10/2022
Hello everyone, There’s quite a bit of movie news this week. This weekend the box office is expected to be even lower than last weekend with the holidays coming up and the only wide opening […]
Saidi’s Take – 12/6/2022
Hello everyone, Two weeks left until “Avatar: The Way of Water” comes out so the domestic box office isn’t so strong this past weekend. It was the 6th lowest domestic box office of the year with […]
Saidi’s Take – 11/29/2022
Hello everyone, “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” was the #1 movie of the weekend by far with approx. $64 million 5-day and approx. $45 million weekend. The animated “Strange World” was #2 but it’s considered a […]
Saidi’s Take – 11/22/2022
Of course, “Black Panther Wakanda Forever” kept the #1 spot in its second weekend with $66 million mostly due to the lack of any major wide releases this past weekend. The movie “The Menu” did […]
Saidi’s Take – 11/8/2022
This past weekends box office had “Black Adam” retain the #1 position with approx. $18 million but the new animated release “One Piece Film: Red” surprisingly made it to #2 with approx. $9.3 million. It […]
Saidi’s Take – 10/28/2022
Today’s email is dedicated to singer Jerry Lee Lewis who passed away last night according to the latest news. Little bit of movie news… Warner Bros just named director James Gunn and producer Peter Safran to be […]
Saidi’s Take – 10/22/2022
A little bit of movie news happened this week… For some reason, 2 movies changed their opening dates for this December. Sony Pictures “A Man Called Otto” starring Tom Hanks was going to open on […]
Saidi’s Take – 10/17/2022
This past weekend the horror movie “Halloween Ends” made approx. $40 million which was below expectations and the lowest opening of the 3 recent “Halloween” sequels/spinoffs that started with “Halloween” in 2018 – most people […]
saidi’s take – 10/3/2022
The Sept 2022 domestic box office total was only $328 million. Not counting 2020 when most movie theaters were closed, that’s the lowest September box office since 1996 – OVER 25 YEARS AGO. Even Sept 2021 […]
