Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: “Toy Story 5” broke records this weekend making almost $160 million which is the highest opening weekend of 2026 so far and the biggest opening for any “Toy Story” movie. “Disclosure Day” […]
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saidi’s take – 6/15/2026
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: The new Spielberg movie “Disclosure Day” opened at #1 with $44.5 million. #2 was “Obsession” with $19 million which is STILL higher than its opening weekend box office of $17 million. The […]
saidi’s take – 6/8/2026
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: Two new movies took over the top of the box office this week. “Scary Movie” had a franchise best opening with $54.3 million. The reboot of “Masters of the Universe” was 2nd with […]
saidi’s take – 6/1/2026
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: The low budget independent release “Backrooms” blew past all predictions to make $81 on its opening weekend in 3,442 screens (about 900 screens less than “Star Wars The Mandalorian and Grogu” played […]
saidi’s take – 5/27/2026
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: The first summer movie hopeful didn’t do as well as predicted coming in just below predictions. “The Mandalorian and Grogu” made $81.6 million over the 3 day weekend and $98 million over […]
saidi’s take – 5/19/2026
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: This past weekend “Michael” raced back to the top of the domestic box office with $26.1 million. “The Devil Wears Prada 2” sunk to #2 – dropping 57% to $17.8 million (some […]
saidi’s take – 5/1/2026
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: “Michael” surprised everyone this past weekend making almost $100 million domestic (actually $97.2 million). That’s the 2nd highest domestic opening for 2026 (so far) and the highest opening for a biopic ever. It […]
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 – 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 – 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 – 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 […]
saidi’s take – 6/19/2025
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: There was only 1 new movie in the domestic top 5 this past weekend. “Nobody 2” opened at #3 with only 9.2 million. The #1 movie was still “Weapons” which played in […]
saidi’s take – 8/5/2025
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: It looks like the summer box office is starting to wind down although there’s technically still a month left. “The Fantastic Four: First Steps” retained the #1 spot although it sunk over two […]
saidi’s take – 7/28/2025
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: In what will probably be the last movie to open with an $100+ opening weekend this summer, “The Fantastic Four: First Steps” had an opening weekend of $117 million. This is fourth […]
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 – 6/24/2025
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 […]
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 – 6/9/2025
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: The new movie “Ballerina” (full title “From the World of John Wick: Ballerina”) didn’t make enough to dethrone the leading movie of the last two weeks but it did manage to beat […]
saidi’s take – 6/4/2025
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: “Lilo & Stitch” went down approx. 58% from the previous 3-day weekend, but since the previous weekend was $146 million (3-day) the movie remained at the top of the box office with […]
saidi’s take – 5/27/2025
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: The unofficial start of summer kicked off with a record-breaking weekend – although not the records people were expecting. Prior to the weekend, some people predicted that “Lilo and Stitch” and “Mission: Impossible […]
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 – 5/5/2025
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: “Thunderbolts*” didn’t quite jump start the summer box office season since it’s $76 million opening was about $10 million less than the opening of “Captain America Brave New World” earlier this year, […]
saidi’s take – 4/15/2025
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: “A Minecraft Movie” continues to rule the box office making $78.5 million on its second weekend which is down approx. 52% from it’s opening weekend. It has now reached almost $300 million […]
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 […]
saidi’s take – 4/1/2025
Hello everyone, WELCOME TO THE END OF THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2025. Time is just flying by. BOX OFFICE: This past weekend was a race between the 2nd weekend of “Snow White” and the new action […]
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