Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: This Halloween weekend there was no wide major theatrical releases so “You Can See Everything” slipped past “Clayface” to be #1 at the domestic box office with $11.4 million. That’s a […]
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saidi’s take – 10/29/2026
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: The new DC movie “Clayface” was #1 with $24 million but the #2 movie “You Can See Everything” – which expanded to 2650 screens – made $19.5 million which is approx. […]
saidi’s take – 10/21/2026
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: “Street Fighter” led the weekend with $30.7 million but the big surprise was the A24 movie “You Can See Everything” which was only on 855 theaters but still came in at […]
saidi’s take – 10/15/2026
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: Both wide releases this past weekend misses their early estimates. The thriller “Other Mommy” came in just below expectations but still was #1 with $27.8 million (3-day) and $30.6 (4-day). The […]
saidi’s take – 9/29/2026
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: Predictions said a possible 3-way race for the top of the domestic box office charts before the weekend started but at the end it was “Avengers Endgame Encore” at the top […]
saidi’s take – 9/21/2026
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: The big winner of the weekend was the reboot of “Resident Evil” which made $60 million over the weekend which is the highest opening weekend of the any of the Resident […]
saidi’s take – 9/16/2026
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: For the first time since it opened, “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” dropped down to #2 on the domestic box office list, but it has still made enough to be LESS THAN […]
saidi’s take – 8/12/2026
Hello everyone, Here are all the records broken during the week last week….. “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” is the BIGGEST MONDAY EVER at the domestic box office with $47 million AND the 2nd fastest movie to […]
saidi’s take – 7/7/2026
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: “Minions and Monsters” topped the domestic box office but was WAY BELOW box office predictions. It made only $62 million over the 5-day weekend (Wednesday thru Sunday) and only $37 million for […]
saidi’s take – 6/23/2026
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” […]
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 A Minecraft Movie – $423.9 million Lilo & Stitch – $401.1 million Sinners – $278 million How to Train […]
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 […]
