Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: “Scream 7” became the highest opening weekend for the franchise opening at #1 with $63.6 million. Two concert movies also did well. “Twenty-One Pilots: More Than We Ever Imagined” made $4.3 million […]
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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” […]
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 […]
saidi’s take – 1/21/2026
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: “Avatar: Fire and Ash” retained the #1 spot at the domestic box office for the first holiday weekend of 2026. It made $17.9 million (4-day) and $14.5 (3-day). Its domestic total is […]
saidi’s take – 1/14/2026
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: “Avatar: Fire and Ash” continues to dominate the domestic box office making almost double the new release at #2. It made $21.5 million and its domestic total in closing in on $350 […]
saidi’s take – 1/9/2025
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: The first weekend of 2026 started pretty slowly with no major studio releases. The #1 movie again was “Avatar Fire and Ash” with $41.4 million. It’s total is now just above $305 […]
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 […]
saidi’s take – 12/23/2025
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: Although “Avatar Fire and Ash” is still expected to make over $1 BILLION globally, it won’t do it until well into 2026. It was the #1 movie last weekend, but it only […]
saidi’s take – 12/16/2025
Hello everyone, This post is dedicated to the great ROB REINER who was killed in his house two nights ago (December 14). BOX OFFICE: A slow box office weekend as theaters prepare for the expected blockbuster […]
saidi’s take – 12/9/2025
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: On the weekend after Thanksgiving, “Five Nights at Freddy’s 2” made an impressive $64 million. That’s the biggest opening for the post-Thanksgiving weekend ever, biggest December horror movie opening, and the second […]
saidi’s take – 11/19/2025
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: Almost everyone predicted “The Running Man” would be a close race for first place with “Now You See Me Now You Don’t” but the latter was #1 from the start and “Running […]
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 – 9/23/2025
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: Last week’s #1 movie “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Infinity Castle” went down approx. 75% in its second weekend but still retained the #1 spot making $17.3 million. The new release […]
saidi’s take – 9/3/2025
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: The summer movie season came crawling to a close with “Weapons” jumping back to #1 and the 50th anniversary re-release of “Jaws” beating all the new movie releases. “Weapons” is the only move […]
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 […]
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% […]
I OBJECT TO HOW LAWYERS ARE SHOWN IN MOVIES!!!!
I have a friend who is a lawyer. He loves watching movies but if the plot involves a trial, he’ll often skip it. He says that movies get too many things wrong regarding lawyers. Here […]
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 – 6/9/2025
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 – 5/13/2025
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: Slow weekend at the movie theaters. Partly because people were busy with Mothers Day and partly because the biggest release was Lionsgate’s action movie “Shadow Force” which was #6 with only $2.1 […]
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 – 4/1/2025
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 […]
saidi’s take – 3/25/2025
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: This past weekend the live action remake of “Snow White” did OK (on the lower end of predictions) making $42.2 million this past weekend, but unfortunately everything else did poorly. No other […]
LOS ANGELES FILM REVIEW 