Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: “Twisters” blew past predictions (of $50-55 million) and made over $81 million this past weekend. It made almost double what the original “Twister” made back in 1996 ($41 million) and it’s just […]
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saidi’s take – 7/9/2024
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: “Despicable Me 4” did better than pre-release predictions making $75 million this past weekend and $122 million since it opened last Wednesday (due to the 4th of July on Thursday). “Inside Out 2” […]
saidi’s take – 6/26/2024
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: This past weekend was still all about “Inside Out 2” which made $101 million. That’s the highest 2nd weekend for an animated movie and the 7th highest 2nd weekend domestic box office gross EVER. The […]
saidi’s take – 6/4/2024
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: The disappointing Memorial Day weekend was followed by an even more disappointing first weekend of June. None of the new movie releases made it into the top 10 of the box office. […]
saidi’s take – 5/29/2024
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: The times have really changed. 2 years ago, Paramount released “Top Gun Maverick” on Memorial Day weekend. It zoomed past expectations making $160 million over 4 days – a new Memorial Day […]
oh barbenheimer, wherefore art thou this summer?
Since this coming Memorial Day weekend is often considered the start of the summer movie season, I was going to write about all the movies that I planned to see this summer. However, when I […]
saidi’s take – 5/22/2024
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: Depending on what news site you go to, the new movie “IF” either “just missed its estimates” or “failed to reach its projected box office”. The websites also give its box office […]
saidi’s take – 5/7/2024
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: The domestic box office for the first weekend of May was pretty much a disappointment. The new movie “The Fall Guy” was #1 with a little under $28 million which was […]
saidi’s take – 4/30/2024
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: The new movie “Challengers” met predictions and opened at #1 with $15 million. However, it’s the lowest opening weekend for the #1 movie of 2024 (so far). Even “Madames Web” (considered […]
saidi’s take – 4/24/2024
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: “Civil War” sunk approx. 56 percent making approx. $11.1 million but still managed to retain the #1 spot for its 2nd weekend. The best of the 3 new releases was “Abigail” which […]
saidi’s take – 3/18/2024
Hello everyone, This is for the weekend of Mach 8-10. It’s a week late because I was busy (in the hospital) last week. BOX OFFICE: Some people were saying that “Dune Part 2” may dominate the […]
saidi’s take – 3/5/2024
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: As predicted (and hoped for) “Dune Part 2” made an incredible $82.5 million in its domestic opening weekend. Although no other movie made more than $8 million (#2 was “Bob Marley: One […]
saidi’s take – 2/20/2024
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: There was some good news and some bad news over the holiday weekend. The good news is that the overall domestic box office was more than DOUBLE the previous weekend with a […]
saidi’s take – 2/15/2024
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: Thanks to the Super Bowl – which I just read was the most watched television show EVER – and the lack of big studio releases – the only wide new release was […]
saidi’s take – 2/6/2024
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: Movie theaters were really hoping that “Argylle” would ignite the box office this past weekend, unfortunately, it didn’t. Probably due to the really bad reviews (currently 34% on Rotten Tomatoes), it only […]
saidi’s take – 1/30/2024
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: There was a competition for #1 this past weekend but there really wasn’t what you would call a “winner” since none of the movies made over $7 million at the domestic box […]
2023 movies ranked
I was going to do a list of my favorite movies of 2023 but I realized that the list would only have 3 movies that I would recommend. So, here is the ranking of EVERYTHING […]
saidi’s take – 12/19/2023
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: The news is saying “Wonka” had a “strong” start making approx. $39 million this weekend. However, that’s A LOT lower than the same weekend last year when “Avatar: The Way of Water” […]
saidi’s take – 11/7/2023
Hello everyone, BOX OFFICE: Since “Dune Part 2” was postponed until next year, this past weekend was one of the lowest box office weekends of the year. No movie made more than $20 million and the […]
saidi’s take – 11/4/2023
Hello everyone, 3 quick news items: BOX OFFICE: After “Dune Part 2” was delayed until next year, there isn’t a major studio release this weekend (although there is a few wide releases from smaller studios) so […]
saidi’s take – 10/3/2023
Hello everyone, Domestic Box Office: The box office for the end of Sept/start of October did a little better than the previous weekends thanks to 3 new movies opening wide. The total domestic for the weekend […]
saidi’s take – 9/21/2023
Hello everyone, If you still haven’t seen “Oppenheimer” in IMAX 70mm film, this is your last weekend to see it (it’s a good thing since I hear some showings are only one third full). This […]
saidi’s take – 8/23/2023
Hello Everyone, For the first time since it opened, “Barbie” was knocked out of the #1 position this past weekend. Warner Bros isn’t too upset though because it’s new release “Blue Beetle” was #1. “Blue […]
much ado about barbenheimer
I really wish someone would explain “Barbenheimer” to me. I’m not asking HOW it happened – although I’m sure there’s hundreds of publicity people researching that right now. I want to know WHY it happened. […]
saidi’s take – 8/15/2023
Hello everyone, In the domestic box office, “Barbie” is still leading the way with $33 million which makes it’s domestic total now $526 million which is only approx. $50 million less than the #1 “Super […]
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