The Hindi film industry is still looking for that elusive big hit. Last week's releases Road, Movie, Thanks Maa, Rokkk and Hello Zindagi saw poor openings at the box office.
While Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge did better at single screens over the weekend
Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives us the box office verdict.
Note: Films are ranked according to their release dates. The thumbs ups and downs reflect rediff's views.
Road, Movie Cast: Abhay Deol, Satish Kaushik, Tannishtha Chatterjee Director: Dev Benegal. Number of weeks: New. BO Verdict: Below par. | |
Athiti Tum Kab Jaoge Cast: Ajay Devgn, Konkona Sen Sharma, Paresh Rawal Director: Ashwini Dhir. Number of weeks: New. BO Verdict: Poor opening. | |
Karthik Calling Karthik Cast: Farhan Akhtar [ Images ], Deepika Padukone [ Images ] Director: Vijay Lalwani. Number of weeks: 1. BO Verdict: Poor opening. | |
Teen Patti Cast: Amitabh Bachchan [ Images ], R Madhavan [ Images ], Ben Kingsley, Dhruv Ganesh, Siddharth Kher, Shraddha Kapoor and Vaibhav Talwar Director: Leena Yadav. Number of weeks: 1. BO Verdict: Poor opening. | |
Toh Baat Pakki Cast: Tabu [ Images ], Sharman Joshi [ Images ], Vatsal Seth, Uvika Choudhary Director: Kedar Shinde. Number of weeks: 2. BO Verdict: Flop. | |
Click Cast: Shreyas Talpade [ Images ], Rehan Khan, Sneha Ullal [ Images ], Sadaa Director: Sangeeth Sivan. Number of weeks: 2. BO Verdict: Flop. | |
My Name is Khan Cast: Shah Rukh Khan [ Images ], Kajol [ Images ], Zarina Wahab, Sonya Jehan, Jimmy Shergill [ Images ] Director: Karan Johar [ Images ]. Number of weeks: 3. BO Verdict: Average. | |
Striker Cast: Siddharth, Aditya Pancholi, Padmapriya [ Images ], Nicolette Bird. Director: Chandan Arora. Number of weeks: 4 BO Verdict: Flop. | |
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Rann [ Images ] Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Ritesh Deshmukh [ Images ], Sudeep, Paresh Rawal [ Images ], Rajat Kapoor [ Images ], Gul Panag [ Images ], Rajpal Yadav [ Images ], Suchitra Krishnamurthy, Mohnish Bahl and Neetu Chandra. Director: Ram Gopal Varma [ Images ]. Number of weeks: 5. BO Verdict: Flop. | |
Trade pundit: Vinod Mirani | |
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