Box Office: Ek Paheli Leela gets average opening

Will Sunny Leone score yet another hit?

Sunny Leone-starrer Ek Paheli: Leela has done well in single screens but has not found many takers in multiplexes.  

The week's other release Dharam Sankat Main boasts of a stellar cast but had a poor opening at the box office with a marginal improvement over the weekend.

Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives us the box office verdict.

Ek Paheli: Leela

Cast: Sunny Leone, Jay Bhanushali, Rajneesh Duggal, Mohit Ahlawat, Jas Arora

Director: Bobby Khan

What works: Sunny Leone sizzles

What doesn't: Half-baked characters and plot, predictable.

Number of weeks: New

BO verdict: Average

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Dharam Sankat Main

Cast: Paresh Rawal, Naseeruddin Shah, Annu Kapoor

Director: Harshwardhan Kulkarni.

What works: Good performances.

What doesn't: Cliched plot, climax drags.

Number of weeks: New

BO verdict: Flop

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Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!

Cast: Sushant Singh Rajput, Anand Tiwari, Swastika Mukherjee, Meiyang Chang.

Director: Dibakar Banerjee

What works: 1940s' Calcutta is beautifully captured, good performances.

What doesn't: Simplistic plot, the mystery film doesn't mystify.

Number of weeks: 1

Box office verdict: Below Average

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Hunterrr

Cast: Gulshan Devaiah, Radhika Apte and Sai Tamhankar

Director: Harshwardhan Kulkarni.

What works: Good performances.

What doesn't: Weak plot, too long.

Number of weeks: 4

BO verdict: Flop

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