A look at the week's hits and misses.
Hate Story 3 continues the successful march of the franchise. The film has almost recovered its cost in its very first weekend and is on its way to becoming a hit.
Angry Indian Goddesses got much better reviews but could not find an audience despite a limited screen release.
Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives us the box office verdict.
Hate Story 3
Cast: Sharman Joshi, Karan Singh Grover, Zarine Khan, Daisy Shah.
Directors: Vishal Pandya.
What works: A lot of skin show.
What doesn't: No thrills, no story.
Number of weeks: New.
BO verdict: Great opening.
Angry Indian Goddesses
Cast: Sandhya Mridul, Tannishtha Chatterjee, Sarah-Jane Dias, Anushka Manchanda, Amrit Maghera, Rajshri Deshpande and Pavleen Gujral.
Directors: Pan Nalin.
What works: Great cast and great direction.
What doesn't: Inconsistent story.
Number of weeks: New.
BO verdict: Non-starter.
Tamasha
Cast: Ranbir Kapoor, Deepika Padukone.
Directors: Imtiaz Ali.
What works: The lead cast.
What doesn't: First half drags.
Number of weeks: 1.
BO verdict: Flop.
X: Past is Present
Cast: Huma Qureshi, Rajat Kapoor, Anushman Jha, Swara Bhaskar, Radhika Apte, Piaa Bajpai, Usha Uthup.
Directors: Abhinav Shiv Tiwari, Anu Menon, Hemant Gaba, Nalan Kumarasamy, Pratim D Gupta, Q, Raja Sen, Rajshree Ojha, Sandeep Mohan, Sudhish Kamath and Suparn Verma.
What works: Performances by Rajat Kapoor, Anushman Jha, Swara Bhaskar.
What doesn't: Certain segments jar.
Number of weeks: 2.
BO verdict: Flop.
Prem Ratan Dhan Payo
Cast: Salman Khan, Sonam Kapoor Neil Nitin Mukesh, Anupam Kher
Director: Sooraj Barjatya.
What works: Salman Khan.
What doesn't: Outdated melodrama.
Number of weeks: 3.
BO verdict: Flop.
Main Aur Charles
Cast: Randeep Hooda, Richa Chaddha
Director: Prawaal Raman.
What works: Top performances, well-directed film, fabulous sound design.
What doesn't: Poor dialogues.
Number of weeks: 5.
BO verdict: Flop.
Titli
Cast: Ranvir Shorey, Shashank Arora,, Shivani Raghuvanshi, Amit Sial, Prashant Singh
Director: Kanu Behl
What works: Ranvir Shorey, well-directed film.
What doesn't: Feeble plot, filmsy narrative
Number of weeks: 5.
BO verdict: Flop.
Pyaar Ka Punchnaam 2
Cast: Kartik Aaryan, Nushrat Bharucha, Sonalli Sehgall, Ishita Sharma, Omkar Kapoor, Sunny Singh and Rumana Molla.
Director: Luv Ranjan.
What works: Decent gags.
What doesn't: Dated story, immature handling.
Number of weeks: 7.
BO verdict: Superhit.
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