Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives us the box office verdict for the week.
Ugly
Cast: Ronit Roy, Rahut Bhat, Tejaswini Kolhapure, Vineet Kumar
Director: Anurag Kashyap
What works: Performance, plot and direction
What doesn't: Too dark
Number of weeks: New
BO verdict:
PK
Cast: Aamir Khan, Anushka Sharma, Sanjay Dutt, Sushant Singh Rajput, Saurabh Shukla, Boman Irani
Director: Rajkumar Hirani
What works: Performances and the humour.
What doesn't: Melodramatic plot.
Number of weeks: 1
BO verdict: Opens well
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Action Jackson
Cast: Ajay Devgn, Sonakshi Sinha, Yami Gautam, Manasvi Mamgai, Kunaal Roy Kapur
Director: Prabhudheva.
What works: It's so bad, it's good!
What doesn't: An assault on the nerves, a very strange plot.
Number of weeks: 4
BO verdict: Flop
Ungli
Cast: Sanjay Dutt, Emraan Hashmi, Randeep Hooda, Kangna Ranaut, Neil Bhoopalam, Angad Bedi
Director: Rensil D'Silva
What works: Promising screenplay.
What doesn't: Melodramatic story, very repetitive.
Number of weeks: 5
BO verdict: Flop
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