Box Office: Welcome Back does excellent business

A look at this week's hits and misses.

Last week's release Welcome Back has opened to excellent box office collections. 

Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives us the box office verdict for the week.

 

Welcome Back

Cast: Anil Kapoor, Nana Patekar, Naseeruddin Shah, Paresh Rawal, John Abraham and Shruti Haasan.

Director: Anees Bazmee

What works: Anil Kapoor and Nana Patekar's madcap comedy

What doesn't: Senseless storyline.

Number of weeks: New.

BO verdict: Excellent opening.

Read the review here

Phantom

Cast: Saif Ali Khan, Katrina Kaif and Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub.

Director: Kabir Khan

What works: Good story.

What doesn't: Saif and Katrina are terribly miscast.

Number of weeks: 1

BO verdict: Flop

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Kaun Kitney Paani Mein

Cast: Saurabh Shukla, Kunal Kapoor, Radhika Apte and Gulshan Grover

Director: Nila Madhab Panda

What works: Radhika Apte's performance

What doesn't: Poor story and bad direction.

Number of weeks: 1

BO verdict: Flop

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All Is Well

Cast: Abhishek Bachchan, Rishi Kapoor, Asin and Supriya Pathak.

Director: Umesh Shukla

What works: Nothing!

What doesn't: Poor story and bad direction.

Number of weeks: 2

BO verdict: Flop

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Manjhi: The Mountain Man

Cast: Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Radhika Apte.

Director: Ketan Mehta

What works: Nawazuddin Siddiqui’s performance.

What doesn't: Abrupt sequences

Number of weeks: 2

BO verdict: Above average

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Brothers

Cast: Akshay Kumar, Sidharth Malhotra, Jackie Shroff and Jacqueline Fernadez.

Director: Karan Malhotra

What works: Akshay Kumar’s performance.

What doesn't: Melodramatic plot, bad direction.

Number of weeks: 3

BO verdict: Average

Read the reviews here: Raja Sen / Sukanya Verma

Bangistan

Cast: Riteish Deshmukh, Jacqueline Fernandez and Pulkit Samrat.

Director: Karan Anshuman

What works: Riteish Deshmukh

What doesn't: The gags. Film lacks substance.

Number of weeks: 4

BO verdict: Flop

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Drishyam

Cast: Ajay Devgn, Tabu, Shriya Saran and Rajat Kapoor.

Director: Nishikant Kamath

What works: Good performances.

What doesn't: The ingredients are all there but the film never quite takes off.

Number of weeks: 4

BO verdict: Below average

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Masaan 

Cast: Richa Chadha, Sanjay Mishra, Vicky Kaushal and Shweta Tripathi.

Director: Neeraj Ghaywan

What works: Great story, good performances

What doesn't: Offbeat subject

Number of weeks: 5

BO verdict: Poor

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Bajrangi Bhaijaan  

Cast: Salman Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Harshaali Malhotra.

Director: Kabir Khan

What works: Great story, and SALMAN KHAN!

What doesn't: Too long.

Number of weeks: 6

BO verdict: Blockbuster

Read the reviews here: Raja Sen / Sukanya Verma