The dry spell at the box office continues.
Badlapur got the thumbs up from critics but fared poorly at the box office.
Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives us the box office verdict for the week.
Badlapur
Cast: Varun Dhawan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Yami Gautam, Huma Qureshi, Radhika Apte
Director: Sriram Raghavan
What works: Story and the cast.
What doesn't: The climax drags.
Number of weeks: New
BO verdict: Below Average
Roy 
Cast: Arjun Rampal, Ranbir Kapoor, Jacqueline Fernandez
Director: Vikramjit Singh
What works: Ranbir Kapoor.
What doesn't: Terribly boring.
Number of weeks: 1
BO verdict: Flop
Read the review here
MSG: The Messenger
Cast: Saint Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh Ji Insan, Daniel Kaleb, Flora Saini, Jayshree Soni
Director: Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh and Jeetu Arora
What works: Tough!
What doesn't: Loud, tacky feature-length advertisement.
Number of weeks: 1
BO verdict: Flop
Read the review here
Shamitabh
Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Dhanush, Akshara Haasan
Director: R Balki
What works: Amitabh Bachchan's baritone.
What doesn't: Nothing else!
Number of weeks: 2
BO verdict: Flop
Khamoshiyan
Cast: Ali Fazal, Gurmeet Choudhary, Sapna Pabbi
Director: Karan Darra
What works: Good music.
What doesn't: Bad direction and story.
Number of weeks: 3
BO verdict: Poor opening
Hawaizaada
Cast: Ayushmann Khurrana, Pallavi Sharda, Mithun Chakraborthy
Director: Vibhu Puri
What works: Ornate sets.
What doesn't: Bad performances, shoddy direction.
Number of weeks: 3
BO verdict: Poor opening
Rahasya
Cast: Kay Kay Menon, Tisca Chopra, Ashish Vidhyrathi
Director: Manish Gupta
What works: Good performances, fast-paced story.
What doesn't: Film over-explains the climax.
Number of weeks: 2
BO verdict: Poor opening
Dolly Ki Doli
Cast: Sonam Kapoor, Rajkummar Rao, Pulkit Samrat, Varun Sharma
Director: Abhishek Dogra
What works: Light-hearted, fun film.
What doesn't: Plot loopholes that defy logic.
Number of weeks: 3
BO verdict: Below average
Baby
Cast: Akshay Kumar, Anupam Kher, Danny Denzongpa, Rana Daggubati, Taapasee Pannu
Director: Neeraj Pandey
What works: Akshay Kumar, Anupam Kher and Danny Denzongpa are terrific together.
What doesn't: Not gripping enough.
Number of weeks: 3
BO verdict: Average
