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The hits and misses of the week.
A nation obsessed with cricket was in for a treat, with the release of Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni's biopic, M S Dhoni: The Untold Story.
The film saw an excellent, bumper opening in its first weekend.
But the Monday collections dropped, more noticeably at single screens. The film faces a high recovery target and may take some time before its box office status is realised.
Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives us the weekly box office verdict.
M S Dhoni: The Untold Story
Cast: Sushant Singh Raput, Anupam Kher, Bhoomika Chawla, Disha Patani and Kiara Advani.
Director: Neeraj Pandey.
What works: Great performances, a brilliant first half.
What doesn't: Too long, unnecessary songs.
Number of weeks: New.
BO verdict: Bumper opening.
Banjo
Cast: Riteish Deshmukh, Nargis Fakhri, Dharmesh Yelande, Aditya Kumar and Ram Menon
Director: Ravi Jadhav.
What works: Good supporting cast, music.
What doesn't: Predictable screenplay.
Number of weeks: 1.
BO verdict: Flop.
Wah Taj
Cast: Shreyas Talpade, Manjari Phadnis.
Director: Ajit Sinha.
What works: Novel idea and intriguing premise.
What doesn't: Execution, exaggerated performances and cartoonish sound effects.
Number of weeks: 1.
BO verdict: Flop.
Parched
Cast: Radhika Apte, Tannishtha Chatterjee, Surveen Chawla, Sayani Gupta.
Director: Leena Yadav.
What works: Good performances, direction, the way the film is shot by Russell Carpenter.
What doesn't: Scenes end on an unreal note.
Number of weeks: 1.
BO verdict: Flop.
PINK
Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Taapsee Pannu, Kirti Kulhari, Andrea Tariang, Angad Bedi, Dhritiman Chatterjee, Piyush Mishra
Director: Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury.
What works: Good performances, great execution.
What doesn't: Nothing!
Number of weeks: 2.
BO verdict: Hit.
Raaz: Reboot
Cast: Emraan Hashmi, Kriti Kharbanda
Director: Vikram Bhatt.
What works: Decent music.
What doesn't: Same old story, cliched dialogues.
Number of weeks: 2.
BO verdict: Flop.
Baar Baar Dekho
Cast: Katrina Kaif, Sidharth Malhotra.
Director: Nitya Mehra.
What works: Good looking film, novel way to show a romance.
What doesn't: Poor performances, second half drags.
Number of weeks: 3.
BO verdict: Flop.
Freaky Ali
Cast: Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Arbaaz Khan, Amy Jackson, Seema Biswas, Nikitin Dheer.
Director: Sohail Khan.
What works: Nawazuddin Siddiqui.
What doesn't: Daft writing.
Number of weeks: 3.
BO verdict: Super Flop.
Akira
Cast: Sonakshi Sinha, Konkona Sen Sharma, Anurag Kashyap.
Director: AR Murugadoss.
What works: Sonakshi Sinha and Anurag Kashyap.
What doesn't: Bland, dated film.
Number of weeks: 4.
BO verdict: Flop.