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Box Office: Jackpot, What The Fish flop

December 16, 2013 17:57 IST

Image: Sunny Leone and Sachiin Joshi in Jackpot

Last Friday saw two movie releases -- Sunny Leone-starrer Jackpot and Dimple Kapadia-starrer What The Fish -- and both of them opened poorly at the box office. 

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

Jackpot

Cast: Naseeruddin Shah, Sunny Leone, Sachiin Joshi

Director: Kaizad Gustad

What works: Tough!

What doesn't: Poor script, confused film, bad performances.

Number of weeks: New

BO verdict: Flop

Read the review here

What The Fish

Image: Dimple Kapadia in What The Fish

Cast: Dimple Kapadia, Sumit Sharma, Manu Rishi, Manjot Singh

Director: Gurmeet Singh

What works: Performances by Manu Rishi and Manjot Singh

What doesn't: Dimple Kapadia, plot-less movie

Number of weeks: New

BO verdict: Flop

Read the review here

R... Rajkumar

Image: Shahid Kapoor and Sonakshi Sinha in R... Rajkumar

Cast: Shahid Kapoor, Sonakshi Sinha, Sonu Sood

Director: Prabhu Dheva

What works: Shahid entertains in parts.

What doesn't: Story, music, the action doesn't suit Shahid.

Number of weeks: New

BO verdict: Average

Read the review here

Club 60

Image: Farooque Sheikh and Sarika in Club 60

Cast: Farooque Sheikh, Sarika, Raghubir Yadav, Satish Shah

Director: Sanjay Tripathi

What works: Good performances

What doesn't: Story treatment.

Number of weeks: 1

BO verdict: Flop

Read the review here

Bullett Raja

Image: Saif Ali Khan in Bullett Raja

Cast: Saif Ali Khan, Sonkashi Sinha, Jimmy Shergill, Vidyut Jamwal, Gulshan Grover, Raj Babbar

Director: Tigmanshu Dhulia

What works: Saif Ali Khan and Jimmy Shergill's acting. 

What doesn't: Bad screenplay, very predictable.

Number of weeks: 2

BO verdict: Flop

Read the review here

Bullett Raja

Image: Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone in Goliyon Ki Rasleela Ram-Leela

Cast: Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone, Supriya Pathak, Richa Chadda

Director: Sanjay Leela Bhansali

What works: Deepika Padukone, visually brilliant.

What doesn't: Too many songs, second half drags.

Number of weeks: 4

BO verdict: Average

Read the reviews here: Raja Sen / Sukanya Verma

Krrish 3

Image: Hrithik Roshan and Kangna Ranaut in Krrish 3

Cast: Hrithik Roshan, Priyanka Chopra, Kangna Ranaut, Vivek Oberoi

Director: Rakesh Roshan

What works: Hrithik Roshan.

What doesn't: Mash-up of several Hollywood movies.

Number of weeks: 6

BO verdict: Blockbuster

Read the reviews here: Raja Sen / Sukanya Verma / Paloma Sharma