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Box Office: Jackpot, What The Fish flop
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
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
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
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
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
Bullett Raja
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
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