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Box Office: Salman Khan's Jai Ho gets lukewarm opening

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

Jai Ho 

Cast: Salman Khan, Tabu, Daisy Shah, Sana Khan, Nadira Babbar, Danny Denzongpa

Director: Sohail Khan

What works: Salman Khan's star presence.

What doesn't: Direction, story

Number of weeks: New

BO verdict: Below average

Read the reviews here and here.

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Miss Lovely

Cast: Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Niharika Singh

Director: Ashim Ahluwalia

What works: Brilliant performances.

What doesn't: The film has a slow pace.

Number of weeks: 1

BO verdict: Very poor.

Read the review here.

Dedh Ishqiya

Cast: Naseeruddin Shah, Madhuri Dixit, Arshad Warsi, Huma Qureshi

Director: Abhishek Chaubey

What works: Powerful performances, terrific story

What doesn't: Too length, disappointing climax

Number of weeks: 2

BO verdict: Below average

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Yaariyan

Cast: Gulshan Griver, Deepti Naval, Himanshu Kohli, Rakul Preet Singh, Evelyn Sharma, Nicole Faria

Director: Divya Khosla Kumar

What works: Good music

What doesn't: Too many stereotypes, wafer-thin plot

Number of weeks: 2

BO verdict: Mini-hit.

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Dhoom 3

Cast: Aamir Khan, Abhishek Bachchan, Katrina Kaif, Uday Chopra, Jackie Shroff

Director: Vijay Krishna Acharya

What works: Performances, visually brilliant, great action sequences

What doesn't: Too long

Number of weeks: 4

BO verdict: Blockbuster

Read the reviews here: Raja Sen /Sukanya Verma