Box Office: Main Tera Hero opens well

Last week saw two movie releases, Main Tera Hero and Jal.

Main Tera Hero has been liked by critics and audiences alike, but it would have fared even better had it not been for the T20 World Cup finals that were telecast over the weekend. Jal, however, was a flop.

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

Main Tera Hero

Cast: Varun Dhawan, Ileana D'Cruz, Nargis Fakhri.

Director: David Dhawan.

What works: A time-pass and paisa vasool film, with lots of romance and comedy.

What doesn't: Not for family audiences, too many subplots.

Number of weeks: New

BO verdict: Opens well.

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Cast: Purab Kohli, Kirti Kulhari, Tannishta Chatterjee

Director: Girish Malik

What works: Good music.

What doesn't: It's more like a documentary than a film.

Number of weeks: New

BO verdict: Flop

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Cast: Harman Baweja, Sunny Deol, Ayesha Khanna

Director: Sanamjit Singh Talwar

What works: The supporting cast does well.

What doesn't: Too many loopholes in the scripts, plot twists don't make sense.

Number of weeks: 1

BO verdict: Flop

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Cast: Pulkit Samrat, Bilal Amrohi, Sarah Jane Dias

Director: Atul Agnihotri

What works: Good performances by supporting cast -- Manoj Pahwa, Razzaq Khan and Vijay Raaz and Mohan Kapur.

What doesn't: Very loud film.

Number of weeks: 1

BO verdict: Flop

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Cast: Jackky Bhagnan, Neha Sharma, Farooque Sheikh, Boman Irani.

Director: Syed Ahmad Afzal

What works: A last chance to see Farooque Sheikh on big screen.

What doesn't: Simplistic and unrealistic film.

Number of weeks: 1

BO verdict: Flop

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Cast: Sunny Leone, Parvin Dabas, Sandhya Mridul, Divya Dutta

Director: Bhushan Patel

What works: Sunny Leone's hot image, good music

What doesn't: Not scary enough

Number of weeks: 2

BO verdict: Hit

Read the reviews here: Bikash Mohapatra / Namita Karkera

Cast: Kangna Ranaut, Lisa Haydon, Rajkummar Rao

Director: Vikas Bahl

What works: Kangna's performance, script, humour

What doesn't: Lengthy

Number of weeks: 3

BO verdict: Hit

Read the reviews here: Sukanya Verma / Raja Sen / Sonil Dedhia