Last week's release Dum Maaro Dum got a poor opening at the box office despite the three-day weekend. The other release Zokkomon saw a worse fate.
Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives us the box office verdict for the week.
Note: Films are ranked according to their release dates. The thumbs ups and downs do not reflect rediff's views.
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Dum Maaro Dum
Cast: Abhishek Bachchan, Bipasha Basu, Rana Daggubati, Prateik Babbar.
Director: Rohan Sippy.
 Good story.
 Weak performances by Prateik and Bipasha.
Number of weeks: New.
BO Verdict: Poor response.
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Zokkomon
Cast: Darsheel Safary, Anupam Kher, Manajari Phadnis.
Director: Satyajit Bhatkal.
Darsheel Safary
Lackluster script and overdose of cliched situations
Number of weeks: New.
BO Verdict: Flop.
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Teen Thay Bhai
Cast: Om Puri, Shreyas Talpade, Deepak Dobriyal.
Director: Mrigdeep Singh Lamba.
Performance of the cast.
Script disappoints.
Number of weeks: 1.
BO Verdict: Flop.
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Thank You
Cast: Akshay Kumar, Irrfan Khan, Bobby Deol, Suniel Shetty, Sonam Kapoor, Celina Jaitley, Rimi Sen, Paresh Rawal.
Director: Anees Bazmee.
Suniel Shetty
The entire film.
Number of weeks: 2.
BO Verdict: Losing.
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Game
Cast: Abhishek Bachchan, Sarah Jane Dias, Kangna Ranaut, Boman Irani.
Director: Abhinay Deo.
Short film
Old-fashioned murder mystery
Number of weeks: 3.
BO Verdict: Flop.
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F.A.L.T.U
Cast: Jackky Bhagnani, Riteish Deshmukh, Arshad Warsi, Puja Gupta.
Director: Remo D'Souza.
Good performances.
Not well defined characters.
Number of weeks: 3.
BO Verdict: Average.
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Tanu Weds Manu
Cast: R Madhavan, Kangna Ranaut, Jimmy Shergill
Director: Aanand L Rai.
R Madhavan, Kangna Ranaut.
The climax scene.
Number of weeks: 8.
BO Verdict: Average.
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7 Khoon Maaf
Cast: Priyanka Chopra, Neil Nitin Mukesh, John Abraham, Irrfan Khan, Aleksandr Dyachenko, Annu Kapoor, Naseeruddin Shah, Vivaan Shah.
Director: Vishal Bhardwaj.
Good music.
Boring and linear script.
Number of weeks: 9.
BO Verdict: Flop.
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Kaccha Limboo
Cast: Atul Kulkarni, Vinay Pathak, Taher Sutterwala, Sarika.
Director: Sagar Ballary.
Authentic.
Lacks focus.
Number of weeks: 9.
BO Verdict: Flop.
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Patiala House
Cast: Akshay Kumar, Anushka Sharma, Rishi Kapoor, Neetu Singh.
Director: Nikhil Advani.
Good music. Akshay rocks.
Generic plot and sloppy screenplay.
Number of weeks: 10.
BO Verdict: Flop.
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Trade pundit: Vinod Mirani
Last week's box office results
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Good story. 
Weak performances by Prateik and Bipasha.
