A look at this week's hits and misses.
The box office has been plagued with flops like Sonali Cable and Mumbai 125 km, as well as the previous week's releases like Spark, Ekkees Topon Ki Salaami, Tamanchey and Jigariya.
Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives us the box office verdict for the week.
Sonali Cable
Cast: Rhea Chakraborty, Ali Fazal, Anupam Kher
Director: Charudatta Acharaya
What works: Good performances
What doesn't: Bad story, climax is a drag
Number of weeks: New
BO verdict: Disaster
Ekkes Toppon Ki Salaami
Cast: Anupam Kher, Neha Dhupia, Divyendu Sharma, Manu Rishi
Director: Ravindra Gautam
What works: Good performances, well-made film
What doesn't: Bad dialogues
Number of weeks: 1
BO verdict: Flop
Haider
Cast: Shahid Kapoor, Shraddha Kapoor, Tabu, Irrfan Khan, Narendra Jha, Kay Kay Menon
Director: Vishal Bhardwaj
What works: Everything!
What doesn't: The second half is a tad slow.
Number of weeks: 2
BO verdict: Flop.
Read the reviews here: Raja Sen / Sukanya Verma
Bang Bang
Cast: Hrithik Roshan, Katrina Kaif, Danny Denzongpa, Jimmy Shergill
Director: Siddharth Anand
What works: Good looking lead cast
What doesn't: Too loud, too dumbed-down
Number of weeks: 2
BO verdict: Below average.
Read the reviews here: Raja Sen / Paloma Sharma
Khoobsurat
Cast: Sonam Kapoor, Fawad Khan, Ratna Pathak Shah, Kirron Kher
Director: Shashanka Ghosh
What works: Good looking film with candyfloss romance
What doesn't: We've seen better before
Number of weeks: 4
BO verdict: Flop
