Box Office: Citylights fails, Heropanti is a hit!

A look at this week's hits and misses.

Last week's release Citylights may have got good reviews but it failed to do well at the box office.

Tiger Shroff's Heropanti, on the other hand, is on its way to become a hit.

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

Citylights

Cast: Rajkummar Rao, Patralekha.

Director: Hansal Mehta.

What works: Terrific performances, good cinematography.

What doesn't: Bad music undoes the film's drama.

Number of weeks: New

BO verdict: Poor opening.

Read the review here

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Cast: Tiger Shroff, Kriti Sanon

Director: Sabbir Khan.

What works: Tiger shows promise.

What doesn't: Shoddy, outdated direction. Tacky script.

Number of weeks: 1

BO verdict: Hit.

Read the reviews here: Sukanya Verma/Paloma Sharma

Cast: Rajinikanth, Deepika Padukone

Director: Soundarya R Ashwin.

What works: Rajinikanth.

What doesn't: The first half is slow and chaotic, bad animation.

Number of weeks: 1

BO verdict: Above Average.

Read the reviews here: Raja Sen/ S Saraswathi

Cast: Himesh Reshammiya, Irrfan Khan, Adil Hussain Sonali Raut, Zoya Afroz

Director: Anant Mahadevan.

What works: Entertaining dialogues.

What doesn't: Shoddy direction, bad script.

Number of weeks: 3

BO verdict: Average.

Read the review here

Cast: Partho Gupte, Saqib Saleem.

Director: Amol Gupte.

What works: Good script, direction

What doesn't: Melodramatic climax

Number of weeks: 4

BO verdict: Hit.

Read the review here