Last week's two releases -- Aakrosh and Knock Out -- saw poor box office openings over the weekend.
Meanwhile, a week after, things have not improved for Crook and Do Dooni Chaar.
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 reflect rediff's views.
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Knock Out
Cast: Sanjay Dutt, Kangna Ranaut, Irrfan Khan.
Director: Mani Shankar.
 Irrfan Khan is terrific.
 Unrealistic climax.
Number of weeks: New.
BO Verdict: Poor opening.
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Aakrosh
Cast: Ajay Devgn, Bipasha Basu, Akshaye Khanna, Paresh Rawal.
Director: Priyadarshan.
Acting is brilliant, beautifully shot and engrossing script.
Action sequences are a little exaggerated.
Number of weeks: New.
BO Verdict: Poor opening.
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Crook: It's Good to be Bad
Cast: Emraan Hashmi, Neha Sharma and Arjan Bajwa.
Director: Mohi Suri.
Noble topic, good music.
Weak script.
Number of weeks: 1.
BO Verdict: Flop.
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Do Dooni Char
Cast: Rishi Kapoor, Neetu Singh, Aditi Vasudev and Archit Krishna.
Director: Habib Faizal.
Rishi is in top form.
Limiting script.
Number of weeks: 1.
BO Verdict: Flop.
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Robot
Cast: Rajnikanth, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Danny Denzongpa.
Director: Shankar.
Rajnikanth rocks. Great special effects.
Too long.
Number of weeks: 2.
BO Verdict: Average.
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Anjaana Anjaani
Cast: Ranbir Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra.
Director: Siddharth Anand.
Good production values and excellent music. Ranbir performs well.
Daft screenplay.
Number of weeks: 2.
BO Verdict: Average.
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Khichdi: The Movie
Cast: Supriya Pathak, Anang Desai, Rajeev Mehta, Jamnadas Majethia, Nimisha Vakharia, Kirti Kulhari, Kesar Majethia, Markand Soni.
Director: Aaatish Kapadia.
Clean comedy.
Too many gags.
Number of weeks: 2.
BO Verdict: Flop.
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Dabangg
Cast: Salman Khan, Sonakshi Sinha, Dimple Kapadia, Vinod Khanna, Sonu Sood.
Director: Abhinav Kashyap.
Salman Khan rocks!
No story line to speak of.
Number of weeks: 5.
BO Verdict: Super hit.
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Peepli Live
Cast: Omkar Das Manikpuri, Raghubir Yadav, Shalini Vatsa, Malaika Shenoy, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Naseeruddin Shah.
Director: Anusha Rizvi
Never a dull moment. Well-researched, brilliantly-written and effectively documented.
Can't think of any.
Number of weeks: 9.
BO Verdict: Hit.
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Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai
Cast: Ajay Devgn, Kangna Ranaut, Emraan Hashmi, Prachi Desai.
Director: Milan Luthria
Good performances, direction, writing, music.
First half drags a bit
Number of weeks: 11.
BO Verdict: Hit.
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Trade pundit: Vinod Mirani
Last week's box office results
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Irrfan Khan is terrific.
Unrealistic climax.
