Desipite good reviews, Baby and Dolly Ki Doli don't work at the box office.
Akshay Kumar's Baby had a below average opening at the box office, even though it stabilized on Sunday. Sonam Kapoor's Dolly Ki Doli faced the same fate.
Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives us the box office verdict for the week.
Dolly Ki Doli
Cast: Sonam Kapoor, Rajkummar Rao, Pulkit Samrat, Varun Sharma
Director: Abhishek Dogra
What works: Light-hearted, fun film.
What doesn't: Plot loopholes that defy logic.
Number of weeks: New
BO verdict: Below average
Baby
Cast: Akshay Kumar, Anupam Kher, Danny Denzongpa, Rana Daggubati, Taapasee Pannu
Director: Neeraj Pandey
What works: Akshay Kumar, Anupam Kher and Danny Denzongpa are terrific together
What doesn't: Not gripping enough.
Number of weeks: New
BO verdict: Average
Alone
Cast: Bipasha Basu, Karan Singh Grover
Director: Bhushan Patel
What works: Bipasha's abs and legs.
What doesn't: No thrills, no chills, no logic.
Number of weeks: 1
BO verdict: Average
I
Cast: Vikram, Amy Jackson
Director: Shankar
What works: Stunning visuals, Vikram's performance, terrific music.
What doesn't: Too long.
Number of weeks: 1
BO verdict: Below average
Tevar
Cast: Arjun Kapoor, Sonakshi Sinha, Manoj Bajpayee
Director: Amit Sharma
What works: Practically nothing!
What doesn't: Melodramatic plot, bad direction and story.
Number of weeks: 2
BO verdict: Below average
Read the reviews here: Raja Sen/Sukanya Verma
Ugly
Cast: Ronit Roy, Rahut Bhat, Tejaswini Kolhapure, Vineet Kumar
Director: Anurag Kashyap
What works: Performance, plot and direction
What doesn't: Too dark
Number of weeks: 4
BO verdict: Flop
PK
Cast: Aamir Khan, Anushka Sharma, Sanjay Dutt, Sushant Singh Rajput, Saurabh Shukla, Boman Irani
Director: Rajkumar Hirani
What works: Performances and the humour.
What doesn't: Melodramatic plot.
Number of weeks: 5
BO verdict: Blockbuster
Read the reviews here: Sukanya Verma/Raja Sen
