Box Office: Happy New Year gets bumper opening

A look at this week's hits and misses.

Farah Khan's Happy New Year took a bumper opening on the first day of release. But the film's mixed reviews caught up with it and the weekend collections showed a drop.

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

Happy New Year

Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone, Abhishek Bachchan, Sonu Sood, Boman Irani, Jackie Shroff, Vivaan Shah.

Director: Farah Khan

What works: Catchy music, exotic locales, and Abhishek Bachchan!

What doesn't: Low on wit and imagination, too many stereotypes.

Number of weeks: New

BO verdict: Bumper opening.

Read the review here: Raja Sen / Sukanya Verma / Paloma Sharma

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: 1

BO verdict: Flop

Read the review here

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: 2

BO verdict: Flop

Read the review here

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 slow.

Number of weeks: 3

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: 3

BO verdict: Below average.

Read the reviews here: Raja Sen / Paloma Sharma

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