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Box Office: Jungle Book gets a great opening!

April 11, 2016 16:55 IST

The hits and misses of the week.

Hollywood defeated Bollywood at the box office last weekend.

Love Games expectedly tanked, and Disney's The Jungle Book saw an excellent opening.

Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives us the box office verdict.

 

Love Games

Cast: Patralekha, Tara Alisha Berry and Gaurav Arora.

Director: Vikram Bhatt.

What works: Performance by Patralekha and Gaurav Arora.

What doesn't: Predictable story, unnecessary skin show.

Number of weeks: New.

BO verdict: Poor Opening.

Read the review here

 

The Jungle Book (Hindi version)

Cast: Neel Sethi, Priyanka Chopra, Nana Patekar, Om Puri, Irrfan and Shefali Shah.

Director: Jon Favreau.

What works: Amazing animation and 3D.

What doesn't: Could be a tad scary for kids.

Number of weeks: New.

BO verdict: Excellent opening.

Read the review here: Raja Sen / Sukanya Verma / Aseem Chhabra

 

Ki & Ka

Kareena Kapoor and Arjun Kapoor in Ki & Ka

Cast: Kareena Kapoor, Arjun Kapoor, Swaroop Sampat and Rajit Kapur.

Director: R Balki.

What works: Good performances.

What doesn't: Poor writing, caricaturish characters.

Number of weeks: 1.

BO verdict: Hit.

Read the review here: Raja Sen / Sukanya Verma

 

Rocky Handsome

John Abraham in Rocky Handsome

Cast: John Abraham, Shruti Haasan, Nishikanth Kamath, Sharad Kelkar, Baby Diya Chalwad.

Director: Nishikanth Kamath.

What works: Well shot film.

What doesn't: John Abraham, the action scenes.

Number of weeks: 2.

BO verdict: Flop.

Read the review here

 

Kapoor & Sons

Alia Bhatt, Fawad Khan, Siddharth Malhotra in Kapoor & Sons

Cast: Sidharth Malhotra, Alia Bhatt, Fawad Khan, Rishi Kapoor, Rajat Kapoor, Ratna Pathak Shah.

Director: Shakun Batra.

What works: Well-made film, good performances.

What doesn't: Second half could have been tighter.

Number of weeks: 3.

BO verdict: Hit.

Read the review here: Raja Sen / Sukanya Verma

 

Teraa Surroor

Teraa Surroor

Cast: Himesh Resahmmiya, Farah Karimaee, Naseeruddin Shah, Shekhar Kapur, Kabir Bedi.

Director: Shawn Arranha.

What works: The music.

What doesn't: The whole film!

Number of weeks: 4.

BO verdict: Flop.

Read the review here

 

Jai GangaaJal

Cast: Priyanka Chopra, Prakash Jha, Manav Kaul.

Director: Prakash Jha.

What works: Priyanka Chopra.

What doesn't: The half-baked plot.

Number of weeks: 5.

BO verdict: Flop.

Read the review here

 

Zubaan

Cast:  Vicky Kaushal, Sarah Jane Dias, Raaghav Chanana.

Director: Mozez Singh.

What works: Performance.

What doesn't: The story and the music.

Number of weeks: 5.

BO verdict: Flop.

Read the review here

 

Aligarh

Cast: Manoj Bajpai, Rajkummar Rao, Ashish Vidyarthi.

Director: Hansal Mehta.

What works: Story, screenplay, direction, performance.

What doesn't: A bit slow at times.

Number of weeks: 6.

BO verdict: Flop.

Read the review here

 

Tere Bin Laden: Dead Or Alive

Cast:  Manish Paul, Sikandar Kher, Pradhuman Singh, Mia Uyeda, Piyush Mishra.

Director: Abhishek Sharma.

What works: Good performances from Pradhuman Singh and Sikandar Kher.

What doesn't: The second half bores.

Number of weeks: 6.

BO verdict: Flop.

Read the review here