Box Office: Mr X, Margarita With A Straw flop

The dry spell at the box officecontinues.

Emraan Hashmi's latest film Mr X met with poor response when it released last week and showed no improvement over the weekend.

The week's other release, Margarita, With A Straw got some critical acclaim for its lead actress Kalki Koechlin but did not find many takers in multiplexes.

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

Mr X

Cast: Emraan Hashmi, Amyra Dastur, Arunoday Singh

Director: Vikram Bhatt

What works: Emraan Hashmi's performance, VFX

What doesn't: Weak script, 3D

Number of weeks: New

BO verdict: Flop

Read the reviews here: Sukanya Verma / Raja Sen

 

Margarita, With A Straw

Cast: Kalki Koechlin, Revathy, Sayani Gupta

Director: Shonali Bose

What works: Performances, script

What doesn't: Non-mainstream subject

Number of weeks: New

BO verdict: Flop

Read the review here

 

Ek Paheli: Leela

Cast: Sunny Leone, Jay Bhanushali, Rajneesh Duggal, Mohit Ahlawat, Jas Arora

Director: Bobby Khan

What works: Sunny Leone

What doesn't: Half-baked characters, predictable plot

Number of weeks: 1

BO verdict: Below average

Read the review here

 

Dharam Sankat Main

Cast: Paresh Rawal, Naseeruddin Shah, Annu Kapoor

Director: Harshwardhan Kulkarni

What works: Good performances

What doesn't: Cliched plot, climax drags

Number of weeks: 1

BO verdict: Flop

Read the review here

 

Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!

Cast: Sushant Singh Rajput, Anand Tiwari, Swastika Mukherjee, Meiyang Chang.

Director: Dibakar Banerjee

What works: 1940s' Calcutta is beautifully captured, good performances

What doesn't: Simplistic plot, the mystery film doesn't mystify

Number of weeks: 2

Box office verdict: Below average

Read the review here