Salman Khan's fans turned out in droves to watch the actor in action in this year's Eid release, Dabangg. Many took advantage of the long weekend to catch the entertaining potboiler which resulted in record breaking collections of approximately 47 crore over its first weekend. It is on its way to becoming a big hit.
No such luck for We Are Family, however, which has turned out to be a flop.
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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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: New.
BO Verdict: Record breaking opening.
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We Are Family
Cast: Kajol, Kareena Kapoor and Arjun Rampal.
Director: Siddharth Malhotra.
Kajol is charming.
Melodramatic and contrived.
Number of weeks: 1.
BO Verdict: Flop.
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The Film Emotional Atyachar
Cast: Kalki Koechlin, Ravi Kissen, Vinay Pathak, Ranvir Shorey, Abhimanyu Singh.
Director: Akshay Shere.
Mercifully short.
No story, poor performances.
Number of weeks: 1.
BO Verdict: Flop.
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Aashayein
Cast: John Abraham, Sonal Sehgal, Anaitha Nair, Girish Karnard, Farida Jalal.
Director: Nagesh Kukunoor.
Beautifully shot
Drags at times.
Number of weeks: 2.
BO Verdict: Flop.
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Hello Darling
Cast: Gul Panag, Eesha Koppikar, Celina Jaitley, Jaaved Jaffery.
Director: Manoj Tiwari.
Tough!
Silly half baked plot, unfunny gags.
Number of weeks: 2.
BO Verdict: Flop.
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Antardwand
Cast: Raj Singh Chaudhury, Vinay Pathak, Akhilendra Mishra, Swati Sen.
Director: Sushil Rajpal.
Well researched, hard hitting thriller with good performances from the cast.
Can't think of any.
Number of weeks: 2.
BO Verdict: Flop.
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Lafangey Parindey
Cast: Deepika Padukone, Neil Nitin Mukesh.
Director: Pradeep Sarkar
Good music and cinematography.
Too superficial.
Number of weeks: 3.
BO Verdict: Flop.
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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: 4.
BO Verdict: Hit.
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Help
Cast: Mugdha Godse, Bobby Deol.
Director: Rajeev Manoj Virani
Good special effects.
Average performances from Bobby and Mugdha.
Number of weeks: 5.
BO Verdict: Flop.
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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: 6.
BO Verdict: Hit.
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Trade pundit: Vinod Mirani
Last week's box office results
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Salman Khan rocks!
No story line to speak of.
