Game fails, F.A.L.T.U. impresses at box office

F.A.L.T.U took an impressive opening over the three-day weekend, making the most out of post-World Cup phase from entertainment starved cine-lovers.

Game has opened to a disastrous response and poor collections.

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 do not reflect rediff's views.

	*Game* Cast: Abhishek Bachchan, Sarah Jane Dias, Kangna Ranaut, Boman Irani. Director: Abhinay Deo. Short film Old-fashioned murder mystery Number of weeks: New. BO Verdict: Flop. Review
	*F.A.L.T.U* Cast: Jackky Bhagnani, Riteish Deshmukh, Arshad Warsi, Puja Gupta. Director: Remo D'Souza. Good performances. Not well defined characters. Number of weeks: New. BO Verdict: Steady. Review
	*Tanu Weds Manu* Cast: R Madhavan, Kangna Ranaut, Jimmy Shergill Director: Aanand L Rai. R Madhavan, Kangna Ranaut. The climax scene. Number of weeks: 5. BO Verdict: Average. Review
	*7 Khoon Maaf* Cast: Priyanka Chopra, Neil Nitin Mukesh, John Abraham, Irrfan Khan, Aleksandr Dyachenko, Annu Kapoor, Naseeruddin Shah, Vivaan Shah. Director: Vishal Bhardwaj. Good music. Boring and linear script. Number of weeks: 6. BO Verdict: Flop. Review
	*Kaccha Limboo* Cast: Atul Kulkarni, Vinay Pathak, Taher Sutterwala, Sarika. Director: Sagar Ballary. Authentic. Lacks focus. Number of weeks: 6. BO Verdict: Flop. Review
	*Patiala House* Cast: Akshay Kumar, Anushka Sharma, Rishi Kapoor, Neetu Singh. Director: Nikhil Advani. Good music. Akshay rocks. Generic plot and sloppy screenplay. Number of weeks: 7. BO Verdict: Flop. Review
	*Yeh Saali Zindagi* Cast: Irrfan Khan, Chitrangada Singh, Arunoday Singh, Aditi Rao Hydari. Director: Sudhir Mishra. Witty, funny and good performances. Surplus characters and subplots. Number of weeks: 8. BO Verdict: Steady. Review
	*Hum Dono* Cast: Dev Anand, Sadhana, Nanda. Director: Vijay Anand. Watching a black and white classic in colour! Tough! Number of weeks: 8. BO Verdict: Poor response. Review
	*Utt Pataang* Cast: Mahie Gill, Mona Singh, Vinay Pathak, Saurabh Shukla. Director: Srikanth Velagaleti. Tight script, flawless editing. Cast disappoints. Number of weeks: 8. BO Verdict: Flop. Review
	*United Six* Cast: Parvathy Omanakuttan, Daisy Bopanna, Mahi, Pooja Sharma, Isha Batwe, Luna Lakhar. Director: Vishal Aryan Singh. Tough! Full of cliches and bad performances. Number of weeks: 8. BO Verdict: Flop. Review
Trade pundit: Vinod Mirani Last week's box office results
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