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Last week saw three movie releases -- Dishkiyaoon, O Teri and Youngistaan -- and all of them opened poorly at the box office.
Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives the box office verdict for the week.
Dishkiyaoon
Cast: Harman Baweja, Sunny Deol, Ayesha Khanna
Director: Sanamjit Singh Talwar
What works: The supporting cast do well.
What doesn't: Too many loopholes in the scripts, plot twists don't make sense.
Number of weeks: New
BO verdict: Flop
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Cast: Pulkit Samrat, Bilal Amrohi, Sarah Jane Dias
Director: Atul Agnihotri
What works: Good performances by supporting cast -- Manoj Pahwa, Razzaq Khan and Vijay Raaz and Mohan Kapur.
What doesn't: Very loud film.
Number of weeks: New
BO verdict: Flop
Cast: Jackky Bhagnan, Neha Sharma, Farooque Sheikh, Boman Irani.
Director: Syed Ahmad Afzal
What works: A last chance to see Farooque Sheikh on big screen.
What doesn't: Simplistic and unrealistic film.
Number of weeks: New
BO verdict: Flop
Cast: Sunny Leone, Parvin Dabas, Sandhya Mridul, Divya Dutta
Director: Bhushan Patel
What works: Sunny Leone's hot image, good music
What doesn't: Not scary enough
Number of weeks: 1
BO verdict: Hit
Read the reviews here: Bikash Mohapatra / Namita Karkera
Cast: Sanjay Mishra, Rajat Kapoor, Namit Das
Director: Rajat Kapoor
What works: Great performances, good story
What doesn't: Lengthy
Number of weeks: 1
BO verdict: Flop
Cast: Kangna Ranaut, Lisa Haydon, Rajkummar Rao
Director: Vikas Bahl
What works: Kangna's performance, script, humour
What doesn't: Lengthy
Number of weeks: 2
BO verdict: Hit
Read the reviews here: Sukanya Verma / Raja Sen / Sonil Dedhia