Attacks of 26/11, I Me Aur Main do poorly at box office

Last week's releases -- The Attacks of 26/11 and I Me Aur Main -- opened poorly at the box office. Kai Po Che, on the other hand, is doing much better.

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

The Attacks of 26/11

Cast: Nana Patekar, Sanjeev Jaiswal, Atul Kulkarni

Director: Ram Gopal Varma

What works: Fast-paced, good performances

What doesn't: Loop-holes in plot, too much blood and gore

Number of weeks: New

BO verdict: Opens poorly

Cast: John Abraham, Chitrangda Singh, Prachi Desai, Mini Mathur, Zarina Wahab

Director: Kapil Sharma

What works: Good looking faces, Mathur, Wahab's acting

What doesn't: Shallow plot

Number of weeks: New

BO verdict: Opens poorly

Cast: Rajkumar Yadav, Sushant Singh Rajput, Amit Sadh and Amrita Puri

Director: Abhishek Kapoor

What works: Story, Acting.

What doesn't: Nothing

Number of weeks: 1

BO verdict: Average

Cast: Sanjay Dutt, Arshad Warsi, Vivek Oberoi and Charmee Kaur

Director: Anand Kumar

What works: Nothing
 
What doesn't: Plot, Direction, Acting

Number of weeks: 1

BO verdict: Flop

Cast: Akshay Kumar, Anupam Kher, Manoj Bajpayee, Kajal Aggarwal

Director: Neeraj Pandey

What works: Acting, direction, plot

What doesn't: Romance angle, length

Number of weeks: 3

BO verdict: Hit

Cast: Randeep Hooda, Aditi Rao Hydari and Sara Loren

Director: Vishesh Bhatt

What works: Titillating scenes, hot lead actresses

What doesn't: Plot, acting

Number of weeks: 2

BO verdict: Flop