Last Friday's release Ugly opened poorly at the box office while Aamir Khan's PK, now in its second week, is still going strong.
Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives us the box office verdict for the week.
Ugly
Cast: Ronit Roy, Rahut Bhat, Tejaswini Kolhapure, Vineet Kumar
Director: Anurag Kashyap
What works: Performance, plot and direction
What doesn't: Too dark
Number of weeks: New
BO verdict:
PK
Cast: Aamir Khan, Anushka Sharma, Sanjay Dutt, Sushant Singh Rajput, Saurabh Shukla, Boman Irani
Director: Rajkumar Hirani
What works: Performances and the humour.
What doesn't: Melodramatic plot.
Number of weeks: 1
BO verdict: Opens well
Read the reviews here: Sukanya Verma/Raja Sen
Action Jackson
Cast: Ajay Devgn, Sonakshi Sinha, Yami Gautam, Manasvi Mamgai, Kunaal Roy Kapur
Director: Prabhudheva.
What works: It's so bad, it's good!
What doesn't: An assault on the nerves, a very strange plot.
Number of weeks: 4
BO verdict: Flop
Ungli
Cast: Sanjay Dutt, Emraan Hashmi, Randeep Hooda, Kangna Ranaut, Neil Bhoopalam, Angad Bedi
Director: Rensil D'Silva
What works: Promising screenplay.
What doesn't: Melodramatic story, very repetitive.
Number of weeks: 5
BO verdict: Flop
