Midweek B.O.: 'Dum Maaro Dum' collects Rs 16.5 cr in opng wknd

Midweek B.O.: ‘Dum Maaro Dum’ collects Rs 16.5 cr in opng wknd

Film	Cast	Plusses	Minusses	Verdict
Dum Maaro Dum	Abhishek Bachchan, Rana Daggubati, Bipasha Basu, Prateik, Aditya Pancholi, Anaitha Nair, Govind Namdeo, Muzammil, Gulshan Devaiya, Hussain, Vidya Balan [sp. app.], Deepika Padukone [sp. app.]	Riveting first hour and admirable performances. Also, very stylish attempt	Second hour loses focus	Collected approx. Rs 16.5 cr in its opening weekend. The business was clearly divided - it was excellent in plexes of Mysore and Nizam circuits, but plexes in several territories ranged from average to below average. Business at single screens remained low all through the weekend, despite the holidays. Breakup:- Thu [previews] 80 lacs, Fri 5.4 cr, Sat 4.7 cr, Sun 5.6 cr.
Thank You	Akshay Kumar, Irrfan, Suniel Shetty, Bobby Deol, Sonam Kapoor, Celina Jaitley, Rimi Sen, Mallika Sherawat [sp. app.], Vidya Balan [sp. app.], Mukesh Tiwari, Rakhi Vijan, Ranjeet, Smita Jaykar	Several entertaining moments in the first hour. Plus, Akshay and Irrfan's acts	Pritam's music and a terrible second hour, from the writing point of view	Will entail losses to its distributors. Losing
Zokkomon	Darsheel Safary, Anupam Kher, Manjari Fadnis, Tinnu Anand	Interesting concept with several entertaining moments	Screenplay could've been better	Poor opening weekend
F.A.L.T.U.	Jackky Bhagnani, Pooja Gupta, Angad Bedi, Chandan Roy Sanyal, Riteish Deshmukh, Arshad Warsi, Akbar Khan, Mithun Chakraborty, Boman Irani	Some terrific moments and super music	Erratic screenplay	Above average to average