Midweek B.O.: 'Housefull' has record-shattering opening weekend

Midweek B.O.: ‘Housefull’ has record-shattering opening weekend

Film	Cast	Plusses	Minusses	Verdict
Housefull	Akshay Kumar, Riteish Deshmukh, Arjun Rampal, Deepika Padukone, Lara Dutta, Jiah Khan, Randhir Kapoor, Boman Irani, Chunkey Pandey, Lilette Dubey, Malaika Arora Khan	Gripping second half and skilled performances by each and every member of its cast	Inconsistent screenplay at places	Has fetched one of the biggest starts ever and the biggest opening of this year to date. Fetched approx. Rs. 10 crores nett on Friday and approx. Rs. 11.8 crores nett on Saturday [figures confirmed by Eros]. The two-day total adds up to approx. Rs. 21.8 crores nett. Sunday was humungous too, although the figures aren't compiled yet. But the opening weekend should easily be between Rs. 30-Rs. 32 crores nett. Fabulous!
Paathshaala	Nana Patekar, Shahid Kapoor, Ayesha Takia Azmi, Sushant Singh, Sushmita Mukherjee, Saurabh Shukla	Well-intentioned film	Uninspiring screenplay and old-fashioned direction	Might recover its low costs from theatrical and non-theatrical avenues in the long run
Prince	Vivek Oberoi, Aruna Shields, Nandana Sen, Neeru Singh, Isaiah, Sanjay Kapoor, Dalip Tahil, Rajesh Khattar, Mayur Puri	Great music, super stunts, Vivek Oberoi's bravura performance and terrific promotion	Screenplay could've been tighter in post-interval portions	Losing, due to high costs
Chase	Anuuj, Udita Goswami, Tarina Patel, Gulshan Grover, Rajesh Khattar, Samir Kochhar, Aditya Raj Kapoor	Chase sequences	Predictable and humdrum script	Extremely poor weekend
Phoonk 2	Sudeep, Amruta Khanvilkar, Ahsaas Channa, Neeru, Amit Sadh, Ashwini Kalsekar, Ganesh Yadav, Zakir Hussain, Jeeva, Anu Ansari	Brilliant concept	Hardly any scary moments, dull screenplay and lethargic pacing	The makers may recover the low costs, but the theatrical business is dull