Midweek B.O.: ‘Inception’ leads, ‘TBL’ & ‘Udaan’ pick up, ‘Lamhaa’ fails

By Bollywood Hungama -

July 20, 2010 - 8:24 AM IST

Film	Cast	Plusses	Minusses	Verdict
Lamhaa	Sanjay Dutt, Bipasha Basu, Kunal Kapoor, Anupam Kher, Mahesh Manjrekar, Yashpal Sharma, Vipin Sharma, Jyoti Dogra, Murli Sharma, Shernaz Patel, Rajesh Khera, Yuri Suri, Vishwajeet Pradhan, Asif Basra, Denzil Smith, Ehsaan Khan	A few individualistic sequences	Screenplay writing lacks conviction	Collected approx. Rs. 6 cr. nett in its opening weekend on 922 screens. Although the business showed an increase on Saturday and Sunday, it wasn't in sync with its high costs and wide release. Looking at its fantastic promotion and the number of sites it was released at, the opening weekend numbers are shockingly low. At the rate the film is faring, the film will entail huge losses to its producers
Tere Bin Laden	Ali Zafar, Pradhuman Singh, Piyush Mishra, Sugandha Garg, Nikhil Ratnaparkhi, Rahul Singh, Barry John, Chirag Vohra, Chinmay Mandlekar, Rajendra Sethi	Terrific entertainer in all respects with great performances	Difficult to find	Picked up dramatically with each passing day. Collected approx. Rs. 90 lacs nett on Friday, approx. Rs. 1.35 cr. nett on Saturday and approx. 1.49 cr. nett on Sunday. The 3-day total stands at approx. Rs. 3.74 cr. nett on 344 screens. The cost of investment to the distributors is approx. Rs. 7.5 cr. [incl. P. & A.] and the returns from theatrical and non-theatrical avenues should ensure profits to its distributors and also its producers
Udaan	Ronit Roy, Ram Kapoor, Rajat Barmecha, Aayan Boradia	A slice of life story narrated brilliantly with super performances	Tends to get slow-paced in its second hour	Released strictly at multiplexes and very, very few single screens of big centres and in very limited shows [2 or 3 shows per day], the business showed an escalation with each passing day. Friday was approx. Rs. 25 lacs nett, Saturday was approx. Rs. 40 lacs nett and Sunday was approx. Rs. 55 lacs nett, taking the 3-day total to approx. Rs. 1.25 cr. nett on 150 screens
Milenge Milenge	Shahid Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor, Aarti Chhabria, Panini Raajkumar, Delnaaz Paul, Sarfaraz Khan, Satish Shah, Satish Kaushik, Tanaaz Irani, Kirron Kher, Himani Shivpuri	Shahid and Kareena's chemistry	Dated product	Profitable venture for its producers, due to its low costs and returns from non-theatrical avenues mainly
I Hate LUV Storys	Imran Khan, Sonam Kapoor, Samir Dattani, Samir Soni, Kavin Dave, Aamir Ali, Pooja Ghai, Bruna Abdullah, Ketaki Dave, Anju Mahendru	Imran and Sonam's pairing and chemistry, Vishal-Shekhar's music, tremendous youth appeal and terrific moments	Predictable plotline	Hit

NOTE:- INCEPTION, released in English, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu versions simultaneously, collected approx. Rs. 5.6 cr. nett [Rs. 7.5 cr. gross] on 240 prints [271 sites] in its opening weekend in India. It was the first choice of moviegoers this weekend.

(Ratings are based on the box office collections and the cost of the film)