Midweek B.O.: New releases are box-office duds!

Film	Cast	Plusses	Minusses	Verdict
Paathshaala	Nana Patekar, Shahid Kapoor, Ayesha Takia Azmi, Sushant Singh, Sushmita Mukherjee, Saurabh Shukla	Well-intentioned film	Uninspiring screenplay and old-fashioned direction	Continued to slide downwards in its second weekend, despite no tough competition. Its reasonable cost is its only hope
City Of Gold	Seema Biswas, Karan Patel, Siddharth Jadhav, Veena Jamkar, Shashank Shende, Sachin Khedekar, Vinay Apte, Ganesh Yadav, Satish Kaushik, Kashmira Shah, Sameer Dharmadhikari, Vineet Singh	A gripping story with super performances	Climax could've been shortened	Despite appreciation, the business remained poor
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	Fell further in its second weekend. The makers may recover the low costs, but the theatrical business is dull
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
Apartment	Neetu Chandra, Tanushree Dutta, Rohit Roy, Anupam Kher	Interesting premise	Lacks the thrill quotient due to predictable goings-on	Poor opening weekend