Midweek B.O.: ‘OUATIM’ shows big jump, has 22 cr. nett weekend

By Bollywood Hungama -

August 2, 2010 - 4:55 PM IST

Film	Cast	Plusses	Minusses	Verdict
Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai	Ajay Devgn, Emraan Hashmi, Kangna Ranaut, Prachi Desai, Randeep Hooda, Avtar Gill, Naved Aslam, Mehul Bhojak, Ravi Khanwilkar, Gauhar Khan	A fantastic film in all respects	Slow pacing in its second hour	The film had a slow start on Friday morning, but the terrific word of mouth and glowing reviews resulted in an escalation in business from Friday evening itself. It went from strength to strength on Saturday and Sunday, getting bigger and better with each passing day. The breakup is as follows:- Friday Rs. 6.05 cr. nett, Saturday Rs. 6.90 cr. nett and Sunday Rs. 9.06 cr. nett. The 3-day total stands at Rs. 22.01 cr. nett. Monday was rock-steady in Mumbai/Maharashtra belt and also at plexes of major cities
Khatta Meetha	Akshay Kumar, Trisha, Rajpal Yadav, Johny Lever, Urvashi Sharma, Makrand Deshpande, Tinnu Anand, Aroona Irani, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Asrani, Manoj Joshi, Neeraj Vora, Milind Gunaji	A few light moments in the first hour	Screenplay of convenience	Declined substantially in its second weekend
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	Profitable venture for its producers, due to its low costs and returns from theatrical and non-theatrical avenues [Satellite, Home Video and Music rights have fetched Rs. 4.25 cr.]
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	Profitable venture for its producers, due to its low costs and returns from theatrical and non-theatrical avenues [Satellite rights have been sold [to Colors] for Rs. 3.5 cr., music [T-Series] and Home Video [Disney] together will fetch around Rs. 75 lacs]
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