Box-office Report

(The verdict is based on all-India collections and indicates the overall status from the date of release)

Chocolate
Director: Vivek Agnihotri
Cast: Anil Kapoor, Suniel Shetty, Arshad Warsi, Irrfan Khan, Emran Hashmi, Tanushree Dutta, Sushma Reddy
Plus Points: Strong camerawork and editing, Plush locales, High production values
Weak Points: Weak music, script and performances
Box-Office verdict: Loser

James
Director: Rohit Jugraj
Cast: Mohit Ahlawat, Nisha Kothari
Plus Points: Strong camerawork and editing
Weak Points: Lacklustre script, bad execution, a lukewarm debut by the much-hyped Mohit Ahlawat
Box-Office verdict: Loser

Salaam Namaste
Director: Siddharth Raj Anand
Cast: Saif Ali Khan, Preity Zinta
Plus Points: Fine performance by Saif, plush production values, progressive theme
Weak Points: Mediocre music (except two songs), occasionally cheesy and vulgar
Box-Office verdict: Average Plus

Aashiq Banaya Aapne
Director: Aaditya Datt
Cast: Emraan Hashmi, Sonu Sood, Tanushree Dutta (Introducing)
Plus Points: Strong title track by Himesh Reshammiya, confident debut by Tanushree
Weak Points: Flat, uninspiring and routine
Box-Office verdict: Loser

Pyaar Mein Twist
Director: Hriday Shetty
Cast: Rishi Kapoor, Dimple Kapadia, Sammir Dattani, Soha Ali Khan
Plus Points: Brilliant performances by Rishi and Dimple
Weak Points: Weak music, few high points in the script
Box-Office verdict: Loser

Ramji Londonwaley
Director: Sanjay Dayma
Cast: Madhavan, Samita Bangargi
Plus Points: Sincere performance by Madhavan
Weak Points: Unengaging, corny humour, weak music
Box-Office verdict: Loser

Iqbal
Director: Nagesh Kukunoor
Cast: Shreyas Talpade, Shweta Pandit
Plus Points: Noble idea, unpretentious, honest piece of work, strong performances
Weak Points: Lacks drama, flat
Box-Office verdict: Average

No Entry
Director: Anees Bazmee
Cast: Anil Kapoor, Salman Khan, Fardeen Khan & Others
Plus Points: Plush locales, Amusing gags
Weak Points: Weak music, mediocre performances by Esha Deol & Lara Dutta
Box-Office verdict: Hit (reasonable)

Barsaat
Director: Suneel Darshan
Cast: Bobby Deol, Priyanka Chopra, Bipasha Basu
Plus Points: Lilting music, well picturized songs, good outfits
Weak Points: Poor direction, performances, script
Box-Office verdict: Flop

Mangal Pandey - The Rising
Director: Ketan Mehta
Cast: Aamir Khan, Toby Stephens, Rani Mukherjee, Amisha Patel
Plus Points: Lavishly mounted, Stupendous performance by Aamir and Toby, good dialogues
Weak Points: Emotionless, unengaging after a point, weak music, mediocre act by the girls
Box-Office verdict: Average (Strong opening but subsequent drop)


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Chocolate as well as Barsaat, eventually turned out to be Average to Above Average.

One of the BO reporter said, "BO Pundits had declared these films floips but the audiences had a mind of their own".

Similarly, Aashiq Banaaya Aapne too has managed Above Average intead of Flop declared initially.

And,

No Entry has been predicted to become Biggest Hit of the decade (after just 6 weeks), so far, except Gadar and K3G. It may even catch K3G. Compare it with just a Hit/ Above Average declared initially. In 5th week it's BO collections fell by just under 5% and in 6th week, by just 12% from the prev weeks. Close to Rs 3 cr in 6th week, must be a record, I guess??