have been a satisfying entertainer doesn't quite achieve its potential. Karan Anshuman of the Mumbai Mirror gave it 2 out of 5 stars. Aniruddha Guha from DNA India awarded it 2 out of 5 and wrote, "The writing is juvenile, the dialogues a joke, the acting over-the-top, yet everyone seems to be taking themselves so seriously". Sukanya Verma of Rediff also gave the film a rating of 2 out of 5 stars and wrote, "Players is lacklustre and unimaginative". Mayank Shekhar of the Hindustan Times gave it 1.5 out of 5. Komal Nahta from Koimoi rated it 1 out of 5 and wrote, "Whats good? The train robbery sequence; some comedy in the second half; Omi Vaidya and Neil Nitin Mukesh's acting. Whats bad? The loose and uninteresting screenplay; the poor music; the dull acting of Abhishek, Sonam and Bobby". Yahoo! Movies gave the film a rating of "Game Over" and said that, "the remake of "The Italian Job is definitely a job taken not so seriously". Box office India Players had a wide release of over 2000 prints, but despite the film having an extensive promotion schedule it only opened to around 35–40% occupancy, as it failed to make any headway over the weekend, grossing . Daily collections were on Friday and on Saturday. There was a small rise on Sunday as the film made . On Monday, its revenues decreased as it made . Collections decreased throughout the first week. On Tuesday the film grossed , on Wednesday it made and on Thursday , making the total first week revenues . The second Friday was extremely poor; Players grossed just 6 million compared to its reasonable first Friday gross of . Over its second weekend, even with a small increase on Saturday, the film only earned , taking its total 10-day collections to around . In its second full week Players grossed and in its third week it grossed taking the total three-week revenues to around . Players saw a further drop in its fourth week, grossing 800,000, due to the release of Agneepath. After six weeks Players ended its total lifetime collections at . It was reviewed as below average by Boxoffice-India. Overseas Players also failed to make an impact overseas, earning to on its first weekend. Its performance was dismal in Australia and below average in the UK and USA, although it performed respectably in the