Despite a promising opening, the movie was a financial failure and her performance was criticised.

The film had a promising opening, although dropped in collections throughout the following days.

There were no promising openings.

One promising opening is Harvard, which does not limit the amount spent on foreign students, said William Fitzsimmons, dean of admissions and financial aid.

"The Three Sisters," the segment about middle-aged sisters living under 24-hour surveillance, has a promising opening.

What had started out looking like a promising opening for the Rangers turned into yet another inauspicious debut.

Never had Berret come across a case with so many promising openings that led nowhere.

It was not a promising conversational opening, and despite his loneliness of a few minutes previously, Nick suddenly wanted to be alone again.

Despite a promising opening, the film failed to do well at the box office.

Rediff.com gave the film a score of 1/5, praising the promising opening of the film, but felt that the movie lost its momentum pretty soon.