Akshay Kumar or Ranbir Kapoor – The bigger star?

Q. Can Akshay Kumar starrer ‘Main Gabbar’ cross 100 crore mark because on the same day one of the biggest franchise of Hollywood ‘Avengers 2’ is also releasing - Vishal Mehta

A. We can only answer questions about the box office prospects of films once the trailer has been released. The release of ‘Avengers 2’ will affect business at high-end multiplexes, but Main Gabbar is also targeted at the masses, so the impact is unlikely to be more than 10-15%. 100 crore or not depends on content.

Q. Can Roy break Gunday’s lifetime collection and become the highest grossing film of February? – Pratikshya

A. Roy has absolutely no chance of crossing the 50 crore mark now, so the Top 3 grossers of February will remain the same – Gunday (78 cr), My Name Is Khan (73 cr) and Special 26 (69 cr). This week’s release Badlapur has a chance if it does well for 2-3 weeks.

Q. Akshay Kumar or Ranbir Kapoor – the biggest star? – Vyom Mankad

A. Currently, it’s Ranbir Kapoor. The opening of his extended special appearance film Roy has bettered Baby both at multiplexes and single-screens. Akshay commands a huge following in smaller centres, but they wouldn’t come out in big numbers for a song-less thriller like Baby. As far as opening is concerned, Akshay has been fairly consistent but his following in bigger centres and multiplex dominated areas has dropped in the last few years. Brothers is his biggie, a film that could take a opening of 25-30 crore like Singham Returns (releasing on the same day too!). You can also check our latest ranking of stars – Top 15 Actors in India

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Q. Since Shahrukh Khan’s FAN is a content driven film can it earn 300 crore? - Jaggu

A. The key for a 300 crore film is favourable festive release period, fantastic word-of-mouth and universally appealing genre. A film has to perform extra-ordinarily well in all circuits to earn 300 crore. Chak De India was one of the most acclaimed content-driven films of its time, but earned about 20 crore less than Om Shanti Om which was a commercial entertainer. The reason why PK earned Rs 340 crore was because Raju Hirani / Abhijat Joshi are arguably the best minds in the industry when it comes to picking subjects that content with majority of Indians. Hirani is a master director too, the undisputed best today. That’s not to say the others aren’t capable. A film like Andaz Apna Apna would shatter records today.

Q. Why Akshay Kumar films don’t get record-breaking opening. Is this the end of his super stardom? – Kritagya

A. Akshay has been in the industry for more than 20 years now and has firmly established himself as one of the top actors. One or two flops is not going to affect him. Having said that, because he has 3-4 releases every year, he needs to either reduce the number of films that he does or get the economics (budget) of his films right. The only way to get the economics right is to reduce his acting fee or produce the film himself. Most of his films cost around 60-70 crore to make and the average collections of his last 4-5 films is around 70-80 crore, which means most of his films do not recover investment through theatrical business and instead rely on satellite and other rights. The satellite market has crashed, which is making recovery even more difficult.

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86 Comments

  • @babaji ka thullu or gj007

    u hav asked right question “HOW ‘FAN’ BECOME A CONTENT DRIVEN FILM EVEN RELEASE DATE HAVN’T ANNOUNCED YET”

    i m also thinking same

  • I have sent my question! My question will have huge argument in the comment section!

    As for this article, I feel Baby’s 9 crores opening is better than the 10 crores opening of Roy. There are things called “genre of a film” “music” “promotions” who also do affect the Opening day collection of a film!

  • @Babaji ka thullu …
    Don’t forget ranbir is media created star …… He can spark rumour affair wid anushka to create hype for floppy bombay helmet ….. !! …

    Although i have no interest in this war … But foolish cmnts of @arjun fan forced me in ….

    Akki is bigger than ranbir …..
    Akki has 20 hits.. While ranbir has 5 hits.. (miles behind Emraan hashmi ‘s 12 hit record …) …

    I have no doubt in saying that @king 70 ID is another troll of sambuddha .. I am old cmnter.. . I know it …..

  • However, I admit than Ranbir has higher craze in bigger and smaller Cities while Akki scores in mass centres.
    Fan followingwise, Akki is bigger!

  • The entire world know Ranbir is ahead of Akki, every bollywood sites including Indicine, BOI ..mentioned this several times, still Pity fans arguing pathetically.
    they should understand , this is Bollywood,not public bus where senior citizens have privilege..

  • Billu Fan is being hailed as a good content driven film a good 9 months before release or trailer release but for PK we had to wait for trailer to make the call… What hypocrisy- maneesh sharma hasnt exactly set the bo on fire or doesnt have a track record of making good content films unlike Raju Hirani but why the media are going gaga over Billu Fan being another CDI I will never know. Whats appealing about a fan wanting to meet his superstar…? Billu was the same plot n failed miserably despite kings 3 item songs, 3 boring speeches n extended 60 min cameo…

  • @Arjun Kapoor fan ….
    The combined collection of ranbir films Roy and besharm ……… Is less than collection of Baby ……..!

    Hence. .

    Akki is bigger star than ranbir at the moment ……

  • @romu, exactly dude rohit shetty is bigger than raju hirani. CE was blockbuster only because of rohit and PK and 3idiots were ATBB due to the presence of Aamir Khan.

  • @Rashid
    FAN is not a commercial film and it has been established by srk and indicine. It is a film which relies on its content so it’s a “content driven film.” Is the content good or bad that will be decided after the film releases.

  • Harsh but truth..Ranbir kapoor is ahead of Akshay Kumar at the moment..the reason why a majority of audience in metros have lost the initial trust in Akshay Kumar is because of the kind of poor films he has done in the past..it all started with tees maar khan…it has to be Akshay Kumar’s worst received biggie..since then he has done poor content films like thank you,joker,khiladi 786, ouatimd,boss,entertainment..hence his content driven movies have suffered to take a good initial like special 26,holiday and baby..he has to do at least 2-3 universally appealing blockbusters to get back the trust he used to enjoy amongst audiences of all segments..and I hope he does..all the best Akshay Kumar..we love you and we are with you

  • akshay in 2012
    rowdy rathore-134cr
    housefull 2-115cr
    joker-21cr
    OMG-87cr
    khiladi 786-70cr
    total-427cr king akshay

  • @Indicine : I asked three questions but none of them are published. :( hope at least one question will be published in coming weeks.

  • Dear Indicine,
    Could you please make a list of top 10 must watch bollywood films from every year for the last 15 years i.e. 2000-2014 based on pure content not according to any kind of box office collections
    And no need to review… just name them!
    It would be really helpful. TIA :)

  • Akshay has huge fan following in mass centres
    Ranbir has huge fan following in class centers.

    Last hit by Akshay: Baby(even though some do not agree) 94 Cr 1 month ago
    Last hit by Ranbir: Yeh Jawaani Hai Dewaani 192 Cr 1.8 years ago
    Last Flop by Akshay:Boss 63 Cr 1.4 years ago
    Last Flop by Ranbir: ROY(It was his film!!! Around 40 Cr Currently Running
    Genres tried by Akshay:All
    Genres tried by Ranbir:Rom-Com,Comedy,Romance.
    StarPower tested with Baby and ROY: Akshay has more starpower!!!

    Both are good actors, but Akshay has more fans than Ranbir which only come to theatres(as akshay has done some bad films and people can not afford to atch every akshay film) if the content is good that is why Baby, Holiday,Rowdy Rathore ran for more than 3 weeks while Ranbir fans come in first week only(as multiplex goers don’t care that much about money and spend it very fast) that is why Besharam,Roy,YJHD collected so much in first week after that fans of other actors come if content is good.
    Akshay has been in industry for more than 20 years and it takes star power to stay that long while Ranbir is starting to disapear with

  • Akshay has huge fan following in mass centres
    Ranbir has huge fan following in class centers.

    Last hit by Akshay: Baby(even though some do not agree) 94 Cr 1 month ago
    Last hit by Ranbir: Yeh Jawaani Hai Dewaani 192 Cr 1.8 years ago
    Last Flop by Akshay:Boss 63 Cr 1.4 years ago
    Last Flop by Ranbir: ROY(It was his film!!! Around 40 Cr Currently Running
    Genres tried by Akshay:All
    Genres tried by Ranbir:Rom-Com,Comedy,Romance.
    StarPower tested with Baby and ROY: Akshay has more starpower!!!

    Both are good actors, but Akshay has more fans than Ranbir which only come to theatres(as akshay has done some bad films and people can not afford to atch every akshay film) if the content is good that is why Baby, Holiday,Rowdy Rathore ran for more than 3 weeks while Ranbir fans come in first week only(as multiplex goers don’t care that much about money and spend it very fast) that is why Besharam,Roy,YJHD collected so much in first week after that fans of other actors come if content is good.
    Akshay has been in industry for more than 20 years and it takes star power to stay that long while Ranbir is starting to disapear with the likes of ROY and BESHARAM!!!Rabir plays it safe with Rom-Coms while Akshay takes risks.

    50 Years from now: AKSHAY WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR HIS CONTENT-Orientated films which he does once a year while RANBIR WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR HIS LINK-UPS if he keeps this up!!!

    Only actor other than Ranbir who can sustain in industry is Varun Dhawan while others will all flop

  • after bigb’s bad health,star tv only contacted srk to host kbc.
    though show didnt match the trps like bigb with srk but ek baat samaj nahi aai haters ko ki even star tv felt that srk can only match the giant image of bigb in kbc.
    not ur lallu not tingu mir..
    aankh kholo dekho /corporate world owners are fools and u haters are only smart guys right?
    vese ek baat jaane ke bahu a66a laga ki shaggy was completely out of indicine during first weekend of hny.lol.

  • after2007 back to back 4hit singel years next 2012 4 hit singel year hattick 2015 4 hit coming…ranbir to bachha hain…kohi sahr ko bolao..aisha karke dikhie…

  • Indicine dont u think its idiotic to compare akshay who has done more than 120 films with ranbir kapoor who hasn’t completed 20 films….

  • If suppose ranbir fan following is r then

    akki fan following- r/2
    Hro fan following- r/3

  • Ranbir kapoor is doing same genre movies like romantic movies only exception with rajneeti…though he is very nice actor but he hasn’t stepped out of his comfort zone..

  • OMG
    Doing content full movie becomes SIN.
    Because if a content full movie like baby,pk become critically & commercially successful, credit for all this goes to content.
    Every one forget brilliant performance of cast.
    But, saying that Rohit shetty is bigger than Raju hirani because Raju doing content full movies.(foolishness)
    Content is depend on story & how director direct his movie & also how lead actors performed.
    Now for those who says ranbir is bigger than akshay.
    Wait for next 20 years.

  • Still Akki bigger than kid ranbir.
    Main Gabbar will be huge.
    Besharam velvet sure all time flop.
    @Chameleons kapoor aka 70cr, keep barking. Now, i start my hated to ranbir besharam. When ranbir movie released at the time i bash ranbir.

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