Bollywood : Top 5 Actors

The Top 5 Actors of Bollywood in the last 5 years, according to Times of India, have netted business worth more than Rs 1800 crores from ticket sales alone. Who are they? Read on to find out, we bring you excerpts from a survey, with box office numbers, averages and more.

Note – All figures are from Times of India, the leading news daily of India.

Top 5 Actors by Gross

  1. Akshay Kumar – 500 crores – 17 movies
  2. Shahrukh Khan – 400 crores – 9 movies
  3. Aamir Khan – 365 crores – 5 movies
  4. Salman Khan – 350 crores – 13 movies
  5. Hrithik Roshan – 215 crores – 3 movies

Top 5 Actors by average per film

  1. Aamir Khan – 73 crores per movie
  2. Hrithik Roshan – 72 crores per movie
  3. Shahrukh Khan – 44 crores per movie
  4. Akshay Kumar – 29 crores per movie
  5. Salman Khan – 27 crores per movie

What the trade thinks

Ashok Ahuja (Percept Picture Company) – It was hard to choose between Ghajini and Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi. Both the films rocked (at the box office). Hrithik is number 2, Akshay is number 3 and Salman is at number 4. The kind of excitement generated by Three Idiots, My Name Is Khan and Kites is palpable even though their release dates are yet to be set; the euphoria associated with Aamir, Shah Rukh and Hrithik is very high.

Amod Mehra (Trade consultant) – Aamir is a clear number 1 because each of his films in the last five years has been different. Shah Rukh is a close second, Hrithik is third, Akshay is fourth and Salman stands at the fifth position. However, a hit or two here and there and these positions could easily change

Komal Nahtha (Trade Analyst) – Bollywood depends a lot on these five men because they have a fairly high success ratio. You have to go by aggregates; individual films may run or flop, but these men net good averages. Akshay leads the pack with his earnings by virtue of the fact that he has done the maximum number of films. Aamir and Shah Rukh are neck to neck at number 1 and Hrithik and Akshay share the number 2 spot. Salman currently occupies a solo place at number three because he hasn’t had a spectacular release after Partner.

Combining the 3 votes, here are the Top 5 Actors of Bollywood in the last 5 years.

  1. Aamir Khan
  2. Shahrukh Khan
  3. Hrithik Roshan
  4. Akshay Kumar
  5. Salman Khan

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225 Comments

  • These rating r not justifiable since Akshay n SRK deliver many films as compared to Aamir or Hrithik
    so for me its the amt. of money tat u bring to the industry than the avg.
    jus as a example, in Cricket Jac.Kallis(SA) has a good avg. in Test cricket than the legend Sachin but its the
    number of runs scored by Sachin makes him the greatest player, its very simple the more u play the more
    r the chances of u failing but if u can still make it big compromising a bit on avg. tats wen u r called great.
    My take Aamir n Hrithik r safe players whereas Akshay n SRK take few risks..tats probably y they r called Self made men.

  • It makes sense that Amir Khan is No 1. ……….No one can argue with that. Its’s all about talent and commanding what you are worth.

  • Sharukh khan is undoubtedly the one and only king of Bollywood.He is the most famous Bollywood actor who has the largest number of fan followings all over the world.Nobody can be compared with him.He is the best……

  • which way do they calculate and decide who’s at the top?! I don’t know.. I think that’s all wrong.. we can’t figure it out this way.. there must be some other reasons which makes an actor at number one or 2.. now.. let me give an example ( if one of u guys bought one more ticket to see a movie for the 3rd or 4th or for the 100’s of time.. does that make the hero of the movie the best.. the hero could be rajnikant.. could be Fardin, Zayed.. whoever?!)

    It’s just a dumb idea.. if it’s on the figures.. which actors grossed the most at the box office.. then I’d say it must be Hrithik Roshan.. if Hrithik grossed 215 crores for “only” 3 movies he did, and Akshay grossed 500crores for 17 movies he did in 5 years.. then just calculate in yr mind.. how much Hrithik would make – if he did 17 movies – and earning 215 crores for each movie! even Shahrukh.. he did 400crores for only 9 movies, but Akshay did 500 crores for 17 movies.. then if Shahrukh would do 17 movies, so definitely he’ll gross more than Akshay!

    I just don’t agree for what’s mentioned.. now see Salman Khan.. how many flops he did.. but he’s still big! So why?! Why do u think he’s still big?! Isn’t it because ppl love him, admire him and that also should be considered when we value any actor or consider him one of the top!

    I wish if this rating.. who’s no. 1 and who’s no. 2 or no. 5 would be just ignored.. it’s not fair.. just consider these 5 actors as the top actors in bollywood and don’t giv yourself a headache by calculating these figures

  • Fathiya, its about the Top 5 Actors.. The rest of them are far behind.. I would say Hrithik, SRK, Akshay, Aamir in no particular order, are the top actors.. Salman and the rest cannot be compared to the Top 4.

    Bejul, no releases for Hrithik – SRK – Aamir this year.. So it has to be Akshay Kumar, John Abraham, Neil Nitin Mukesh and Emraan Hashmi.

  • Fathiya one more thing, the point wherein you mention if Hrithik had done 17 movies. Check the average per film score..

  • Indicine – Hi Guys thanks for this infor. It makes complete sense. Keeping emotions out of this, I’m glad to c that the rest of the world recognises talent. Well done to all the Top 5 Actors of Bollywood. Indicine, who are the top 5 female actress of Bollywood in the recent years…and will Rani Mukerjee be releasing any movies soon. Pls keep us informed. Thanks

  • My take Aamir n Hrithik r safe players whereas Akshay n SRK take few risks..tats probably y they r called Self made men.
    It’s just a dumb idea.. if it’s on the figures.. which actors grossed the most at the box office.. then I’d say it must be Hrithik Roshan.. if Hrithik grossed 215 crores for “only” 3 movies he did, and Akshay grossed 500crores for 17 movies he did in 5 years.. then just calculate in yr mind.. how much Hrithik would make – if he did 17 movies – and earning 215 crores for each movie! even Shahrukh.. he did 400crores for only 9 movies, but Akshay did 500 crores for 17 movies.. then if Shahrukh would do 17 movies, so definitely he’ll gross more than Akshay!

    Bejul, no releases for Hrithik – SRK – Aamir this year.. So it has to be Akshay Kumar, John Abraham, Neil Nitin Mukesh and Emraan Hashmi.

    1Aamir khan 2 salman khan 3 hrithik 4 akshay and no 5 S……………R………………..K

  • HahahahaHeeheehee…sorry, can’t stop laughing. Actors? Hahaha. Akshay Kumar looks like a spastic monkey with lots of busy fleas. Aamir resembles the north end of a south-bound donkey. These doofus dorks…Hahahahah..excuse me, gotta drink some water…hehhehheh.

  • usually i dont comment but i think that there is a tough competition between srk nd aamir.but i think srk is no.1 but he can again prove this by mnik

  • Fathiya…Hrithik wudnt dare to do 17 movies in 5yrs he had a bitter experience of trying too many films after KNPH…its only a grt8 script which will be accepted by Hrithik or Aamir
    Hrithik doesn’t have the mass appeal as Akshay/SRK have..
    Do u agree Indicine

  • excellent. I truely believe dat aamir deserves the 1st position. And About SRK is just somethings dat people go to watch the movie just coz of his name & directors. He and his movies now a days both are pathetic. No charm is left in SRK. Akki also deserves & he is the one of better actor now more work & he does better……

  • Aryan, not true. Hrithik has the largest fan following amongst kids, which none of the other actors can come close to. He also has strong appeal with the youth.

    Overseas too, Hrithik is huge along with SRK and Akshay, not the case with Aamir Khan.

    And Aryan, it isn’t possible for Hrithik, SRK or Aamir to do 4 movies a year. Comedies can be shot within 2 months.. Movies like Jodha Akbar, Kites, My Name Is Khan take atleast a year, if not more..

  • From Akshays point of view, because of the sheer no of movies he acts in, every year. He can afford a failure or two. But the other big stars, the gap between each movie is so big that.. its make or break with every film

  • Akshay was never a great actor. He wasnt as talented as many others.
    But he was one of the most hardworking actors in the industry. He worked on more movies than any other. Each movie providing more employment. Each movie bringing new talents. Never shied away from working with banners / productions / directors / actors n others which were not rated great ones by the media. He stayed in the race for soo many years as one of the heroes in bollywood .. though manytimes he had threatened to become the superstar. the recurring flops in between never let him be one. But the media didnt realise that this man’s fan base was building and would go on to threaten the media bias and stupid hype given to other so called stars, star-sons,star nephews etc. Al the years he never had to beg for movies even though the media called his movies flops. There were many banners ready to sign him.This showed that his movies were always recovering the cost.He was the best action heroes. Was one among the best dancers.Had a good comic timing. Had one of the best screen presence of all time bollywood.Was the best performer on stage on any given stage shows.U knew this man was givin his everything and fans loved this genuine energy. His movies never boasted of the best production/director/music director/actress/ technicians etc. He made brands out of them. Everyone knows that no othr actor could match his presence on screen or on stage if they were on the same platform one on one. He would always outshine the other stars.Media said he would edit othrs roles..but he joked why dont they give him a best editor nomination. This man has been sportive always. He is the one man industry and no othr actor would ever be able to steal this title from him.”The one man industry”
    Jai Ho Khiladi !!

  • C’mon Indicine hw many times havn’t we heard/read of Akshay doing mutliple films at a time…even now he is shooting for 3 movies parallely “Action Replay”, “Houseful” and “De Dhana Dhan”.
    so ur explaination cannot b held true…
    im am talking as a unbiased observer of bollywood actors..
    Mr. Bachan might hav done more than 125 films i suppose success ratio not being grt8 so its not the amt of time taken by movies but its the amt. of hardwork, risks that u take which transform into numbers…
    Hrithiks career wil hav at max 50 films to talk abt at max. 30 diff. types of movies but Akshay by the time he finshes wud b 150+ n plp can c him in more shades than Hrithik..

    I knw Hrithik is a big among kids courtesy Krissh, similar to the the kids in era of 1995-2000 wen Akshay was delivering some of the greatest stunts its a passing phase…

  • I think this all just stupidity,,,,,,,,,,, Sallu deserve to be 1, then followed by other Khan’s . Eventhough Sallu’s movie may not be blockbuster hit but he will be No 1 anytime 24/7 . The most handsome guy in Bollywood…………

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