At the end of 2016, we update our popular article ‘Most Successful Actors of the current decade‘. While the last article, published midway through last year did not include 2016 releases like FAN and Airlift, this page has been updated with the box office performance of all 2016 films. We have also included rising actors like Tiger Shroff and Sushant Singh Rajput.
Note: The last film of 2016, Dangal, is yet to complete its run. We’ve assumed that the film will finish with net box office collections of 375 crore. This page will be updated after the Dangal run ends.
Most number of films between 2010 – 2016:
- Akshay Kumar – 24 films
- Ajay Devgn – 19 films
- Emraan Hashmi – 16 films
- Salman Khan – 11 films
- Shahid Kapoor – 11 films
- Ranbir Kapoor – 9 films
- Ranveer Singh - 9 films
- Shah Rukh Khan – 8 films
- Hrithik Roshan – 7 films
- Arjun Kapoor – 7 films
- Varun Dhawan – 7 films
- Sidharth Malhotra – 6 films
- Aamir Khan – 4 films
- Sushant Singh Rajput – 4 films
- Tiger Shroff – 3 films
Total Net Collections for each actor between 2010 – 2016:
- Salman Khan – 1977 crore
- Akshay Kumar – 1841 crore
- Ajay Devgn – 1172 crore
- Shah Rukh Khan – 1096 crore
- Aamir Khan – 1093 crore (will be updated after Dangal ends, could move to 3rd)
- Hrithik Roshan – 780 crore
- Ranbir Kapoor – 754 crore
- Ranveer Singh - 642 crore
- Emraan Hashmi – 619 cr
- Varun Dhawan – 577 crore
- Shahid Kapoor – 394 crore
- Sidharth Malhotra – 398 crore
- Arjun Kapoor – 382 crore
- Sushant Singh Rajput – 253 crore
- Tiger Shroff – 160 crore
Average net box office collections per film between 2010 – 2016:
- Aamir Khan – 273.25 crore (221.4 cr including Dhobi Ghat)
- Salman Khan – 179.7 crore
- Shah Rukh Khan – 137.0 crore
- Hrithik Roshan – 111.4 crore
- Ranbir Kapoor – 83.7 crore
- Varun Dhawan - 82.4 crore
- Akshay Kumar – 76.7 crore
- Ranveer Singh - 71.3 crore
- Sidharth Malhotra – 66.3 crore
- Sushant Singh Rajput – 63.2 crore
- Ajay Devgn – 61.68 crore
- Arjun Kapoor - 54.6 crore
- Tiger Shroff – 53.3 crore
- Emraan Hashmi – 38.68 crore
- Shahid Kapoor – 35.8 crore
Success Ratio i.e Above Average or better (probably the most important, because it’s the percentage of films that recovered investment)
- Varun Dhawan – 100%
- Aamir Khan – 100% (75% if Dhobi Ghat is included)
- Salman Khan – 91%
- Shah Rukh Khan – 89%
- Sushant Singh Rajput – 75%
- Tiger Shroff – 67%
- Hrithik Roshan – 57%
- Arjun Kapoor – 57%
- Ranbir Kapoor – 56%
- Akshay Kumar – 54%
- Sidharth Malhotra – 50%
- Ranveer Singh - 44%
- Ajay Devgn – 42%
- Emraan Hashmi – 32%
- Shahid Kapoor – 27%
Hit Ratio i.e Hit or better
- Salman Khan – 82%
- Shah Rukh Khan – 78%
- Aamir Khan – 75%
- Varun Dhawan – 72%
- Tiger Shroff – 67%
- Hrithik Roshan – 57%
- Arjun Kapoor – 57%
- Ranbir Kapoor – 56%
- Sidharth Malhotra – 50%
- Sushant Singh Rajput – 50%
- Ranveer Singh - 44%
- Akshay Kumar – 42%
- Ajay Devgn – 37%
- Emraan Hashmi – 26%
- Shahid Kapoor – 18%
Blockbuster Ratio (this was worth pointing out, simply because the difference between actors is huge!)
- Aamir Khan – 75%
- Salman Khan – 73%
- Ranbir Kapoor – 22%
- Hrithik Roshan – 14%
- Shah Rukh Khan – 13%
- Emraan Hashmi – 11%
- Ajay Devgn – 11%
- Akshay Kumar – 4%
Summing up the year – The men who did well:
- Aamir Khan: What does one say about this man? He has single-handedly taken Dangal to a mammoth 300 crore plus grosser. A box office phenomenon, who has leapfrogged from 718 crore to 1093 crore (assuming Dangal ends with 375 crore) this decade with just one film. That’s nearly as much as the entire decade collections of Shahid Kapoor, who made his debut well before the decade began. His average per film has also jumped to a mind-boggling 273 crore per film, which is an outstanding 220 crore+ even if his off-beat art film Dhobi Ghat is included. By far the best for an actor this decade and also the only actor to average more than 200 crore per film. Legend. Note: We have removed Dhobi Ghat from the list to make it fair.
- Salman Khan: It was supposed to be his year, until Dangal arrived and took the sheen away from the phenomenal run of Sultan. He still commands the biggest opening in the industry, both in terms of collections, consistency, fan following and the number of tickets sold. 2017 will be a challenge for him, because in the two-way battle for the numero-uno position in the industry, Aamir has upped the ante and it’s upto Salman to challenge those numbers and remain at the top of his game. Inspite of Dangal’s outstanding run, let’s not take anything away from the fact that Sultan managed to collect 300 crore in a year when no other Hindi film crossed 150.
- Akshay Kumar: It’s been a excellent year for Akshay, his success ratio has increased from 48 to 54%, his hit-ratio has gone up from 33% to 42% too. And with him doing interesting films and making all the right moves (as far as positivity in the media and image is concerned), Akshay is expected to take it to the next level in 2017. In 2016, he moved one step ahead into the Top 4, could he stake a claim into the Top 3 in 2017? That’s going to be the big question.
- Sushant Singh Rajput: Backed by the stardom and popularity of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Sushant delivered the year’s 3rd highest grosser. It’ll now be upto him to sustain the momentum and establish himself in the industry.
- Ranbir Kapoor: After several back-to-back disasters, Ranbir finally got the box office ‘hit’ he so desperately needed. ‘Ae Dil Hai Mushkil’ also managed to beat the competition from a big film like ‘Shivaay’ and comprehensively won the controversial clash.
- Arjun Kapoor: It was a good year for him, making a comeback after the failure of Tevar in 2015. Ki and Ka was a solid box office hit, he has edged out Ranbir in both success and hit ratios too. 2017 will be important with ’Half Girlfriend’ and ’Mubarakan’.
- Varun Dhawan: A steady year. ‘Dishoom’ did fairly well to touch the 70 crore mark, even though the trailers and other promos weren’t well-received. The film opened well and went on to recover its investment, although the actor and the rest of the ‘Dishoom’ team would’ve hoped for a better lifetime total. However, Varun retains his 100% success ratio.
- Tiger Shroff: The year began very well for Tiger with the success of ‘Baaghi’, but all the good work was undone with ‘A Flying Jatt’ crash-landing instead of flying at the box office.
- Shahid Kapoor: For someone who made his debut more than 13 years ago, his record remains poor but ‘Udta Punjab’ did fairly well at the box office. When will his breakthrough year come? When will he start doing films that appeal to the audience more than the critics? The questions remain.
The men who didn’t:
- Shah Rukh Khan: The much-hyped FAN turned out to be a big setback for SRK, right after the under-performance of Dilwale during Christmas in 2015. No one would’ve expected the film to fall below the 100 crore mark, but it finished with a poor total of 85 crore. Unlike ‘Mohenjo Daro’, the writing wasn’t on the wall for ‘Fan’ prior to release, as the trailer got a very good response. 2017 is going to be a very important year if the superstar, who still commands one of the biggest fan-following in the industry, has to challenge the likes of Aamir and Salman who are way ahead in the race at the moment.
- Hrithik Roshan: Mohenjo Daro was one of the most anticipated films of 2016, but right from the first trailer to every other promo – nothing worked for the Ashutosh Gowariker film. If the embarrassment of losing to ‘Rustom’ wasn’t enough, Mohenjo Daro is the biggest disaster of 2016 – not including smaller films like Great Grand Masti, Rock On 2 and Mirzya. Hrithik has to turn things around in 2017, but it isn’t going to be easy with his first release ‘Kaabil’ all set to take on SRK’s ‘Raees’.
- Ajay Devgn: 2017 was a forgettable year for Ajay as his ambitious film ‘Shivaay’ couldn’t take a big initial nor could it sustain well enough to recover costs in the long run.
- Ranveer Singh: Befikre carried high expectations, more so since it was Aditya Chopra’s first film in 8 years and he was directing his first film without Shah Rukh. Ranveer was returning after ‘Bajirao Mastani’, a career-defining film. Unfortunately, Befikre was rejected by the audience.
- Emraan Hashmi: 2016 was yet another big setback as the franchise which gave him his biggest career blockbuster, failed to even take a initial
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If Akshay works at this pace he will have 50 hits in his entire career far better than any record
Akki is improving him self an actor year by at the end of 2017 Akki success ratio is more than 60 percent
Hahaha Indicine does not disappoint to amuse me. Trying really hard to undermine Aamir Khans domination by injecting Dhobi Ghat into the boxoffice discussion. It is 16 mm experimental art house film intended for demonstrating finer technical details in a non traditional format. I hope you are adding guest and special appearance from other actors too. Anyways this is expected here but just saying.
King Khan will be the King Khan see how much experiment Srk did like Fan, Ra-one can Amir or Salman do those things no way.
If I ask to any actors what would u take:
A) 4 ATBB and 1 abv avg
B) 2 ATBB 6 BB 1 super hit 1 SemiHit 1 below Avg(Veer)
In span of 7 years ? What do u think people will choose?
Also the option A is mostly story based there is no hero giri etc , but option B is all based on you and your talent…half the movie is copy n paste from south, few are story based but still depends on you. Now which one would you this is the most difficult options???
Also option B is with hardly reknownwd directors, or comeback directors or mostly newcomers….but option A is with big banners, big directors….then which one will u choose??
I don’t know why people think to become SALMAN khan is easy….By looking just the outcome you will take option B but if you see the other criteria and how hard it was to pull these things than hands down u will take option A. So my friends without the talent and acting abilities do u think Bhai could have pulled these BB ???
I don’t think any actor can pull those BB if it was not Salman khan….but if u remove Aamir and place SRK or Salman or Hrithik or Ranbir then those movies result would have been same…my mic drops!!!!!!
If Raees cross 140 cr & Rehnuma make above 200 cr then it will be a good year for SRK.His both movies collection should be above 350 cr.His last 5 movies can cross 800 mark if raees collection is way above JTHJ because of Rehnuma, Chennai Express will be out so it is not good.Rehnuma have to cross CE or fall little below CE to cross 800 cr of his last 5 movies.
If Tubelight crosses 350 cr and TZH crosses 320 (assuming it will have mixed to positive WOM) then SK will reign supreme again like in 2011,2012,2015.His both movie have to cross 600 cr combined collection to tell the people who is the King of Box Office.His last five movies can cross 1500 cr mark!
If jolly llb crosses 120 cr , Toilet : Ek Prem Katha crosses 100 cr, Robot 2 make above 175 cr
(Hindi Version only) , & Padman crosses 130 cr mark then it will be an excellent year for akshay probably after 2012 (in this decade).His combined collection should cross 400 cr.His last 5 movies can cross 600 cr mark.
If Kaabil cross 120 cr then it will be good for Hrithik. His last 5 movies can cross 740 cr mark.(assuming Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara is out & Kaablil included)
If Golmaal 4 crosses 175 cr and Badshaho make above 130 cr Ajay too have a good year.Since both movies are multi starrer and both have to score above 280 cr.His last five movies can score around 500 cr mark….
Hope this year also good for Akshay.
Very soon they will start doing the list for Actresses also..yay
Total Net Collections for each actor between 2010-2016:
Salman Khan – 1977 crore
Shah Rukh Khan – 1096 crore
Average net box office collections per film between 1990 – 1999
Salman Khan – 180 crore
Shah Rukh Khan – 137 crore
Success Ratio i.e Above Average or better
Salman Khan – 91%
Shah Rukh Khan – 89%
Hit Ratio i.e Hit or Better
Salman Khan – 82%
Shah Rukh Khan – 78%
Blockbuster Ratio i.e Blockbuster or better
Salman Khan- 73%
Shah Rukh Khan- 13%
Highest grosser of the decade
Salman Khan – 320cr.
Shah rukh Khan – 226cr (Less than Bhai’s 3rd HG Kick).
Bhai is light years ahead of gangu teli in each every category. Should I explain more why does Bhai is considered the BAAP of Box Office???
No problem to accept that galaxy ka sabse bada gangu teli was ahead of Bhai in last decade. But in 90’s & this decade Megastar Bhai is light years ahead of him. Hence, overall Megastar Bhaiv>>>>>>>>>> gangu teli Khan.
@indicine very good analysis and very nice article…. awesome work…
@pungistani chameleon
Whether it’s Bhai or Aamir whoever delivers ATBB/BB/ATHG/HGOTY, none belongs to your pungistani club. Then WTH are you blabbering on them???
Some gangu teli walas are dancing. Cz Dangal has beaten Sultan. They might have forgotten both Sultan & Dangal have thrashed gang teli’s Dear Dadaji lifetime within 2 days, billu 2 lifetime within 3days….Lol!!!
Ranbir Kapur & Ranveer Singh’d average collections >>>>>>> megastar Akki’s average collections.
Ranbir, Ranveer, Varun, Siddharth Malhotra, Arjun Kapur Hit Ratio >>>>>>> megastar Akki’s hit ratio.
Emraan Hashmi’s Blockbuster Ratio >>>>>>> megastar Akki’s Blockbuster Ratio.
##Too Much Funnn!
Where is the Indicine LBO for 2017??…especially near-to-come releases must be updated…not the trade expectations but the actual LBO….you have updated FBO but not LBO….that also changes every now-and-then according to the buzz and expected opening !!
Indicine is hilarious!
In 90s article they include kkhh in Salmans film to increase his total but have missed out nischay, chand ka tukrq etc that decreases his success ratio, plus patthar k ful was flop
they have included 43 mins role of no entry
and in 2010 to 15 dhobighat ??????seriously????????
Aamir proves u wrong every time
Alert-Two Salman fans: Srk-the legend and Don making Srk fans ids to mock Aamir. Beware!
Good Luck for Kaabil & Jolly LLB 2.
SRK fans keeps looking for excuse for Aamir successful. Your idol may be a super megastar in this galaxy. But how come he can’t catch Aamir PK till date ? You say he doesn’t need holiday, his presence/name is enough to gain audiences, but look at FAN.. What’s going on???
You fans better to pray.. Stop being so arrogant. Accept the fact that audiences trust Aamir more than him.
Just one questions , when it comes on SRK then you guys saying DILWALE is not as good and why Varun added on 100 % ratio . and decade is 10 years not only 5 years
Pathetic article from @indicine. I find the comparisons completely unfair. Comparisons should be done cosidering several parameters, (number of films being the primary one) and hence should be divided into categories. Because it in unfair to compare Aamir Khan with Salman Khan who has done double the number of films and with Akshay Kumar who has done six times more the number of films than Aamir Khan. Had Aamir Khan done 24 films, do you think he wouldn’t have failures? Or maybe even Salman Khan or SRK or Hrithik?
Agree that it is important to consider hit ratio or Return of Investment (ROI) to judge stardom of an actor for his commercial films. But there are times when actors tend to do some offbeat (niche) films. How can you include them with commercial cinema? Don’t you think you should have a separate parameter to judge them? For example films like Dhobi Ghat, Dear Zindagi, Badlapur, Haider etc do they belong to the same category as Sultan or Chennai Express?
Thirdly, there is no consideration of budgets here. SRK’s every film has a budget of close to 100 crores. Aamir and Salman’s films are also more than 50 crores. Hrithik does high budget movies. Akshay Kumar does both high and low budget movies. Varun Dhawan has never done a 100 cr budget movie. and many more to write… Have you considered this at all? Not really.
You have just summed up the number (which any student of 3rd standard can do) and presented it as MOST SUCCESSFUL ACTORS. Last but not the least, you have given number one position to Aamir Khan but have not considered the man who has been winning National Awards every year.. Mr. AMITABH BACHCHAN.. Bcoz even you know that if you include him in the list, then by your standards he would be at around number 10 but the fact is in terms of Most Successful Actors he is still in Top 3, if not number one.
From where I see it, this article is to glorify Aamir (for his recent success) and build negativity around SRK and Hrithik. Disappointed to see this coming from a website like @indicine who I always had respect and love for.
In previous article you said Aamir has 75% success ratio and now its 100%
@indicine To add to my previous comment, If you are so fascinated by numbers, I think you should go by actor’s earnings and call them successful (something which Forbes does). That would go with your title “Most Successful actors” and give you a true meaning of stardom. Your analysis as in this article is simply pathetic.
No wonder why critics in India are always lashed and do not command respect (except for one or two, although none comes to my mind right now :D).
Hrithik will be forgotten soon… He seems to be working on a big film as media quoted with Karan Johar but big for Hrithik means money not – script, storyline, dialogues, body language… nothing, he’s just interested in his acting fee and holidaying abroad… he’s a fool
Salman, Shahrukh and Akshay will have good run in 2017, Average for Ajay and Hrithik.
Total no.of movies done by Akshay is more than 3 Khans. Hard Work, Dedication towards Industry.
@tiger look at the film Akki have done where Arjuna , varun, Siddharth are not in Bollywood in 2010 they came in industry in 2012 and 2009-2011 was a bad phase of Akki careear
Aamir had side & small role in dhobi ghat.
If this is aamir khan’s then include Dear zndagi in srk’s
@niraj,
stop trying to manipulate verdicts.
1.talaash was not above average,it was semi hit.
2.Salman ki 2 ATBB’s nahi hai hai just 1 ATBB hai BAJRANGI
3.prdp is not a superhit ,it is just a hit.
I m sure Akshay will challenge for top 3
If everything goes well ….!!!
Fingers crossed..!!