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- August 30th, 2008
Top 5 Actors in Bollywood – Box office battle
There has been a lot of discussion in the comments section as to who the Top 5 actors in Bollywood are at the moment. Most in the Singh Is King Box office collection topic were of the opinion that Akshay Kumar post Singh is King has gone past Shahrukh Khan as the King of Bollywood.
So we decided to do some research on the Top 5 actors in Bollywood and their last 5 movies. The actors included in the battle are Shahrukh Khan, Akshay Kumar, Hrithik Roshan, Aamir Khan and Salman Khan.
The results were quite unexpected. A few things before we give you the numbers.
Some points to remember are, actors with more releases in recent times (Post 2006) have an advantage over actors whose movies released in say 2003. That is because of the mutliplexes that have come up all over the country and also the increase in the number of prints.
So Akshay Kumar has a much bigger advantage over Aamir Khan as Aamir’s 5th movie Dil Chahta Hai released in 2001, when there were hardly any multiplexes. Also dont forget the inflation!
Here are the number.
5. Salman Khan – Salman Khan is at Number 5. We havent taken God Tussi Great Ho into count as it has just released last week and its final gross is awaited. He mainly suffers because of Marigold, as it did less than 1 crore of business in India! Salman has just one Blockbuster i.e Partner.
- Jaan-E-Mann (2006) – 27 crores – Flop
- Babul (2006) – 17 crores – Flop
- Saalam-e-Ishq (2007) – 24 crores – Flop
- Partner (2007) – 62 crores – Blockbuster
- Marigold (2007) – 1 crore – Disaster
Total – 131 crores
Average – 26.2 crores per movie.
4. Aamir Khan – Aamir Khan although at a huge disadvantage is at Number 4. Imagine if Dil Chahta Hai had released today? It would have grossed atleast a minimum of 50 crores at the box office. Still since his come back the perfectionist has 2 Superhits and 1 Blockbuster to his credit.
- Dil Chahta Hai (2001) – 16 crores – Hit
- Mangal Pandey (2005) – 29 crores – Average
- Rang De Basanti (2006) – 51 crores – Super Hit
- Fanaa (2006) – 53 crores – Super Hit
- Taare Zameen Par (2007) – 61 crores – Blockbuster
Total – 210 crores
Average – 42 crores per movie.
3. Shahrukh Khan – Has been affected big time due to the failure of Paheli. It didnt even get a face saving opening at the box-office and did just 13 crores. Rest of his movies have done well. KANK and Don bearly managed to go on to be hits. Chak De and Om Shanti Om were blockbusters.
- Paheli (2005) – 13 crores – Flop
- Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna (2006) – 46 crores – Above Average to Hit
- Don (2006) – 50 crores – Hit
- Chak De India (2007) – 64 crores – Blockbuster
- Om Shanti Om (2007) – 87 crores – Blockbuster
Total – 260 crores
Average – 52 crores per movie.
2. Akshay Kumar – Now this was a real toughie. But we decided to push Akshay Kumar down to second due to several reasons. He is the only star to not have a single solo ‘Blockbuster’ to his credit (Welcome was a multistarrer with Anil Kapoor, Paresh Rawal and Nan Patekar). Although we have included Singh Is King, it has not completed its complete run at the boxoffice. We had to predict the total nett gross of Singh Is Kinng to 72 crores (44 crores in week one is confirmed + 18 crores in week 2 is also confirmed + 6 crores in week 3 and about 4 crores in the rest of the weeks is a prediction). The other reason for placing him at second is he is the only actor who has the advantage of every movie releasing Post – 2006. No release in the Pre multiplex era of India Cinema.
- Heyy Babyy (2007) – 52 crores – Super hit
- Bhool Bhulaiyaa (2007) – 54 crores – Super hit
- Welcome (2007) – 76 crores – Blockbuster (Multistarrer)
- Tashan (2008) – 31 crores – Flop
- Singh Is King (2008) – 72 crores – Hit to Super hit
Total – 285 crores
Average – 57 crores per movie.
1. Hrithik Roshan – By far the youngest actor in the list, Hrithik Roshan by pure box office numbers of India, tops although by a very close margin. 2 solo blockbusters (KMG, Krrish), 1 multi star Blockbuster (Dhoom 2) and 1 Super hit (Jodha Akbar). His only failure in the last 4 years has been Lakshya which did average business at the boxoffice. A great comeback after about 6 failures in a row after Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai.
Hrithik also has two movies pre 2006 which is a disadvantage.
- Koi Mil Gaya (2003) – 44 crores – Super Hit
- Lakshya (2004) – 23 crores – Average
- Krrish (2006) – 66 crores – Blockbuster
- Dhoom 2 (2006) – 86 crores – Blockbuster
- Jodhaa Akbar (2008) – 63 crores – Super Hit
Total – 282 crores
Average – 56.4 crores per movie.
The whole list might change when Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi and Chandni Chowk To China release in December. SRK could make it to the top if Rab Ne works big time. How Chandni Chowk fares will also be interesting. Hrithik’s kites releases in the summer of 2009 and there is news that it could be sold for 100 crores if not more. Aamir Khan’s Ghajini too releases this year end and is expected to create boxoffice history.
We will post an update here after all the 3 movies; Rab Ne, Chandni Chowk and Ghajini release.
Note – These figures are only of how the movies fared at the Indian Box-office. Shahrukh Khan is the undisputed king of the overseas box-office. Akshay Kumar and Hrithik Roshan come a close second and third.
Lets discuss below, if you dont agree with the article please post a comment on why. Thank you for reading.
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Comments
Sunil: (August 31, 2008 at 9:03 am)
raj: (August 31, 2008 at 5:21 pm)
indicine team
you failed to see my point. you based your rankings on the actors 5/6 previous films. my point was, if hrithik released several films a year, there is a chance some of them will be flops. so if you then base your rankings on those flop films of hrithik which were released last, you will see hrithik is no longer in your ranking !! so, yes the number of films an actor releases per year will have a bearing on your ranking. that was my point. so your rankings are not really a true evaluation.
hrithik releases 1 film a year is an advantage to him.
also, it is common sense that big banners usually churn out hits, as long as the film is well made. if a big named actor does a big banner film, it almost gurantees a hit. that was my point.
with regards to uday chopra, most people dont know who he is. so they wont go to see the film. whether or not it is a big banner film, wont matter. besides uday chopra does not have what it takes to be a top actor.
but my point was big banners usually churn out hits, especially if the actor is a big name actor. so all of hrithiks hit films you mentioned were with big banners. can hrithik give hits with mediocre banners ? i doubt it. imagine if akshay was given chances with all these big directors. his films would break all box office records. proof: singh is king – a mediocre film broke all box office opening records.
so, your ranking is not correct.
case closed.
Abdur-Rashid Khan: (August 31, 2008 at 6:21 pm)
Hey People! Our no. 1 actor always is AKSHAY KING KUMAR and remain and will be the AKSHAY KING KUMAR!!!!!!!!
I think INDICINE TEAM and FATHIYA: BOTH OF THEM get paid by Shah Rukh Khan , Hrithik Roshan or srk, Hrithik hired them.
Please don´t believe them what they are always talking about srk and Hrithik Roshan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ijaz khan: (September 1, 2008 at 12:10 am)
hrithik roshan is the best actor not only in india but all over the world. he is great. he is the super star, super man and the super hero of bollywood.
parminder: (September 1, 2008 at 12:49 am)
Out of the 5 actors listed Salman Khan is the best looking and is the best actor too.
so my list would go:
1)Salman Khan
2)Shah Rukh Khan
3)Akshay Kumar
4)Hirthik Roshan
5)Amir Khan
Only werid people list Salman Khan last he is the best actor in the world man (once anybody see’s him they fall in love with him right away) I LOVE SALMAN KHAN<3<3<3<3<3<3
Fathiya: (September 1, 2008 at 12:54 am)
First of all ( RAMADAN MUBARAK FOR ALL MUSLIMS)
And Indincine Team: Raj will never give up.. he insists that Akshay Kumar is the best and has to be number (1).
Raj: u r a headache!!
raj: (September 1, 2008 at 3:11 am)
indicine team
again you fail to see my point. i was trying to give you examples of why your ranking is fundamentally flawed, by providing legitimate arguments. based on what i have told you, you will see that your ranking cannot possibly stand. also, why choose the last 5 films of the actors ? why not choose the last 2 films ? in which case akshay will come on top. or even still why not choose the last 10 films of the actors ? can you see why your ranking cannot stand ? do you get my point ??
also, if you dont know what i mean by ‘mediocre’, i suggest you look it up in the english dictionary. it will tell you what the word means.
fathiya – you are a little girl who does not know how to argue intelligently. you base your thoughts on your personal beliefs and fail comment on things properly. consequently you get frustrated and take it out on other people like myself. and then you get a headache. i suggest you get off this site and then your headache should stop.
syed: (September 1, 2008 at 8:49 am)
ACCORDING TO ME TOP 5 BOOLYWOOD ACTORS
1.KHILADI KUMAR(KING OF COMEDY)
2.HRITHIK
3.AMIR
4.SRK
5.SALMAN
Fathiya: (September 1, 2008 at 6:40 pm)
Hahahahahhahhha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I think I’m just wasting my time here, talking to some crazy people!! Ramadam Mubarak to Akshay Kumar?!!!!!!!!!!! hahahahahha.. is Akshay a muslim or became a mulsim?!!!! How Muslim God will protect a hindu?!!!! U have to go and pray in any temple for him to win and not asking Muslim’s God to do so!!!!!!!!!! such crazy people hahahhaha!!!!!!!!!!!
Fathiya: (September 1, 2008 at 10:16 pm)
Well dear Abdur rashid.. I say ( Marry Christmas to Christian people, but I don’t greet a muslim on a christmas day!! and it’s the same for Ramadan, Diwali. Well if in India u tell a muslim : marry christmas and u tell a christian: Happ Eid, then u r a different people!!! and I hear this for 1st time in my lite as it never happens in our country or in any part of the world, neither in East nor in West! but (maybe) it happens in India or Penjab.. I don’t know!!!!
Abdur-Rashid-Khan: (September 1, 2008 at 11:48 pm)
Yes Punjabi Sher! I am a true muslim, because I go every day in Masjid (mosque). But I visit every year on EID my uncle Haamid Rashid Khan, because he lives in Delhi. And on Eid we always go to the JAMA MASJID and every time we always go there on EID. You know we always meet there hindus, Sikh, christans who take part on Eid and celebrate with us!!!!!!!!
HEY FATHIYA FOR YOU THIS IS A awful shock, because you don´t even know this!! This is INDIA not EUROPE and USA and so on. Me and my uncle family also go to the HINDU TEMPLE and SIKH Gurudewara. INDIA IS THE BEST COUNTRY ON EARTH AND IN THIS WHOLE UNIVERSE. Maybe this EID and DEWALI I am getting married. I am very very very happy, because my wife will be an INDIAN.
MAYBE I will stay there until New Year’s Eve and New Year then I can watch MY FAVOURITE ACTOR AKSHAY KING KUMAR´S NEW MOVIE “Chandni Chowk To China”. AND I THINK CHANDNI CHOWK TO CHINA WILL BE THE ALL TIME BLOCKBUSTER !!!!!!!!!!!!!OH my god this will be the best year 2008 in DELHI for me.
ALLAH BLESS MY FAVOURITE ACTOR AKSHAY KING KUMAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Priyanshu Iyer: (September 2, 2008 at 1:13 am)
Hello I am a South Indian and I must say one thing. This is about who is the current king of Bollywood. I agree with Indiacine, it is Hrthik Roshan. Just because Mr. Roshan does not get into Battles like SRK and Akshay about who is king etc. and keeps a low profile doesnt mean he must be ignored. This is the way I see it. Hrthik Roshan is the current king, Akshay Kumar is surging ahead of the pack, and may be king sooon. SRK is all time legend and king for the last 14 years. And worldwide remains the king of bollywood. SRK is definately the Shahenshah of bollywood as he is the Global emporer. And may loose his throne in 2008 to Akshay. Salman is no where. God Tuss great Ho has Flopped, and Amir IKKA Khan is a legend, and makes the most superior movies. However he is not the most popular.
raj: (September 2, 2008 at 2:33 am)
indicine team
i would have still complained even if you had listed akshay as no.1 , as your listing will remain fundamentally flawed. i could go on and on and give and show you many reasons why your listing is flawed. but i just dont see any point, as it will not make any difference to your opinions.
hrithik is no way no.1. just giving a few hits with big banners does not make you number 1. can hrithik sell a small budget film with a mediocre director on his own shoulders ? i doubt it.
the only actor in bollywood that can do that and has done that is akshay. the only actor that ’sells’ in bollywood at present is akshay. hrithik is nowhere near.
so your listing is incorrect, it has not taken a lot of important factors into account. i can show you many other reasons why your listing is incorrect.
so your top 5 best actors list is not correct and is flawed.
anyway, just for a bit of fun, here is my alternative top 5 actors list, which i beleive is the REAL top 5 list, along with the films they acted brilliantly in ! :
1. mithun chakraborty – (disco dancer, pyari behna, agneepath, hum paanch, ashanti, suraaksha – gunmaster G9, prem pratiggya, taqdeer, baadal)
2. rajesh khanna – (amar prem, kati patang, anand, apna desh, aap ki kasam, babu, avtaar, kudrat,
dard, maqsad, haathi mere saathi)
3. vinod khanna – (qurbani, khoon ki pukar, muqaddar ka sikander, parvarish, inkaar, kudrat, aan milo sajna)
4. amitabh bhachan – (deewar, sholay, zanjeer, muqaddar ka sikander, namak haram, agneepath, amar akbar anthony, naseeb, suhaag, coolie)
5. dilip kumar – (ganga jamuna, dil diya dard liya, mughal- e- azam, kranti, karma, aan,)
so, there you go.
Fathiya: (September 2, 2008 at 4:56 am)
Indicine Team: You r absolutely right, but this guy (Raj) doesn’t want to giveup!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hey Raj.. I think u r not (Raj) I think u r Akshay Kumar himslef, therefore, u don’t want to give up and u r insisting that u r the number (1)!!!!
Or.. if u r not Akshay himself, then u must be one of his relatives or close friends!!!
What u say all the time ( and repeatedly) doesn’t make any sense!!!! And.. don’t ask me to go.. u hv all the right to post your comments, so do I!!
Mintu: (September 2, 2008 at 6:07 pm)
I think Raj is partially correct…………here I think he want to tell about the directors and production house which were not at the top spots untill unless they worked with Akshay Kumar. And one thing I would like to agree with him about the star power, ofcourse Akshay has a great star power and that’s why most of the films on which he has worked were not well scripted or not at all a class movie and only because of his presence those movies got a historical openings and after opening it’s totally upto film (good or bad) which makes it superhit or Blockbuster.
By saying above para it doesn’t mean I am trying to take away any credits from other top actors, Sharukh and Hrithik’s undoubtly having a similar star power. Following are the facts I would like to present and then let other’s decide who’s is where:
1. “Chak De India” opening was not like what Sharukh’s movies used to, but since it was a great movie so after Mouth publicity it got a historic run. Same was the case with TZP. But after Chak de India Sharukh got the same position (stardom) which helped “Om Shanti Om” a bumper opening. So Undoubtly Sharukh again on the top notch.
2. Amir Khan is a person who always brings a new ideas and thoughts through his movies and he is the only person in the film industry who have the capability to do something unique, Large and Innovative that helps indian Cinema to achieve new Dimensions in Art. So his class is totally different. Please don’t compare him with anyone. He is an artist rather than a star.
3. Akshay Kumar – Currently no one is enjoying the stardom as like Akshay kumar in the industry. And who says he is not an actor. Doing comedy roles is not an easy job and I think it’s the toughest job any actor has to do. He is brillient in it and that’s why he is paying for it. What contents were there in the movies like “Phir Heera Phiri”, “Hey Baby”, “Welcome” and even in “Singh is King”. But only because of his presence these movies becomes hits and superhits. There is no doubt people love to see his presence on screen. And whether it’s multi starrer or solo, it’s only Akshay kumar for whom public comes to watch movies.
shelly: (September 2, 2008 at 9:24 pm)
akshay kumar is the top actor and munber 1 actor in bollywood so i want akshay kumar to be at the top of all actors and be the first actor on the list while all the other actors should go below at number 5 even sharukh khan!!!!!!!!
shy: (September 2, 2008 at 10:27 pm)
As much as I love all my Bollywood hunks,look out for Harman Bewaja…..He will be climbing up this ladder in no time…..so sexy, he will be following Hrithiks footsteps!!!
Wow nice discussion… Great read
Its heart warming to see so many die hard Akshay fans…. Till last year he wasnt even in the Top 10 LOL