Top Actors in Bollywood – September 2013

List by film critic and trade analyst Joginder Tuteja

Continuing our two-monthly feature, here is the updated list of Top 5 Actors in Bollywood

  • This list would be based on the approximate box office outcome (Nett collections) of their last five movies
  • Only lead roles would be considered. Cameos, special appearances and guest appearances won’t be taken under consideration
  • Dated movies won’t be taken under consideration
  • Only domestic box office performance is being taken into account

Top Actors In Bollywood

Salman Khan Actor

Salman Khan – Dabangg 2 (160 cr), Ek Tha Tiger (199 cr), Bodyguard (141 cr), Ready (121 cr), Dabangg (141 cr)
Salman Khan Total Movie Collections: 762 crore (Average per film: 152.4 cr)

Despite having no release in the year gone by, Salman Khan still stays on the top. Reason being that the sum total of collections generated from his last five films has not yet been surpassed by any other superstar.

This would stay on till year end too since 762 cr is a huge number to be surpassed. Moreover with Mental / Azaad coming in the month of January next year, expect the gap to be further widened.

Shahrukh Khan Actor

Shahrukh Khan – Chennai Express (227 crore), Jab Tak Hai Jaan (122 cr), Don 2 (106 cr), Ra. One (115 cr), My Name Is Khan (73 cr)
Shahrukh Khan Total Movie Collections: 641 crore (Average per film: 128.2 cr)

With ‘Chennai Express’ turning out to be an enormous blockbuster, Shahrukh has narrowed the gap between him and Salman to a good extent. Still, there is a shortfall of over 100 crore.

Considering the fact that Shahrukh would have lesser number of releases in months to come (as of now he is only doing ‘Happy New Year’), it would be some time before he takes a big shot at the Numero Uno spot. Still, the gap between him and the number three in the list is pretty big.

Ranbir Kapoor Actor

Ranbir Kapoor – Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani (190 cr – Expected), Barfi! (110 cr), Rockstar (68 cr), Anjaana Anjaani (40 cr), Raajneeti (93 cr)
Ranbir Kapoor Total Movie Collections: 501 cr (Average per film: 100.2 cr)

Courtesy his largely consistent run over the years, Ranbir Kapoor stays on to his Number 3 spot. However he can’t afford to take it easy since his he would need to demonstrate this in months to come as well, what with ‘Besharam’ arriving next. If Ranbir has to beat Shahrukh for the second spot, Besharam would have to collect Rs 233 crore at the domestic box office! Think it is possible?

Aamir Khan Actor

Aamir Khan – Talaash (90 cr), Dhobi Ghat (14 cr), 3 Idiots (202 cr), Ghajini (115 cr), Taare Zameen Par (63 cr)
Aamir Khan Total Movie Collections: 484 cr (Average per film: 96.8 cr)

Meanwhile, Aamir Khan is now ready with his next biggie ‘Dhoom 3’. While it is a given that the film will be huge, ‘how huge’ is what would make Aamir rush past the Number 3 spot and possibly go even higher.

Both from collections as well as average perspective, Aamir is quite close to Ranbir which means ‘Besharam’ vs ‘Dhoom 3’ battle holds all the more significance. For example, if Besharam collects around 140 crore at the box office, then Dhoom 3 would have to collect just 127 crore for Aamir to go past Ranbir and take the No 3 spot. Aamir also has a chance to go past Shahrukh Khan. For that to happen, Dhoom 3 needs to collect Rs 221 crore or more at the box office. Doing so will also give Aamir a great chance of ending the year with the highest grosser! The top spot looks way beyond reach, as D3 has to collect 341 crore for Aamir to go past Salman – which just goes to show how incredibly consistent Salman has been over the last 3 years or so.

Akshay Kumar Actor

Akshay Kumar – Once Upon Ay Time In Mumbaai Dobaara (63 cr), Special 26 (70 cr), Khiladi 786 (71 cr), Rowdy Rathore (133 cr), Joker (35 cr)
Akshay Kumar Total Movie Collections: 372 cr (Average per film: 74.4 cr)

Big money was put on ‘Once Upon Ay Time In Mumbaai Dobaara’ and despite the film not doing well, Akshay has moved on fast. Fortunately for him, none of the other actors (who are below him in the box office ranking) could score a biggie in the last two months due to which there was no threat whatsoever.

With ‘Boss’ round the corner, he could well be assured of a comfortable position in the Top-5 for some more time to come. However Hrithik Roshan is pretty much arriving full throttle with ‘Krrish 3’, hence narrowing the gap with Akshay as far as collections earned in last five films is concerned.

If Akshay has to go past Aamir to take the 4th spot, Boss would have to collect 148 crore or more.

The ones who can break into Top-5 in months to come:

  • Hrithik Roshan – (Agneepath (120 cr), Zindagi Naa Milegi Dobara (90 cr), Guzaarish (30 cr), Kites (49 cr), Jodhaa Akbar (63 cr) [Forthcoming film: Krrish 3] - Total: 352 cr (Average per film: 70.4 cr)
  • John Abraham – (Madras Café (45 cr), Shootout at Wadala (62 cr), I, Me aur Main (9 cr), Race 2 (102 cr), Housefull 2 (114 cr)) [Forthcoming film: Welcome Back] - Total: 332 cr (Average per film: 66.4 cr)
  • Ajay Devgn – (Satyagraha (65 cr – Expected), Himmatwala (45 cr), Son of Sardaar (102 cr), Bol Bachchan (101 cr), Tezz (17 cr)) [Forthcoming film: Action Jackson] - Total: 330 cr (Average per film: 66 cr)
  • Saif Ali Khan – (Race 2 (102 cr), Cocktail (76 cr), Agent Vinod (45 cr), Aarakshan (42 cr), Kurbaan (24 cr)) [Forthcoming film: Bullett Raja] - Total: 289 cr (Average per film: 57.8 cr)

Disclaimer: There can be many other scientific, non-scientific, objective and subjective measures chosen. We wanted to keep it simple though!

Joginder Tuteja tweets @tutejajoginder

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130 Comments

  • Ranbir is at 3rd? ?
    Akki is at 5th? ?
    What the hell here! !
    When it comes to quality,then hro and amir are best.but if we consider worldwide stardom+quality,then list has to be

    1.SRK
    2.HRITHIK
    3.AAMIR
    4.SALMAN
    5.RANBIR
    6.AKKI
    7.SAIF
    8.AJAY
    9.SHAHID
    10.RANVEER.

  • Akshay will be no 1 after thuppakki. I assure everyone thuppakki and gabbar and gutka will be bbs. Not sure about boss and its entertainment.

  • Quality term is subjective. And as the definition of TQM is, “Quality is something which is perceived by Customers as valued add” and so when we meet their specification, they will buy it.

    With due respect to other actors, Salman is currently delivering those products, which customers [audience] is appreciating and making them blockbusters.

  • Salman khan is number 1 from few years now and will remain number 1 for next few year bcoz nobody else can give back to back blockbusters.

  • So Aamir khan will never make it on top or second position bcoz of “Dhobi ghat”.Next year his last 5 movies will be “PK”,”Dhoom 3″,”Talaash”,”Dhobi ghat” and “3 idiots” but still Srk will be above him bcoz he has done just a guest appeareance in “Billu” which was very long along with some songs which got millions of views online also he was producer of that movie but it was not his movie.It was Irfan khan’s movie.

  • @sachin11 Billu is Irfan Khan’s movie…..have you seen that movie???….Irfan Khan playing the role of BILLU.. SRK is playing as himself as a superstar in a cameo apperanceeven though his name is given as Sahir Khan… in that case salman’s movies like heroes,hello etc should be included

  • only India collections? put the list of WORLDWIDE COLLECTIONS.. SRK TOPS.. IF YOU TAKE THE OVERALL FULL CAREER ,SRK TOPS …..SRK IS THE MOST CONSISTENT ACTOR OF BOLLYWOOD FOR PAST TWO DECADES WITH MAXIMUM NUMBER OF HITS AND MINIMUM NUMBER OF FLOPS…..THAT’S WHY SRK IS KNOWN AS THE KING OF BOLLYWOOD!!!!!!

  • I dont believe this. The actors actual status should be given by considering the worldwide collections And not just india collections.This is fair comparison. If u do this you will realizehow big Shahrukh khan is!!!!

    • @everyone, overseas collections hasn’t been taken into consideration because there is no accurate source for total overseas business. Many screens aren’t even reported. Also, in the overseas markets, films release in phases. 3 Idiots, which released in India way back in 2009, released in Japan earlier this year.

  • Jab Tak Hai Jaan – 122cr with full competition
    Ready – 121cr solo release with open weeks

    Just imagine if Jab Tak Hai Jaan would release solo and got open weeks then what should be the lifetime collection.

    SRK As Powerful As Ever

  • Akshay doens’t deserve to be in Top 5 because he does 4-5 movies per year and nowadays ticket prices are much higher and no of screens are also very large… so its not very tough 2 collect 70-75 crore for a big star movie… But Hrithik and Aamir deliver one movie per year so their last 5 movies include movies from year 2008 and 2009…

    During that time ticket prices and screens were low.. so its unfair to do comparisons on basis of last 5 movies..

  • Only Dabangg is best movie of salman
    Ek tha tiger and Dabangg2 is rubbish
    And Ready with Bodyguard copy of south films
    So called salman is worst actor of bollywood

  • salman khan.. wow! no releases this year n still no.1.. no one is even close to him.. now thats wat u call a “megastar”..

  • In the end of this year the top 3 position holders will be KHAN’S.

    1: Salman Khan
    2: Shah Rukh Khan
    3: Amir Khan

    KHAN’S rules on Bollywood, thats all!

  • @ Indicine,

    good and very accurate as far as the star power and box office are concerned. It reflects the market standing of each star, although Aamir can be numero uno or 2nd after D3, which is a taken.

    also good reply on overseas collection, as you rightly said there is no accurate sources. I hope people talking about overseas should know that the same could be easily inflated.

    I may be wrong, but IMDB too, for hollywood movies, the worldwide collections is not taken, but only collection in the US, cuz that is the market targeted by hollywood movies, and bollywood movies the collections thus has to be only from India.

    It is great when movies collects good amount overseas, but then with no reliability on the sources, it is only a great plus for the producers to fill their kitty but cannot be taken officially.

  • @SAKHI i also want to say the same thing which u said that “Dhobi ghat” is a Prateik babbar’s movie…….Have u seen that movie???……Prateik babbar played the role of Dhobi in “Dhobi ghat” and the Salman’s movies u mentioned have released before “Dabangg” so they can’t be included here even if they r considered his movie bcoz this list is only showing last 5 movies of respective stars not last 15 movies.U have bad habit of commenting before reading the article.Get well soon.lol

    • @Sachin11, Aamir Khan was playing the lead role in Dhobi Ghat along with Prateik Babbar. Aamir himself said in several interviews that he is playing the lead.

      A line from his interview “I am playing one of the leads in Kiran’s film Dhobi Ghat. The reason we kept this under wraps is that she didn’t want to attract much attention towards her film”

      If Dhobi Ghat isn’t included in the list, then we cannot include 3 Idiots or Rang De Basanti either.

  • Good to see salman and srk concrete top 2 spots
    where others are way behind
    now it’s Salman v/s Srk all the way at box office
    no one has a chance to compete with them

  • @messy / Sachin11, if billu was SRK’s movie, then Indicine might have to add ‘tell me oh khuda’ or ‘Azab prem ki gazab kahani’ as Salman’s movie!

  • @HNYRocks we don’t live in imagination like u.Why would we imagine something which has not happened ? and the reason why Srk does not get open weeks is that nobody fears to release their movie in front of Srk bcoz a comparetively less popular star like Ajay Devgan releases his movie in front of Srk starrer and collects 100+ crores at the box office.

  • No chance to amir or Akshay for top2 spot
    if we consider last 10 movies
    Srk will be no.1 cause he is only bollywood star in current era to give back to back 10 hits in a row

  • @jc its always ww collection which is considered in hollywood. they have a huge overseas market. u can check boxofficemojo for detail.

  • I think this is a fair assessment. But Hrithik Not being in Top 5 is just disappointing. His Last release was back in Jan 2012, Which is almost 2 years till Krrish 3. And out of this 2 of Hrithik Films wear FLOP still being only 20 crores behind Akshay who has 7-8 films a year is just crazy that shows Hrithik Can make it to the top 2 if he just have atleast 1 movie every year! In the span of 1 year from 4NOV 2013 To 26 Jan 2015 he has 3 films coming out! Lets have an Assessment then.

  • @indicine whatever collection available from overseas that is applicable for all stars. 3 idiots total collections is 25 mn including Japan. There is no manipulation in overseas collection unlike India. Every trade receives same data. So u have to take overseas collections into consideration.

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