For the worldwide ranking of Top Bollywood stars in the industry, we have decided to keep things simple. The net collections from India would be added to the gross overseas collections. Only the Top 8 established stars both in India and overseas would be considered. The rest would retain their India ranking in the worldwide list too.
We suggest you take a look at our detailed ranking of Top Actors in India and Top Bollywood Actors Overseas (click on the links to read the full article).
India Ranking as of November 2014 (in brackets the total collections of their last 5 films)
- 1. Salman Khan – 846 cr
- 2. Shahrukh Khan – 791 cr (+1)
- 3. Aamir Khan – 753 cr (-1)
- 4. Hrithik Roshan – 665 cr
- 5. Ranbir Kapoor – 466 cr
- 6. Ajay Devgn – 449 cr
- 7. Akshay Kumar – 376 cr
- 8. Sidharth Malhotra – 208 cr (3 films)
- 9. Varun Dhawan – 201 cr (3 films)
- 10. John Abraham – 332 cr
- 11. Saif Ali Khan – 322 cr
- 12. Arjun Kapoor – 287 cr
- 13. Ranveer Singh – 280 cr
- 14. Shahid Kapoor – 224 cr (+1)
- 15. Emraan Hashmi – 221 cr (-1)
Overseas Ranking (overseas collections converted to Indian rupees i.e Rs 60.5 per dollar)
- 1. Aamir Khan – $76.8 million (? 465 cr) (+1)
- 2. Shahrukh Khan – $70.5 million (? 427 cr) (-1)
- 3. Salman Khan – $44.58 million (? 270 cr)
- 4. Hrithik Roshan – $38.81 million (? 235 cr)
- 5. Ranbir Kapoor – $25.83 million (? 155 cr)
- 6. Saif Ali Khan - $16.1 million (? 97 cr)
- 7. Ajay Devgn - $15.1 million (? 91 cr)
- 8. Akshay Kumar - $14.25 million (? 85 cr)
Shahrukh Khan and Salman Khan
Rank 1 Shahrukh Khan: They say Rajesh Khanna’s super-stardom cannot be matched, Salman Khan’s 5 back-to-back blockbuster record will be tough to beat and Aamir Khan has been very consistent in recent times, but the aura of Shahrukh Khan is beyond box office records. Ever since he made his debut, he has been consistently regarded as the biggest superstar in the country. In 2000 his stardom was compared to the craze around Hrithik, between 2006-2007 it was SRK vs Akshay, in 2008-09 after Ghajini and 3 Idiots it was between Aamir and SRK.. and since then it has been about Shahrukh and Salman. Yet, after all these years, a commoner from Delhi has achieved so much that he has nothing left to prove. That’s not to say he isn’t capable of breaking records, Chennai Express went on to be the biggest grosser of all time and the opening day business of Happy New Year should remain the biggest for at least a year.
The global success of Happy New Year has ensured that Shahrukh Khan tops the list once again.
- Happy New Year – 303 cr
- Chennai Express - 342 cr
- Jab Tak Hai Jaan – 202 cr
- Don 2 – 180 cr
- Ra. One – 191 cr
- Total - ? 1,218 cr (average ? 243.6 cr per film)
Aamir Khan
Rank 1 Aamir Khan: And guess what? We have a tie for the top spot, as the total worldwide collections of Aamir Khan films (Rs 1,218 cr) is exactly the same as that of Shahrukh.
While the other two Khans continue to hog the limelight, Aamir has been consistently delivering bigger grossers at the box office. As far as box office records are concerned, Aamir has been the one to set records that others have taken years to break. He gave the industry its first 100 crore grosser, and followed it up a 200 crore grosser – all this at a time when no other actor had even crossed the 100 crore mark at the box office. The record of 3 Idiots was only broken nearly 4 years after its release, when Chennai Express went on to collect Rs 227 crore. That same year, Dhoom 3 released and Aamir delivered the industry’s highest grosser once again. Dhoom 3 is not just the higher grosser in India, it’s also the biggest grosser in the overseas markets too. With PK scheduled to release in theatres next month, sky is the limit. It’s the combination of star power, fantastic script sense and the audience-trust in brand Aamir that has worked big time for the superstar.
- Dhoom 3 – 470 cr (India net + overseas gross for all films)
- Talaash – 144 cr
- 3 Idiots – 360 cr
- Ghajini – 162 cr
- Taare Zameen Par – 82 cr
- Total – ? 1,218 cr (average ? 243.6 cr per film)
Rank 3 Salman Khan: Until 2010, the problem with Salman Khan was his consistency. The films that he did for his friends and his laid-back attitude affected his career. His stardom though was intact. When he decided to cater to his audience, they came out in numbers to watch his films. In 7 films since Dabangg, he has 6 blockbusters – something that no other actor has achieved in the history of Indian Cinema.
- Kick - 303 cr
- Jai Ho – 149 cr
- Dabangg 2 – 211 cr
- Ek Tha Tiger – 262 cr
- Bodyguard – 191 cr
- Total - ? 1,116 cr (average ? 223.2 cr per film)
Rank 4 Hrithik Roshan: Hrithik should significantly increase the average collections of his last 5 films as his upcoming October release Bang Bang would replace one of his career’s biggest disasters Kites. He retains his fourth spot.
- Bang Bang – 263 cr
- Krrish 3 - 297 cr
- Agneepath – 157 cr
- Zindagi Naa Milegi Dobara – 134 cr
- Guzaarish - 49 cr
- Total - ? 900 cr (average ? 180 cr per film)
Rank 5 Ranbir Kapoor: With two huge blockbusters, one critically acclaimed success and two failures, Ranbir, regarded by many as one of the best actors in the country, takes the 5th spot. Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani is his biggest worldwide blockbuster so far.
- Besharam - 77 cr
- Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani – 252 cr
- Barfi! – 145 cr
- Rockstar – 88 cr
- Anjaana Anjaani – 59 cr
- Total - ? 621 cr (average ? 124.2 cr per film)
Rank 6 Ajay Devgn: The huge success of Singham Returns has helped Ajay tremendously. He has gone past Akshay and also taken his average above 100 crore per film. He awaits the release of his upcoming film Action Jackson. The film needs to collect Rs 207 cr worldwide for Ajay to beat Ranbir.
- Singham Returns – 165 cr
- Satyagraha – 77 cr
- Himmatwala - 53 cr
- Son of Sardaar - 119 cr
- Bol Bachchan – 126 cr
- Total - ? 540 cr (average ? 108 cr per film)
Rank 7 Akshay Kumar: The failure of OUATIMD hurt him big time. It was expected to be his first 200 crore grosser, instead it ended up as his least worldwide grosser. The combined business of OUATIMD in India and overseas is less than Boss! His June release Holiday: A Soldier is never off duty collected 138 cr worldwide.
- Entertainment – 87 cr
- Holiday: A Soldier Is Never Off Duty – 138 cr
- Boss – 76 cr
- Once Upon Ay Time In Mumbaai Dobaara – 74 cr
- Special 26 – 86 cr
- Total - ? 461 cr (average ? 92.2 cr per film)
Rank 8 Saif Ali Khan: His romantic comedies have done well, but his most recent release ‘Humshakals’ was a failure worldwide. Race 2 is his biggest grosser to date. We haven’t included his latest film ‘Happy Ending’, but the disastrous performance of that film will hurt him.
- Humshakals - 79 cr
- Bullet Raja- 42 cr
- Race 2 - 141 cr
- Cocktail - 102 cr
- Agent Vinod - 54 cr
- Total - ? 418 cr (average ? 83.6 cr per film)
Note: Worldwide Total = India net + overseas gross. Entertainment taxes has been deducted from India business.
Dhoom 3 is going to release in japan…so amir is no.1
Hey guys,
Beside our bollywood superstars if u wanna watch some superb acting watch d movie of vikram south actor(ofcourse an indian actor)
superb…..
Aaniyan(aparchit in hindi)
TERE NAAM is d remake of 1 of his movie
Now AI or I movie just watched d teaser tailer unmatchable never seen by any indian actor
one of d superb acting in d history of indian cinema
DN’T MIS IT DUDE or U R GONNA MIS SOMETHING
for dis movie he lose weight upto 45 kg and again gain upto 110 kg and also stay in a refrigerator for 5 mins for a makeup which is needed
UNTHINKABLE and never heard by any indian actor. Luks like fake bt its real. Read in wikipedia n the making of ai or i movie of vikram on net
Salman dnt work mainly for dollor peoples thats y he is behind but if u count ticket sells he is no.1 without any doubt.
@ indicine – plz compare buisness of single screen and multiplex ratio of recent five films of three khans only after you will get who is biggest superstar u can consider budget also.
srk is doing quality movie its enough 4 me.i got nothing to do with boxofice
Haters can you see who’s at the top ?
Keep Barking ! we anyways can’t hear you from the top.
#KingKhan
OH!! The first line about SRK
I AM PLEASED
Srk tops again!!
I am sorry @Indicine you were right Srks last five movies now Hny push out Mnik that’s why Aamir just edge past Srk in overseas but worldwide its one and only King Khan he rocks with every genre unlike others super stardom of King Khan in India and worldwide wow Srkians.
I become the FAN of @indicine,for what they had written in
top1
SHAHRUKH KHAN:the aura of KING KHAN is beyond of BO success.in 2000-it’s KING KHAN vs hrithik
2007:KING KHAN vs akki
2008:KING KHAN vs amir
2010:KING KHAN vs salman
from HIS DEBUT till now HE has been considered as THE BIGGEST MEGASTAR irrespective of directors/banners.THE ONLY MEGASTAR of the country,whose film runs after HIS NAME for more than 2 DECADES.THE WORD—-STARDOM actually made for THIE GLOBAL MEGASTAR.some peoples has misconception in their mind giving highest grosser Indictates stardom,that’s a wrong thing.CONSISTENCY will prove THE STARDOM.
THAT’S WHY HE IS CALLED THE KING OF BOLLYWOOD.I am not loving HIM for no.1 spot or HIS success but WILL LOVE HIM FOREVER because HE RULES MY HEART And will love and will remain as HIS DIEHARD FANS—-JAB TAK HAI JAAN.
Its time to replace saif Ali khan with ranveer Singh..he had a bright future ahead..I also feel Siddharth malhotra and varun dhawan might break into top 10 after couple of their releases..arjun kapoor too and shahid kapoor also have the chance
yeah..completely agree..srk leads the way he has been consistent not only india but in overseas too..
as per your data – net in india plus overseas gross of both kick and hny are equal..
as u have said both at 303 cr..
so will ultimately hny cross kick collection by few lakhs or u have taken hny’s expected numbers??
confused..
meanwhile – all eyes on pk..
Our king at top spot again with hny like last year after chennai express but will come down again like last year after dhoom3 when PK will release next month
We want our king to remain at top atleast for 6 months if not year but always aamir comes with his movie after 2-3 months of our kings movie and goes ahead of our king
Why only last five movies ???? It should be last decade or whole career.. In case of Amir it is just two movies in last two decades 3 idiots and dhoom 3 ..so it means he is the biggest star …lol.. Five movies just cannot determine the star value. I think the creteria set for this evaluation is not right. If you take OSO and RNBJ and MNiK then Amir won’t stand anywhere close to SRK. The measurement tool should be talents a decade. Not just last five movies.
WHATEVER THE HATERS WANTS TO SAY ………
RESULT WILL REMAIN SAME THAT OUR SRK KING ON TOP AS ALWAYS………
1. SINCE 1992-1999 SRK REMAIN AT TOP
2. IN 2000……… (SRK VS HRITHIK)
3. 2006-2007 ……….(SRK VS AKSHAY)
4. 2008-09 ………………(SRK VS AAMIR)
5. 2010-TILL NOW ………… (SRK VS SALMAN)
M TRYING TO SAY THAT FROM DEBUT OF SRK TILL NOW HE IS IN TOP 2 MOST OF THE TIME NO.1
SO DONT IGNORE HATERS ……….SRK RULES BOLLYWOOD IT IS REALITY BETTER ACCEPT TRUTH
@indicine I dnt understand what u r trying to explain to us.
@jay salman doesn’t promote his films in overseas because nobody knows him outside India.If he does a Slam tour like SRK nobody would attend the event because his popularity is far less than ranbir’s in overseas.
@jay, the reason why Salman does not promote his movie in overseas because he know the fact that’s a pure waste of money as overseas audience are not as fools as bhai fans in India. Overseas people want some content in a film which is beyond his capability.
Indian bhai fans only needed,
bhai enter the screen and defeat gundas,
bhai enter the and kill the criminals,
bhai come and undress to show his fake six pack.
bhai enter the screen and say kuch fugly dialogues ,
bhai enter and screen and show some crappy steps which is they called ‘dance’.
The film become block buster. not even a director is needed , shoot the same scene which is also shooted in regional languages.
SALMAN has 2 biggest grossers films of 2 different decades 80’s and 90’s
9 different highest grossing years and 5 different years of top 1nd and 2nd highest grossing films
All these records in 25 years of his career and still people call him inconsistent???
SALMAN is the GREATEST SUPERSTAR OF INDIAN CINEMA and no one can even come close to him…
Even Aamir and Srk will be jealous of our bhai’s chesrishma…
According to my rankings
1. SALMAN
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11. Aamir
12. Srk
Superb article indicine!!
Applauds!!
I hope this article will be an eye opening experience for most of the readers at indicine. Truly, if it comes to consistency, SRK has a league of his own. He doesn’t have any match in that. Many times his supremacy had been challenged but always he bounced back with a bang.
@BullIi could u please explain the ‘we’ in ur comments.is it u and fans of other actors?
Aamir will take over Salman after PK. But Salman will take over Aamir after Bajrangi Bhaijaan. it will continue!
To say it frankly, since 2010, it was never a competition between srk and salman coz srk’s films were chasing to beat Ready’s records. In 2013, he had a leap year blockbuster thanks to salman for not releasing his film on eid. So, the competition was either Salman vs Salman (if we consider Aamir did less films) or Salman vs Aamir.
HNY has barely crossed 200 cores. OK, even when we consider it has crossed 200 crores, it is not a BB. Meanwhile, u have declared Kick ATBB.
Salman is never going to fall as long as he caters his audiences of the films of their choice. The two stylish films he has done in recent years are Kick and ETT. So, the results in overseas are great. If he does that kinda movies, it will do exceptionally well both in india and overseas.
And non of Srk’s festive releases has done more than Kick or Dhoom 3. similarly, non of srk’s non-festive releases has done more business than ready, jai ho and talaash. prove me wrong in this regard.
Meanwhile, can’t wait for Bajrangi Bhaijaa as it is Social Drama with a Human Story!
I think apart from India everywhere Shahrukh khan is ahead of all. Aamir has got overseas blockbuster only wid brand n best director in India frm taalash I can say his single impact doesnot work overseas Salman was always more about masses maybe Hritik will give good competition in coming days but still I don’t think he will get there.
Frm Nepal.
We Nepalese only follow Indicine I think it’s best site in India for Bollywood news boxoffice and analysis thankyou for that Indicine team.
After the release of Fan, Raees n rohit shetty next respectively amir was never comes close to srk due to absense of dhoom brand n 3I. But salman may overtake amir if he do dhoom seres
@INDICINE, How Hny collection come 303cr? Can you explain me sir?
HNY domestic collection 204cr
Overseas collection you mention 15.9millions is as same as 95.4cr.
Hny release time dollar rate is 1 dollar equal 60 rupee, so 15.9millions × 60=95.4cr
India collection 204 + 95.4= 299.4 cr.
HNY 299.4cr
CE 342cr
JTHJ 202cr
Don 2 180cr
Ra.one 191cr
All totally is 1214.4cr, per average 242.88cr.
So, Amir is top No.1 worldwide then SRK.
Thanks indicine, please correct your deta.
@Indicine, if you consider dollar rate is 60.5rupee × 15.9 = 96.195cr
India collection is 204cr + overseas collection is 96.2cr = 300.2cr even srk behind Amir.
So, Amir top worldwide collection. Thanks
Dhoom 3 collected 540 crores worldwide !
@aman mathur or @aman agarwal I don’t know you are a same guy or other person but from bottom of my heart I thank you to realise that I qm intelligent guy,though I am not most intelligent person in the world but definitely more than you.Why let me explain first you didn’t read what I said properly,I never said srk is behind Aamir or any actor in popularity in overseas,what I said was that srk is huge there but he also relied on kjo-yrf-kajol to given his highest there which can see from Hus overseas top grosser their which are of all time. I am just mocking you guts who were saying Raju hirani,dhoom brand is only reason for 3i and d3 success. You can’t prove me wrong as srk failed to beat mnik there from last 5 films and you guts expected from him to cross d3.You saying that srk is unmatchable there but I don’t think so,he is ahead from other but not too far,he is consistent with success and that’s something which is not easy.But he alone can make his film huge success there but eventually to make them biggest bb he relies on other factor,which also happen with Aamir,salman or hr.Than what the hell you questioning other actor success when your idol is same like them.For you guys he has 3.7 billion fans and Aamir not having a single fan but still srk has to wait 4 years and full masala film with top director in that gener need to beat Aamir.so if he is also not able to give huge success with fully universal film than it can be do by any top actor.As simple is that.
Rohit sharma will never count bigger then sachin & virat althhough he made two double century same for amir
Indicine first of all please stop compare Rajesh khanaa with srk recent record,srk did 11 hit films in 9 years,while Rajesh khanaa did 15 hit or more in 3-4 years from 69-1972, while he not relied with any banner for those hits and he did that in early of his career as his career started from 1966 and within 6 years he gone miles ahead than any other that time, srk till 2005 wasn’t even able to give 4 back to back hit films till 13 years of his career.Salman recent bn streat can come second to Rajesh sir not ahead of him. Second thing you can call that srk is unmatchable with other due to his continuous success since his debut that is much better line for srk rather than just baseless comparison with Rajesh ji, even srk can give back yo back 20 hits still Rajesh ji 15 back yo back record is miles ahead, as for this srk take almost 14-15 year as compare to Rajesh jji4 years.
Apart from that Aamir will cone ahead surely as TZP will be replace by pk which sure shot minimum 300 ww film so he will come ahead with avg of 30 cr than any actor of recent times, and recent success is counting for ranking not yester years. Still srk undoubtly a huge superstar India have witnessed.