The last highest grosser of the year (HGOTY) that did not feature Salman Khan or Aamir Khan in the lead, was Shah Rukh Khan’s ‘Om Shanti Om’ back in 2007.
In other words, for the last 8 consecutive years, Aamir or Salman have topped four years each – Ghajini (2008), 3 Idiots (2009), Dabangg (2010), Bodyguard (2011), Ek Tha Tiger (2012), Dhoom 3 (2013), PK (2014) and Bajrangi Bhaijaan (2015)!
With Sultan all set to touch the 300 crore mark, 2016 is likely to be yet another year when the battle will be between the Top 2 superstars for the ‘Highest Grosser of the Year’.
The other big releases of the year have practically no chance – because of clashes or unfavourable release periods – to get anywhere close to the total of ‘Sultan’.
While there is very little to differentiate between Salman and Aamir, there is one interesting point that shows Aamir has held the upper hand in the last few years.
Since 2008, each time Aamir had a release ready for Christmas, he has achieved the following:
- All his films have become the highest grosser of the year
- All his films have gone on to become the highest grosser of all time (a record that has eluded Salman for the last many years, inspite of his super stardom)
- All Aamir films have also crossed a major milestone - Ghajini was the first film to 100 crore, 3 Idiots first to 200, Dhoom 3 was the first to 250 and PK in 2014 became the first to go past 300.
With plenty of open weeks and the best release period of the year – the odds will be in Aamir’s favour once again. However, he doesn’t have a top director like Rajkumar Hirani or a major franchise like Dhoom this time around – much like Ghajini in 2008.
If Dangal tops, the gap between Aamir (6 career HGOTY) and Salman (9 career HGOTY) will reduce to 2. Otherwise, Salman will earn the 10th highest grosser of his career and the gap between him and the rest will be 4 films or more.
| Salman | Aamir | SRK | Hrithik | Sunny |
| Maine Pyaar Kiya (1989) | Dil (1990) | DDLJ (1995) | Kaho Na Pyaar Hai (2000) | Border (1997) |
| Saajan (1991) | Raja Hindustani (1996) | Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998) | Koi Mil Gaya (2003) | Gadar (2001) |
| Hum Aapke Hain Kaun (1994) | Ghajini (2008) | Devdas (2002) | Dhoom 2 (2006) | |
| Hum Saath Saath Hain (1999) | 3 Idiots (2009) | Veer Zaara (2004) | ||
| No Entry (2005) | Dhoom 3 (2013) | Om Shanti Om (2007) | ||
| Dabangg (2010) | PK (2014) | |||
| Bodyguard (2011) | ||||
| Ek Tha Tiger (2012) | ||||
| Bajrangi Bhaijaan (2015) |
@AK FAN
Absolutely right Bro…let’s see.. Will it smashes non holiday opening or not
@Kamaal nahi kar paye. Ha ha ha. One man industry? Where was the so called one man industry from 1999-2010? Oops. He was actually a one man flop industry. No doubt he has broken all record of flop actors and the number of flops he has given I don’t think tushar kapoor, Harman baweja, Jacky bhagnani, Zayed Khan or fardeen khan can ever break. LOL. Aamir is light years ahead of salman in everything.salman I s just lucky that Aamir doesn’t less films. If Aamir will do as many movies as your none actor then he will be even far ahead of your none actor than he already is. Aukaat me reh. Your flopstar got success formula by locking the feet of aamir. Aamir saved his flop career. Otherwise he would have been out of films and maybe he would have been contestant in bigg boss. LOL. So thankless bhojpuri non actor fan, get this in your tiny head. It’s megastar Aamir Khan who is one man indystry. Your lallu is nothing in front of him. Wait for Dangal and see how he will thrash all fake records of your none actor. Aamir will continue to rule bollywood untill 2030 while your none actor won’t sustain that long because he doesn’t have any talent. If Aamir was in wanted then it would have crossed 100 cr but your flopstar who was struggling back then was not able to cross even 70 cr with wanted. So stay in your limits you idiot.
@hrithik who told you hypocrite that I started it. First go to 2nd, 3rd and 4th pages. Your idiotic mates like @Sandal aka sandy!!, @Salman khan king and others started bashing Aamir continuously. Tell them to shut their mouth up. I didn’t bash Salman from front. It was your salman fans who started it. They have been bashing Aamir for long time and we Aamir fans will show them their aukaat if they try to degrade aamir.
@kamaal Karte ho, idiot, if Aamir had done bajrangi bhaijaan them it would have crossed 400 cr. Tell salman and SRK to release their movie with Aamir on christmas no one is stopping them. But no, they won’t. Because no one can mess with Mr. Perfectionist. Of salman will dare to clash with aamir then his career will be over and he will go back to his marigold’s days. So shut your mouth and get lost you psychopath. Your so called bhai doesn’t have any aukaat to break records of Megastar Aamir khan. Wait for this Christmas and see how megastar Aamir Khan the one man industry will kick your bhai. Thanks to South remskes, Masala movies and eid, our flop star of 2000s bhai is able to breath in the industry. Get lost psychopath. Your so called bhai will always remain a small star in front of Aamir.
Without holiday…
Jai ho – average
Talash -average
Fan – flop…ye hai KAN ka capacity without holiday….
@hrithik,when even Female stars become biggest star for you?????that means you agreed now that all movie of your bhai is not because of his power rather than heroine ‘s effort right?????kya bhojpuri logic hai?????,rofl.
Appeared in a song for 5 minutes becomes cameo role for you?????wah re bhojpuri logic,wah?????
I’m talking about the male lead of the movies.and you’re behaving like an unknown even knowing all the things ,why?,rofl.accept THE TRUTH coward ,how your opportunist bhabi did this,rofl.still head to head comparison,KING KHAN is ahead of your bhabi,why?????because your non actor joker bhabi is an opportunist,remind this forever,rofl.
Surelyy
Dangal will beat Sultan seriuosly n.badly
@ hrithik, why r u continuously calling teesra Khan,teesra Khan ?his name is not so bad I.e. Shahrukh Khan .
@hrithik this is the reason why I hate all Salman fans and salman. They are perfect example of dramabaaz, fake, liers, hypocrites, and double faced cry baby losers. No doubt like idol like fans. Your idol is same as you hypocrites as it was pretty evident when he was crying in court after his verdict and was blaming his driver even though he was the reason for the 2002 hit and run case. He was driving the car and still he lied and blamed his driver to ruin his driver’s life for the sake of his own selfishness. And his double faced fans like you are also the same. Never accept your mistake and keep lying to the world shamelessly. You all Salman fans have been acting sweet and sugary with aamir and his fans and at a right time you show your true colors and bite from back. Why piche se vaar like a na-mard??? Do it from front. Thats why I respect @sss bro who was bashing Aamir without acting sweet or fake at least he had guts to be real and was bashing Aamir openly without acting fake. Although he was never Aamir hater but he was bashing because of people like you and other salman chameleon fans who were acting as aamir fans. Shame on you.
@sss bro you really opened my eyes. You are right. These salman’s fans are worse than snake. We can trust even a snake or even a hungry lion in cage but we can never ever trust these fake salman fans.
Indicine,how much I need to pay for publishing my comments ?
#Ak fan …truth is always bitter…!!
Fish wriggle without water…and Aamir sir and aamir fan wriggle without hirani sir or big brand…!!!
@AK Fan : Are you blind ? Can’t you read my complete comment ? I also asked the Salman fans to stop fighting with Aamir fans. Can’t you see that hypocrite? If you are doing it purposely do it openly you don’t need to pretend as an Aamir fan to escape bashing. Be a man not a coward !!!!!!!!
@Rubal : You & @sss are ‘Hum bane tum bane ek duje ke liye’ !!!!!! Lol. Keep supporting this retard because I know you also one of the retard who doesn’t have the capability & sense to understand the chameleongiri of Srk fans !!!!!!!!!!
@sss : First learn the meaning of ‘CAMEO’ and come back to me. Also learn what ‘SOLO’ means you complanholic Mechanic !!!!!!!!!!
Bahubali fails to beat PK in china…………
Bahubali screen-6500 ….in 2016
Pk screen-4000………in 2014
See the power of Amir khan 2014 ka bhi record tod nahi pa rahe megastar and content rich films….
Aamir se panga mat lo….he is trend setter……..makes and breaks the records……..others are following him………..too much fun…………..
Agar bahubali ka ye hal hein to dusri filmon ka kya hal hoga china mein………sochlo….
only Aamir khan rules in china and worldwide…………
@Sandy
Truth is bitter. But you are wrong with name who suits to be compared with fish. Ots your lallu who is fish without water. Aamir is baap of lallu in stardom. Like it or not it will never change. Salman is flop star without eid, Kabir khan, Masala movies. Aamir is biggest megastar of bollywood. Period. Dangal will thrash lallu’s crap loltan. Get lost sadakchaap lallu fan.
@Ashu, @ak fan
i havent used one offensive word and u guys are …..just forget it
i donyt mean to bash Aamir
i m sorry if u were hurt
@Parshya always love reading your commemts. Only facts and logical data in your comments. Unlike blind lallu fans who blabber without any sense.
@hrithik you are hypocrite because you are talking to me cheaply while I did only what was the right thing. Lallu land people have been barking against Aamir do I replied them in their own language which they can understand. In real life I am much sobar and polite, but certain people understand only certain language and since lallu fans are born illiterate they need a certain treatment. So don’t take it too much on yourself and get well soon.
#Ak fan
Keep crying ..like a toddler ..!
After Dangal Aamir sir start crying like a toddler…start murmuring…why did i do ..,why did i do this movie ..without hirani sir ..without big brand …!!
@Kamal karte ho, it’s ok. Chill. I also have no hard feelings. But sometimes salman fans provoke me and that’s why I had to react. I also don’t mean to be mean.
@Sandal you frustrated kiddo you are the one who is crying like a toddler. Even though your decade strugglers and flopstar of last decade lallulal got success recently thanks to no competition and some positive WOM and yrf banner, you still can’t enjoy his success and crying and worrying about biggest megastar and Emperor of bollywood Aamir Khan? Shame shame. If you think he is nothing without so called Raju HiranI then why are you worrying and crying even before the reelease? It shows that you are insecure loser and jealous of aamir’s unprecedented Megastardom which your lallu can never achieve even in his dreams. So don’t cry like cry baby, and just enjoy your lallu’s success which will soon be history when aamir will come with dangal and smash thelse overhyped movie’s records in pieces. Your lallu will cry like a toddler after dangal’s unprecedented success and when his fuse bulb will also fail to break dangal’s records. Ha ha ha. This is just the beginning kiddo, you will see how Aamir will continue to dominate your sadakchaap bhojpuri lallu for many more years. Keep crying baby. I am loving your frustration and insecurity.
@AK Fan : Aukkat mein reh !!!!! Whom are you calling illiterates without knowing the reality and background ? This proves you are the cheapest Aamir fan I have ever seen. No true Aamir fan will stoop such levels even if someone instigate them, you are someone in disguise of Aamir fan, may be the result of too much frustration has made you do this. Be a man not a coward !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@sandy
Eid-2015-320
Eid-2016-299
Eid-2017-260
Eid-2018-finish
Lol salman power
Sure Dangal beat Sultan Wait & Watch
Aamir and Salman HGOTY rivalry is similar to Ronaldo and Messi Ballon’dOr rivalry which started coincidentially in 2008 and is still going on……