We’ve updated the list of Top 5 highest grossers of every year since 2000. The year that has gone by has arguably been the most successful year for the film industry, as the average of Top 5 films is more than Rs 200 crore – up by 66 crore compared to 2012.
Shahrukh Khan remains the most successful actor in the last decade and a half with 16 of his films finding a spot in the highest grossers of the year list. SRK is followed by Akshay Kumar, who has never topped the highest grosser list, but has been hugely successful with 12 films in the Top 5.
Hrithik has played the lead in just 19 films in his career out of which 9 have been huge grossers. Salman is above Hrithik with 11 films. Aamir Khan is at number five with 7 films, only because has acted in only 11 films in the last 14 years.
The usual suspects continue to reign supreme with Ranbir Kapoor looking like the only star who can compete against the Top 5. But even he has a long way (a good 4-5 years atleast) before he can come close to the top superstars.
2000:
- Kaho Na Pyaar Hai (Action/Romance) – 38 Cr
- Mohabbatein (Family Drama/Romance) – 33.25 Cr
- Mission Kashmir (Drama) – 22.25 Cr
- Josh (Drama/Action) – 20 Cr
- Refugee (Drama) – 18.75 Cr
- Average – 26.45 Cr
2001:
- Gadar (Romance/Action) – 75.5 Cr
- Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (Family Drama) – 47 Cr
- Lagaan (Sports/Historical Drama) – 29 Cr
- Indian (Action) – 21 Cr
- Jodi No.1 (Comedy/Family Drama) – 17.5 Cr
- Average – 38 Cr (+11.55 Cr from previous year)
2002:
- Devdas (Drama/Romance) – 32.5Cr
- Raaz (Horror) – 22Cr
- Kaante (Action/Drama) – 19.5Cr
- Aankhen (Action/Drama) – 15.25Cr
- Humraaz (Thriller) – 14.5Cr
- Average – 20.75Cr (-17.25Cr)
2003:
- Koi Mil Gaya (Children’s/Family Drama)- 42.5Cr
- Kal Ho Na Ho (Romance/Family Drama) – 35Cr
- The Hero (Action/Thriller) – 24.5Cr
- Baghban (Family Drama)- 22.5Cr
- Munnabhai MBBS (Comedy/Drama)- 21.25Cr
- Average – 29.15Cr (+8.4Cr)
2004:
- Veer Zaara (Romance/Drama) – 40Cr
- Main Hoon Naa (Action/Comedy/Family Drama) – 33Cr
- Mujhse Shaadi Karogi (Comedy) – 29.5Cr
- Dhoom (Action) – 29Cr
- Khakee (Action) – 25Cr
- Average – 31.3Cr (+2.15Cr)
2005:
- No Entry (Comedy) – 43Cr
- Bunty aur Babli (Comedy/Drama) – 35.75Cr
- Mangal Pandey (Drama) – 28.25Cr
- Garam Masala (Comedy) – 27Cr
- Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya (Comedy) – 27Cr
- Average – 32.2Cr (+0.9Cr)
2006:
- Dhoom 2 (Action) – 80.25Cr
- Krrish (Action/Superhero) – 69.25cr
- Lage Raho Munnabhai (Comedy/Family Drama)- 71Cr
- Fanaa (Romance/Action) – 52Cr
- Don (Action) – 51Cr
- Average – 64.7Cr (+32.5Cr)
2007:
- Om Shanti Om (Family Drama/Comedy/Romance)- 79.42Cr
- Welcome (Comedy) – 70.75Cr
- Partner (Comedy) – 61.19Cr
- Chak De India (Sports/Drama)- 67.69Cr
- Taare Zameen Par (Family Drama)- 62.48Cr
- Average – 68.31Cr (+3.61Cr)
2008:
- Ghajini (Action) – 114.67Cr
- Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi (Romance) – 86.78Cr
- Singh Is Kinng (Comedy) – 68.48Cr
- Race (Thriller/Action) – 61.68Cr
- Jodhaa Akbar (Historical Drama)- 59.03Cr
- Average – 78.13Cr (+9.82Cr)
2009:
- 3 Idiots (Family Drama/Comedy) – 202.57Cr
- Love Aaj Kal (Romance) – 66.89Cr
- Wanted (Action) – 60.69Cr
- Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani (Comedy/Romance) – 62.94Cr
- De Dana Dan (Comedy) – 48.3Cr
- Average – 88.28Cr (+10.15Cr)
2010:
- Dabangg (Action/Comedy) – 140.1 Cr
- Golmaal 3 (Comedy) – 107.56Cr
- Raajneeti (Thriller/Drama) – 92.93Cr
- Housefull (Comedy) – 72.07Cr
- My Name Is Khan (Family Drama) – 72.74Cr
- Average – 97.08Cr (+8.8Cr)
2011:
- Bodyguard (Comedy/Action/Romance)- 141Cr
- Ready (Comedy) – 121Cr
- Ra.One (Action/Superhero)- 115Cr
- Don 2 (Action) – 110Cr
- Singham (Action) – 99.5Cr
- Average – 117.2Cr (+20.12Cr)
2012:
- Ek Tha Tiger (Action/Romance) – 199 cr
- Dabangg 2 (Action/Comedy) – 155 cr
- Rowdy Rathore (Action/Comedy) – 132 cr
- Agneepath (Action/Drama) – 120 cr
- Jab Tak Hai Jaan (Romance) – 120 cr
- Average – 145.2 cr (+28 cr)
2013:
- Dhoom 3 (Action) – 285 cr
- Krrish 3 (Action/Superhero) – 245 cr
- Chennai Express (Action/Comedy/Romance) – 227 cr
- Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani (Romance/Drama) – 188 cr
- Ram Leela (Romance) – 111 cr
- Average – 211.2 cr (+66 cr)
Most successful genres
- Drama – 29
- Action – 27
- Comedy – 27
- Romance – 17
- Thriller – 4
- Superhero – 3
- Sports – 2
- Horror – 1
Most successful actors (number of films in Top 5)
- Shahrukh Khan – 16 (out of a total of 26 films since 2000)
- Akshay Kumar – 12 (56 films)
- Salman Khan – 11 (35 films)
- Hrithik Roshan – 10 (19 films)
- Aamir Khan – 7 (11 films)
- Ajay Devgn – 5 (55 films)
- Abhishek Bachchan – 5 (41 films)
- Sanjay Dutt – 5 (51 films)
- Saif Ali Khan – 3 (27 films)
- Ranbir Kapoor – 3 (11 films)
- Amitabh Bachchan – 3
- Sunny Deol – 3
nipun@ very bad. don’t say such things about anyone. We are here just for fun. Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of knowing u did your best to become the best that u are capable of being. #JaiHo
Aamir khan gives 4 all time blockbuster
raja hindustani, ghajini, 3 idiots, and dhoom 3
salman khan gives 3 all time blockbuster
maine pyar kiya, hum aap ke hai kon and dabangg
Shahrukh gives 2 all time blockbuster
ddlj and kkhh
So salman and aamir rocks
and biggest hit of last 3 decade
90s- maine pyar kiya
2000s- hum aapke hai kon
2010s – 3 idiots
2 salman khan movies and 1 aamir khan movie, no srk movies. So sallu and aamir are king of bollywood.
Krrish 3 has collected 177 crores and few more from dubbed languages as is mentioned by most in box office trade. I think by now most of the people have developed their opinion on what they choose to believe. I for one believe that 245 crores is a higly exaggerated number, shame krrish 3 has lost all it’s charm in this manipulation allegations. Although krrish 3 was a major rip off from multiple hollywood movies so i don’t feel that sad.
Don’t Underestimate Power of This Man
Biggest and Richest Superstar in this World and The Most Powerful Man of This ERA
Naam Toh Suna Hi Hoga – Woh Hai Don – King KhanShah Rukh Khan
1991-2013
Shah Rukh Khan VS Amitabh Bachchan
Shah Rukh Khan VS Anil Kapoor
Shah Rukh Khan VS Ajay Devgan
Shah Rukh Khan VS Hrithik Roshan
Shah Rukh Khan VS Aamir Khan
Shah Rukh Khan VS Akshay Kumar
Shah Rukh Khan VS Salman Khan
Shah Rukh Khan VS Ranbir Kapoor
By BBC World: Shah Rukh Khan is The Biggest and Richest Star on Earth. His name may not mean much in the West but Bollywood megastar Shah Rukh Khan is quite possibly the most popular movie star in the world.
I am sure no other actor has guts to make Chennai Express as much huge as Chennai Express done on Box Office. This is only Shah’s aura which make a Normal film an Outstanding movie and Highest Grossing Movie of Bollywood. People should proud on King to make Bollywood known at International Stage.
The estimated size of his audience is over 3.5 billion, according to BusinessWeek and it’s growing. To put his popularity in perspective, in 2002, the Hindi film industry sold 3.6 billion tickets. Hollywood films, on the other hand, sold 2.6 billion tickets.
2008-Aamir
2009-Aamir
2010-Salman
2011-Salman
2012-Salman
2013-Aamir
Shows who are the Kings:)
@Shaggy
maine pyar kiya was highest grosser of 80s as it was a film of 1989.
hum aapke hain kaun was film of 1994 then how you claim it highest grosser of 2000s.It is highest grosser of 90s.
Biggest grosser of 2000s was gadar ek prem katha with 4 cr footfalls which is still a record.
And 3 I was released in 2009 then how you put it in the list of next decade.
Bro either you have no knowledge of boxoffice or you are unable to differentiate between year and decade.lol
shaggy@ ETT was also all time blockbuster you can check it indicine. KKHH was also belonged to salman coz salman had won best supporting actor filmfare awards for KKHH. If u believe Taran Adarsh types journalist then Bodyguard was also all time blockbuster. #JaiHo
So according to these list.every body has edge. Salman has highest grosser in 4 time so in that sense he leading. 2.Aamir has 3 ATBB in the period of the list,so he leads in that category 3.Srk has most no of films in list 15 (jthj wasn’t in top 5 that year) proving his consistency so he leads in that way 4.Akshay not having single highest grosser in any year but he has 13 movie in the list (housefull 2 was 5th highest grosser in 2012) 5.Hrithik is only one in that list who is young actor among these 5,so in early phase of career he has 9 movies in the list. So all had done superb job in these 14 years, Srk and Akshay had release in each year,salman had release in each year exception of 2013, while Hr has releases in 12 year,he had no releases in 2005 and 2007, Aamir had releases in 10 year,he had no release in 2002,2003,2004,2010.
From 2000 to 2013, only two films will be remembered for creating havoc at boxoffice and these films are 3 Idiots and Gadar ek prem katha.
Gadar was the only film which still holds the records of 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th week business in many circuits which tells the acceptance of that film by masses and classes.
3 Idiots also run for 7-8 weeks which helped it to shatter all records in 2009.
@Arjan, you can’t compare a film that released in 2000 (Gadar) to a film that released during the multiplex era. With the number of shows we have at plexes, majority of the audience watch films in the first week itself.
Look at the khan’s slave how they are trying to pull down k3. Morons,k3’s collection is 245 crores. Indicine is posting producer’s figure .you ppl r saying indicine to show 176 crores for k3.then ce collection,ett ,dabbang2,yjhd,ramleela,jthj everything will change. If you have problem,then go to hell and comment on biased boi’s page.
@ Romance_new year
The estimated size of srk fans is 3.6 billions and still growing?
This is the biggest joke of 21st century which is cracked by srk’s fans here and there on every site.lol
Bechare srk ke apne desh mein to fan following downfall pe hai aur ye diehard srkian global following ki batein karte hain.
The truth is that srk is famous than other bollywood actors, mainly in south-asian daispora which is only 30 million worldwide.
Ce mein deepika bhi thi aur sabse badi bat ke wo rohit sheety ki film thi, akele srk ko credit dena bevkufi hogi.Picture mein srk se jyada to deepika ko pasand kiya gaya hai.
Romance New_yr
First of all, don’t insult Amitabh Bachchan, Anil Kapoor, Aamir Khan and Salman Khan.
Secondly, don’t live in dreams, that CE was hit due to SRK, it was hit since it had deepika and rohit shetty, other factors were Eid & independence day.
Look at Akki fans lol. Akki is the biggest superstar Hahahaha
Why Shah Rukh Khan is still the King of Bollywood ?
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Whenever we hear the word ‘SRK’, the first title that everyone attaches is “King of Bollywood”, specially by his Die-Hard Fans. Thus for others who aren’t his fans often ask
“Why is he still considered to be the king??” & that too when his movies weren’t earning as much as Salman’s movies before Chennai Express.
Here Are Some Of The Reason Which Defines He is Still ‘KING’
1)FIRST–
people often say that he plays the typical lover boy image & that’s why they earn more. They say he doesn’t play challenging roles & out of his comfort level. This is where people often misunderstand his Strength. True; he has played mostly lover boy characters. But then if one looks at his last 10 years graph, one will find a Rizwan Khan of MNIK, a Kabir Khan of ‘Chak De’! India, a Mohan of ‘Swades’, a Superhero in ‘Ra. One’ , A Drunker In ‘DEVDAS’, Villanous Don In Don Series etc where each of these movies have been either commercially or critically acclaimed or both.
2)SECOND–
People often say that he works with only few directors & that too of powerful banners. What they don’t understand is that “MOVIES WORK ON ACTOR’S PERFORMANCE NOT THE BANNER”. Yes they may garner some audience interest but nothing more. Even otherwise successful directors like
>Aditya Chopra,
>Karan Johar &
>Farah Khan debuted their directional venture with SRK And Has Got They First Blockbuster Or ATBB with SRK. Now Consider Farah With Akshay Kumar(Tees Maar Khan), She Got Semi-Hit While Karan Got just Hit Tag(Student Of THE Year).
3)THIRD::
Although his movies haven’t earned as much as they used too at one time If Compared To Salman, yet one can see that the risk that he took by making a 135 crore movie & making it work isn’t the one for the faint hearted people By Collecting 240Crs. And that too of a dream project where many actors dream projects have been Box Office disasters.
Be it
>Raj Kapoor’s dream project of Main Hoon Joker,
>Salman’s Veer
>Saif’s Agent Vinod,
>Akshay’s Chandni Chowk 2 China
>Hrithik’s Kites.
>Ajay Devgn’s Raju Chacha all these have sunk without a trace Being Just Average Or Flop. But Ra.One got the tag of “Hit” Despite Negativity & thus this shows his caliber At The Boxoffice.
4)FOURTH::
He is the only actor whose last three movies have been more than 100Crs grosser In India And 4 Movies Crossing 200Crs worldwide. This shows that his movies are accepted across Worldwide & not just in India. Furthermore the fact that he has the largest fan-following across the world can’t be denied by even his haters.
5)FIFTH::
One these days often talk of 100 crore nett earners in India. At present this club has Aamir, Salman, Ajay, SRK, Hrithik & Akshay,Ranbir as the stars whose movies have earned more than 100 crore nett in India. However if one looks closely one will find that Except,ranbir SRK, there is not a single actor who hasn’t taken the help of remakes.
Whereas
>Aamir(Ghajini),
>Hrithik(Agneepath) &
>Akshay(Housefull 2) entered into this club with the help of remakes, While
>Salman & Ajay Are The Actor’s Who has More No. Of Remakes In The List.
SRK is the only actor who is yet to be in this club without the help of a remake. One can say it is quite an achievement for SRK. Now Chennai Express is the Bollywood’s highest grossing movie broke all records and set on no. 1 position only in 15 days.
Last but not the least whenever we see any actors movie doing well, the first comment that one often hears is “SRK’s days are over.” This just shows that although his haters may not accept the fact that he is King of Bollywood, yet back in their minds they do so, And Compares Him With Every Single Actor To Degrade Him!! He has proved by Chennai Express that he has no one to compete in Bollywood and he will prove it in future also.
everyone maan jao, SRK was, is, and will remain KING
There is no doubt that srk is nd was the most successful actor in history of bollywood. Salute to srk.
@indicine stop supporting fake nd manipulated collections of k3.
@dinda11, yeah aamir’s ratio is better than srk.. And also hrithik’s ratio is better than your beloved bhai jaan.. Lol.
for me….aamir was, is and always remain my fvrt actor forever…also his success ratio is better than any other actor……
@indicine team what was the criteria of making the above list, does you given movie name according to theit boxoffice verdict, gross collection or distributer shAre, i am confused and reason are.
2007. Partner at no. 3 while it net collection was less than CDI,TZP
2006. Krissh at no. 2 while it net less than LRM who you put at no. 3.
2010. Housefull 72.04 cr at no. 4 while MNIK 72.74 at no. 5.
because if you talking as box office verdict than Don(2006),Mangal Pandey etc evict from list.
and devdas came down to no. 2 in 2002 list and many more changes.
please explain or correct the list.
another question may i know your sources to believe in collection, which source you adopt for boxoffice because you taken JTHJ 120cr while Barfi officals also about 120cr, some expert putting JTHJ 119cr and Barfi 120cr, there are many loopholes in your collection, besharam first day according to you was 19.7cr while official was 21.56cr, while you believe in CE and K3 official collection with blind eyes, similarly you not agree iwth OUATIMD openind day collection of 13.5-14cr as given by Balaji Pictures officials.
Just read this as I was to hit the bed.made me want to wake up and celebrate.
It’s always fun to see when king Khan beats others at their own game ,it’s obvious because our srk has to be number 1 frame.
@sallu taklu whatever and Salman have better name than your profile name, haven’t you noticed.
Aamir is clear winner in the era from 2000-2013, and the reason was the kind of movies he has given in those years.
Movies best in quality and content
Lagaan (2001)- IMDB rating-8.4/10
Dil Chahta Hai- IMDB Rating-8.5/10
Rang de Basanti- IMDB rating-8.6/10
Taare Zameen Par- IMDB rating- 8.6/10
3 Idiots- IMDB rating- 8.5/10
Talaash- IMDB rating-7.7/10
Movies got Highest collection
Ghajini- IMDB rating- 7.3/10 (best in Masala generation)
3 Idiots- IMDB rating- 8.5/10
Dhoom 3 – 6.1/10
so Aamir have both critically and commercial success way better than any contempories of him in both level, i don’t know what other think but i found all the above mentioned movies worth watching for me.
other movies which was gem in Cinema which i liked.
Munna Bhai Series
Chak De India- 8.4/10
Swades- 8.5/10
Veer Zaara
Tere Naam
Jodha Akbar
Agneepath (2012)
Oh My God
Hera Pheri
Guru
etc.
Whatever whichever wherever or anywhere people tries to make a list of most successful superstars u will find srk is topping. Some people r claiming salman should b no1 bcos of 4 top grosser of d years. I want to ask them who will refund those losses for big budget movies like veer LD Salam e ishq janeman kyu ki etc. srk has not only given 3 times highest grossers of the year but most no of time second highest grossers of the year. He is only successful in multiplex era but most in ss era (90s) where one or 2 hit keep afloating any star for decade. Best example Amir akshay ajay etc He is most successful in dry period of Bollywood 2000-2005 when giving just a hit became prestigious thing. Forget about bb superhits even semi hit thing was rare. Today hit tag term as a underperform because condition is suitable for big star because of multiplex, promotion, high ticket rates and most important before wom come into play movie already enters safe zone. Amir akshay turn superstars post multiplex. Salman is inconsistent
Every fan is trying to prove how their favorite is the best. Every one is using different lens to prove worth of their superstar.
Some are using most number of films in Top 5 to prove supremacy of SRK.
Some are taking 7/11 ratio of Aamir
Some are taking 10/19 of HR
For some Salman is the best coz he has delivered highest grosser 4 times (most for any actor) since 2000.
Some will say Akki without any big banners have given 12 top 5 grossers since 2000.
Why is there a need to prove my fav better than yours?
Why can’t we just accept that any of these superstars own their given day can make or break records.
I am a huge Aamir and Hrithik Fan but I also admire charming acting of SRK, Aggression of Salman, Comic timing of Akki, Ranbir’s ability to get under the skin of a character and Ajay’s conviction.
Why cant’ we enjoy multiple dishes?
We are lucky to have so many superstar entertaining in a same era.
SRK tops the list with 16 movies in the above list and also if you take Genres into account…he s tried everything from Drama- Action- Comedy- Romance- Thriller- Superhero- Sports except Horror, This should not be forgotten. LEGEND
Lets see who the Masters are when it comes to different Genres :
Drama : SRK , Aamir , Hrithik
Romance : SRK
Negative : SRK
Action(Masala) : Akshay, Salman
Comedy(Masala): Akshay, Salman
Dance : Hrithik
SuperHero : Hrithik, SRK
Patriotic/Sports : SRK, Aamir
Hahahaha Chennai Express was hit bcoz of deepika n rohit shetty hahahaha… then dhoom 3 was just a hit bcoz of katrina n yrf n dhoom brand 4500 screens hiked ticket prices… n all salman khan movies were hit bcoz of eid n holiday… Shut up tingu fans… Jai ho or talaash kaise flop hogai itne he bade flop star hai ye dono toh khurjan dinda6 n all idiots… SRK the king of Bollywood n box office
srk success ratio=0.61
aamir success ratio=0.63
srk does 26 movies but aamir does 11 movies.it is difficult to maintain such a record after doing so much movie.
khan fans ki fatt rahi hai especially srk,salman fans ki by krrish 3’s figure. well hrithik is 10 years younger to khans, came 10 years later them, still beating them time and again, so its a shame for the so called khans, thats why their fans can’t digest it. lol boi was their enemy during ett,ce etc but during k3, boi is most accurate to them. stupid double faced morons, get a life, khans wont be there for more than 3 years from now.
Well said aloknath.. Nice analysis @romance
We shd appriciate bollywood n its hardworking actors..
Wateva ppl say srk,salman,akshay,aamir n hrithik rounds upp the top 5.. Interchanging their positions depending on their films. they r ruling from more than 1 n a half decade n in sha Allah wil continue doin so(though I always want shahrukh to lead)
Krrish3 lifetime collections are around 180cr not 240 , SRK is most successful . Amir is good but bcz he has less number of film so he’s not the box Office King… Salman becomes a successful actor after Wanted and Dabang. Overall Shahrukh Khan will remain the KING..