Shahrukh Khan Box Office Analysis: Hits, Flops, Blockbusters

From a commoner in Delhi to one of the biggest superstars in the country, Shahrukh Khan is one of the biggest success stories in the industry today. Born in New Delhi on 2nd November 1965 and brought up in the coastal city of Mangalore for the first five years of his life, Shahrukh made his debut in the Hindi Film Industry about 2 decade ago with Deewana (1992), a film that won him his first Filmfare Award for Best Debut Male.

Later in the same year, Shahrukh featured in Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman, a film that remains close to his heart even today. The turning point in his career, however, came with two films in 1993 where he played characters with grey shades – Yash Chopra’s Darr and Abbas-Mustan’s Baazigar.

1995 though was a landmark year in his career. Two of the year’s biggest blockbusters, Rakesh Roshan’s Karan Arjun and Aditya Chopra’s Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge released and the latter went on to become one of the biggest blockbuster in the history of Indian cinema and firmly established Shahrukh as the biggest superstar in the country. DDLJ is still running at Maratha Mandir in Mumbai!

In the following few years, SRK gained iconic status with romantic films like Yash Chopra’s Dil Toh Pagal Hai, Subhash Ghai’s Pardes and Karan Johar’s Kuch Kuch Hota Hai which remains one of the biggest hits of his career.

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The beginning of the current century was probably the toughest of Shahrukh’s career with the media pitting him against Hrithik Roshan who made a spectacular debut in Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai. The two had a epic clash at the box office during Diwali in 2010 when Hrithik’s Mission Kashmir released on the same day as SRK’s Mohabbatein. While Mission Kashmir opened to a better response initially, it was Mohabbatein that eventually won the Diwali clash.

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In the last decade or so, Shahrukh consolidated his status as one of the most bankable stars in the country with successful films like Devdas, Chalte Chalte, Kal Ho Na Ho, Main Hoon Na and Veer Zaara. The actor was unable to maintain his success streak when Swades and Paheli failed at the box office. Two rare failures were followed by 10 back-to-back successful films that started with Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna and continues with his latest blockbusters Chennai Express and Happy New Year.

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Its been a remarkable career for Shahrukh Khan, as good as any the industry has ever witnessed. More than 20 years since he made his debut, SRK remains one of the most loved actors the industry has ever produced.

Below we have detailed box office analysis of SRK’s career so far.

Movie	Release Date	Collections	Verdict
Deewana	June 25 1992	7.75	Hit
Chamatkar	July 8 1992	2.75	Flop
Dil Aashna Hai	December 25 1992	1.25	Flop
Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman	November 13 1992	2.5	Average
King Uncle	February 5 1993	1.65	Flop
Maya Memsaab	July 2 1993	1.85	Flop
Baazigar	November 12 1993	7.75	Hit
Darr	December 24 1993	10.75	Super Hit
Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa	February 25 1994	3.5	Hit
Anjaam	April 22 1994	3.25	Flop
Karan Arjun	January 13 1995	32.15	Blockbuster
Guddu	January 31 1995	2.1	Flop
Zamaana Deewana	July 28 1995	4.5	Flop
Oh Darling! Yeh Hai India!	August 11 1995	1.95	Flop
Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge	October 20 1995	61	All Time Blockbuster
Ram Jaane	November 29 1995	9.5	Above Average
Trimurti	December 22 1995	10.25	Flop
English Babu Desi Mem	January 26 1996	4.25	Flop
Chaahat	June 6 1996	4.53	Flop
Army	June 28 1996	7.25	Average
Koyla	April 18 1997	12	Below Average
Yes Boss	July 18 1997	9.5	Above Average
Pardes	August 8 1997	18	Hit
Dil To Pagal Hai	October 31 1997	28	Super Hit
Duplicate	May 8 1998	9.25	Below Average
Dil Se..	August 21 1998	10.25	Flop
Kuch Kuch Hota Hai	October 16 1998	45.25	All Time Blockbuster
Baadshah	August 27 1999	14	Below Average
Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani	January 21 2000	10.25	Flop
Josh	June 9 2000	20	Above Average
Mohabbatein	October 27 2000	33.25	Super Hit
One 2 Ka 4	March 30 2001	5.5	Flop
Asoka	October 26 2001	8.25	Flop
Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham	December 14 2001	47	Blockbuster
Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam	May 24 2002	13.75	Above Average
Devdas	July 12 2002	32.5	Hit
Chalte Chalte	June 13 2003	16	Hit
Kal Ho Naa Ho	November 27 2003	35	Hit
Yeh Lamhe Judaai Ke	April 9 2004	0.45	Flop
Main Hoon Na	April 30 2004	33.5	Hit
Veer Zaara	November 12 2004	40	Super Hit
Swades	December 17 2004	15.25	Flop
Paheli	June 24 2005	13	Flop
Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna	August 11 2006	45.75	Hit
Don: The Chase Begins Again	October 20 2006	51	Hit
Chak De! India	August 10 2007	67.7	Blockbuster
Om Shanti Om	November 9 2007	79.5	Blockbuster
Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi	December 12 2008	86.75	Blockbuster
Billu	February 13 2009	23.65	Flop
My Name Is Khan	February 12 2010	72.75	Hit
Ra.One	October 26 2011	125	Hit
Don 2: The Chase Continues	December 23 2011	112	Hit
Jab Tak Hai Jaan	November 12 2012	121	Hit
Chennai Express	August 9 2013	227	All Time Blockbuster
Happy New Year	October 24 2014	204	Super Hit
Dilwale	December 18 2015	149	Semi Hit
FAN	April 15 2016	85	Flop
57 Movies	24 Years	2100 crore	Average: 36.84 crore per film

• Disasters – 0
• Flop – 19
• Below Average – 3
• Average – 2
• Above Average – 4
• Semi Hit – 0
• Hits – 14
• Super Hit – 4
• Blockbusters – 5
• All Time Blockbusters – 3
• Success Ratio (Above average or better) – 55.5%

A few interesting points

• Shahrukh is second only to Rajesh Khanna when it comes to back-to-back hits. He currently has 10 and could eventually beat Khanna’s 15 consecutive hits record.
• At the time of this writing, SRK also has almost all the box office records under his name – Highest grosser in India, Highest worldwide grosser, Highest Opening Day / Weekend / Week – just to name a few.
• In every overseas market, Shahrukh is by far the biggest superstar. Some of his older films like Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna are still in the Top 10.
• Not a single Shahrukh Khan film has ever been declared as a box office disaster!
• The total business generated by his films in India is Rs 1642.52 crore, only behind Salman Khan and Akshay Kumar.

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