Updated list of Top 15 Actors in Bollywood. Who are the biggest gainers? Which actor has dropped down the list? Let’s find out!
We have decided to make our ranking system the most comprehensive in the industry. We will be analysing the box office collections of the Top 15 actors. The ranking system will also be divided into three; Top Actor in India, Overseas and Worldwide. The list below is for the Top 15 Actors in India i.e the domestic market only.
- The list would be based on the net box office collections of an actor’s last five movies. For younger actors, the minimum number of films is 3.
- Only lead roles would be considered. Cameos, special appearances and guest appearances won’t be taken under consideration. Non-commercial and art films like ‘Dhobi Ghat’ have also not been considered.
- Dated movies that released before 2007 have not been considered.
- Only domestic box office collections is being taken into account. Collections from all regional versions have been taken into considering as this list is for the top actors in India and regional language releases affect Hindi business in their respective states. For example, Tamil version will affect business of Hindi version in Tamilnadu / Kerala circuit.
Top Actors In Bollywood 2015
Rank 1 Aamir Khan: The combined collections of Aamir Khan’s last 5 films has crossed the 1000 crore mark, the first actor ever to do so. To put that into perspective, the collections of Aamir’s last 5 movies is almost the same as the combined business of Hrithik and Ajay’s last 5 films! As things stand today, Aamir is way ahead of Salman and SRK too. The average collections of each Aamir Khan film is a little more than Rs 207 crore!
- PK – 340 cr
- Dhoom 3 - 285 cr
- Talaash - 93 cr
- 3 Idiots - 202 cr
- Ghajini - 116 cr
- Next film - Dangal
- Total - 1036 cr (Average per film: 207.2 cr)
Rank 2 Salman Khan: He awaits the release of his latest film ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’ during Eid this year. For Salman to beat Aamir, ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’ has to collect Rs 338 crore in India. If the Kabir Khan film does manage to do so, it also has a chance to become the highest grossing film in India. The last time a Salman – Kabir Khan film released, they fell short of the highest grosser of all time (3 Idiots) by just 3 crore! Salman also has Sooraj Barjatya’s ‘Prem Ratan Dhan Payo’, which releases during Diwali.
- Kick - 233 cr
- Jai Ho - 112 cr
- Dabangg 2 - 154 cr
- Ek Tha Tiger - 199 cr
- Bodyguard - 145 cr
- Next film – Bajrangi Bhaijaan
- Total - 843 crore (Average per film: 168.6 cr)
Rank 3. Shahrukh Khan has dropped down to No 3 in the domestic markets, as his latest release ‘Happy New Year’ couldn’t match the collections of Chennai Express or Kick. Whether Shahrukh can top the list or not, will depend on how well Salman’s next two films perform, as both ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’ and ‘Prem Ratan Dhan Payo’ release before ‘Dilwale’. However, for Shahrukh to beat Aamir, his ‘Diwale’ would have to collect Rs 372 crore in India!
- Happy New Year – 204 cr
- Chennai Express - 227 crore
- Jab Tak Hai Jaan - 121 cr
- Don 2 - 112 cr
- Ra. One - 125 cr
- Next film – Dilwale
- Total - 789 crore (Average per film: 157.8 cr)
Rank 4. The release of Bang Bang temporarily took Hrithik ahead of SRK at the domestic box office, but before Bang Bang finished its run, Happy New Year had already released in theatres. Hrithik’s average of 134 cr is fantastic, comparable to the Khans even though he doesn’t always get to release his films during Eid, Diwali or Christmas. To elaborate a little more on this, out of the last 5 films, all SRK films have released during one of the three festivals, except Jai Ho all Salman films have released during the three most lucrative periods in the industry and Aamir Khan too has preferred to release his films during Christmas (all except Talaash). Hrithik got just one Diwali release for Krrish 3 and made the most of it. He will be missing from action in 2015, as his next release is Ashutosh Gowariker’s Mohenjodaro (August 2016). Till then, Hrithik is likely to hold on to his 4th position as Ranbir’s last two films have been box office disasters.
- Bang Bang – 181 cr
- Krrish 3 - 244 cr
- Agneepath - 122 cr
- Zindagi Naa Milegi Dobara - 93 cr
- Guzaarish - 32 cr
- Next film – Mohenjo Daro
- Total - 672 cr (Average per film: 134.4 cr)
Rank 5 Ranbir Kapoor: His career was at an all-time high after the success of films like ‘Rockstar’, ‘Barfi’ and ‘Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani’, but the last couple of years have been terrible for Ranbir Kapoor as ‘Besharam’ tanked after a good opening day and ‘Bombay Velvet’ couldn’t even manage a face-saving opening at the box office. The film went on to be the biggest disaster of all time. Despite the failure of his last two films, Ranbir just about manages to hold on to the 5th spot. The gap between him and Hrithik has widened, and Akshay could overtake him after the release of ‘Brothers’.
- Bombay Velvet – 24 crore
- Besharam - 57 cr
- Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani - 188 cr
- Barfi! - 106 cr
- Rockstar - 70 cr
- Next film - Tamasha
- Total - 445 cr (Average per film: 89 cr)
Rank 6 Akshay Kumar: Both Baby and Gabbar Is Back were expected to be 100 crore grossers. Baby fell just short of the mark, Gabbar Is Back was a more profitable film, but again failed to gross big because of its poor performance at multiplexes. But the fact that both films were decent grossers has taken Akshay ahead of Ajay Devgn. The actor also has a huge film ‘Brothers’ lined up for release later this year, a film that should earn him a spot in the Top 5 for the first time in 3 years.
- Gabbar Is Back – 87 crore
- Baby – 96 crore
- Entertainment – 72 cr
- Holiday: A Solider Is Never Off Duty – 113 cr
- Boss – 54 cr
- Next film – Brothers
- Total Collections: 422 cr (Average per film: 84.4 cr)
Rank 7 Ajay Devgn: Action Jackson has failed at the box office, but Ajay is all set to make a strong comeback in Nishikant Kamat’s ‘Drishyam’. The theatrical trailer of the film has received a fantastic response and Ajay in an intense role will be something to watch out for!
- Action Jackson (57 cr)
- Singham Returns (140 cr)
- Satyagraha (58 cr)
- Himmatwala (46 cr)
- Son of Sardaar (103 cr)
- Next film - Drishyam
- Total: 404 cr (Average per film: 80.8 cr)
Rank 8 Sidharth Malhotra: Quickly emerging as one of the most popular young stars in the country, Sidharth Malhotra commands a huge following on social media websites like Twitter and Facebook. His last release, Ek Villain, was a huge success at the box office. He deserves credit even though the presence of Mohit Suri as director, Ritiesh Deshmukh and chartbuster music helped big time.
- Ek Villain - 103 cr
- Hasee Toh Phasee - 35 cr
- Student Of The Year - 70 cr
- Next film – Brothers
- Total Collections – 208 cr (Average per film: 69.3 cr)
Rank 9 Farhan Akhtar: His popularity with the multiplex audience in cities is under-rated. His solo film ‘Bhaag Milkha Bhaag’ not only took a good opening at the box office, but went on to collect more than Rs 100 crore. It also won Farhan his first Filmfare Best Actor award.
- Shaadi Ke Side Effects – 38 cr
- Bhaag Milkha Bhaag – 104 cr
- Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara – 93 cr
- Karthik Calling Karthik - 27 cr
- Next Film – Dil Dhadakne Do
- Total Collections – 262 cr (Average per film: 65.5 cr)
Rank 10 Varun Dhawan: Varun has featured in 4 films so far in his career and all have done well at the box office. His next film ‘ABCD 2’ is expected to do well, but his good friend Sidharth Malhotra has a big film like ‘Brothers’ lined up for release in August.
- Badlapur – 52 cr
- Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania – 77 cr
- Main Tera Hero - 54 cr
- Student Of The Year - 70 cr
- Next film - ABCD 2
- Total Collections – 253 cr (Average per film: 63.25 cr)
Rank 11 Saif Ali Khan: Happy Ending was one of the biggest disasters of 2014 and the failure of a film that was expected to recreate the magic of ‘Cocktail’, has meant that Saif is currently going through the worst phase of his career. He awaits the release of Phantom later this year.
- Happy Ending – 22 cr
- Humshakals - 63 cr
- Bullet Raja- 36 cr
- Race 2 - 102 cr
- Cocktail - 78 cr
- Next film - Phantom
- Total - 301 cr (Average per film: 60.2 cr)
Rank 12 Ranveer Singh: Even though Kill Dil failed at the box office, Ranveer Singh has gained one spot in the list. He is currently ranked No 12, but has two of the most promising films of 2015 in Zoya Akhtar’s Dil Dhadakne Do and Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Bajirao Mastani. Note: Dil Dhadakne Do has just released in theatres. If the film manages to collect Rs 100 crore, then Ranveer will make it to the Top 10.
- Kill Dil – 32 cr
- Gunday – 78 cr
- Ram Leela - 115 cr
- Lootera - 31 cr
- Ladies Vs Ricky Bahl - 38 cr
- Next film - Dil Dhadakne Do
- Total Collections – 294 cr (Average per film: 58.8 cr)
Rank 13 Arjun Kapoor: The poor performance of Tevar has resulted in Arjun Kapoor dropping one spot down the list to No 13. He has a few films in the pipeline, but release dates are yet to be announced.
- Tevar – 40 cr
- Finding Fanny – 36 cr
- 2 States - 102 cr
- Gunday - 78 cr
- Aurangzeb - 23 cr
- Next film - Undecided
- Total Collections – 279 cr (Average per film: 55.8 cr)
Rank 14 Shahid Kapoor: The critical and commercial success of Haider has helped Shahid Kapoor go one spot up in the ranking. He sneaks ahead of Emraan Hashmi. It remains to be seen if Vikas Bahl’s Shaandaar will earn him a spot in the Top 10.
- Haider – 58 cr
- R.. Rajkumar - 65 cr
- Phata Poster Nikhla Hero - 39 cr
- Teri Meri Kahaani - 29 cr
- Mausam - 33 cr
- Next film - Shaandar
- Total Collections – 224 cr (Average per film: 44.8 cr)
Rank 15 Emraan Hashmi: Emraan’s career is at an all-time low. None of his last 5 films have even managed to cross the 40 crore mark. Will ‘Hamari Adhuri Kahani’, directed by Mohit Suri, turn things around for him?
- Mr X – 25
- Ungli – 21 cr
- Raja Natwarlal – 27 cr
- Ghanchakkar - 39 cr
- Ek Thi Daayan - 27 cr
- Next film - Hamari Adhuri Kahani
- Total collections – 139 cr (Average per film: 27.8 cr)
Note: We have replaced John Abraham with Farhan Akhtar in the Top 15 list. John hasn’t had a release since Madras Cafe in 2013 and most of his upcoming films are multistarrers.
In no particular order, films releasing this year that could completely change the list
- Bajrangi Bhaijaan
- Brothers
- Drishyam
- Prem Ratan Dhan Payo
- Singh Is Bling
- Dilwale
- ABCD 2
- Bajirao Mastani
- Shandaar
- Hamari Adhuri Kahani
- Tamasha
Just wait for Dilwale, Fan and Raees.. SRK will again reach the top…
This is my most favourite article on Indicine . I think Akshay will beat Ranbir with Brothers . I am happy to see Farhan in Top 10 . His popularity is increasing day by day . But he plays a cameo in DDD . I think with Welcome Back and Rocky Handsome John can make a comeback in Top 10 once again . If HAK does great business then Emraan can move ahead . I also hope Drishyam collects 100 CR so that the Top 5 will become much more interesting . I loved your analysis on Hrithik . Whenever he gets the Holiday release he makes the most of it . I do feel Holidays play a huge role in movies becoming highest grossers . The last movie that was highest grosser of the year anf released on a Non Holiday was Dhoom 2 in 2006 . Since 2007 this has not happened and i am waiting to see when it will happen again . Overall a superb article once again . Keep rocking !!!!!
Indicine yesterday i sent you a question i will be glad if you answer my question !!!!!!!
after brothers akshay will be in top 4 guaranteed!!!!
Do not agree with Bang Bang’s & Krrish 3’s collection…
There is very high difference between these movie’s trade’s & producer’s collection…
Bang Bang- 147cr (trade)
Krrish 3- 181cr (trade)
181cr & 244cr are producer’s given collection
Krish 3 Collection Iz not 244 .
BoxofficeIndia nd kamal nahta Both calculated 200 Cr or below then tht .
Nd I think Roy Should B included in Ranbirs Film Cos the whole trailer was Made like it’s a ranbirs movie where in the shaukeens trailer , it was clear tht Akshay iz not the lead .
Anyways Brothers & SIB Will Put Akshay Before Then HRITHIK .
Hrithik has Enjoyed Holiday Releases with his last 3 Releases & Also Used K3 Calculator To Figure Out The collection which Iz Way More then TRADE FIGURE [K3, BANG BANG] nd if u note then all moviez of Akshay R NON HOLIDAY….!
3 Hits
1 Average
1 Flop …Not bad !!
Aamir is truley genius. to get an avg of 200cr+ is outstanding.
salman and SRK will be shuffling the spot 2nd and 3rd.
Hrithik needs a festival release to compete with KHANs.
Akki will soon surpass Ranbir after Brothers.Akki’s ranking is really volatile though,he keeps on doing films and new films will keep on replacing his old ones.
Aamir Khan will remain at the top till Dangal.
SRK will give the highest grosser of the year according to me…
Akshay will be in top 3 if he comes once in a year but as a fan of him i can not wait for him for 12 months it is more important for us dat pls cntinue 4 movie streak in a year so we akshay fans dont need to wait..
PK collecting 340cr compared to 200cr+ for CE, Kick, HNY etc doesn’t mean aamir is 1.5 times bigger star it shows PK had much better WOM. Its not like aamir’s stardom got reduced to half with talash doing 93cr…
if we take the average of entire career then we all know who the KING is….
dude why wont you take worldwide collections?? let me see then who comes 1st.
That naatu or the KING???
BB & PRDP need to collect 537 cr together to evict Amir from top place…….
Difficult but not impossible…
SRK has no chance to get on the top….
Though BO is unpredictable but 372 cr is impossible …
I said it on another article, I’ll say it again!
Dumb SRK fans talking consistency and No. Of hits.
I’ll tell you some facts.
1. Aamir has done only 38 movies, SRK has 70. So, a comparison regarding no. of hits is totally baseless. Aamir doesn’t go around churning senseless movies after a gap of 6 months, like SRK(although he is also now following Aamir by doing 1 movie a year)
2. Consistency of Aamir is way more than SRK when it comes to quality movies(Box-office is secondary) . SRK follows the policy of giving 1 quality movie and then following it with 3-4 craps. Aamir thinks, analyses and then selects a script that is brilliant. (NOW, Do not come up with “SRK has done Swades, MNIK, CDI” etc) Aamir has more than twice cult movies to his name than SRK.
3. Popularity of Aamir is way more than SRK as his movies have the highest vote bank on biggest movie website IMDb. No. of people who’ve seen Aamir movies is more than the people who’ve seen SRK movies.
3 Idiots is the most popular B’wood movie outside India with 160K votes. 6 movies in IMDb Top250 and 7th one AAA about to join. Refer Imdb.com for proof.
To conclude, Aamir has always been better than SRK in terms of consistency in quality movies, and now he is ruling the box-office as well since the last 6-7 years because the audience can understand the difference between a quality and a shit masala movie.
So, there isn’t any fight between the two actors. Aamir is way ahead in every department. Period.
Hahahahhaha hahahahahaha rofl all Ranbir kapoor haters
Back 2 back 2 movies flop but mera Ranbir top 5 me hai yesssssssssssss.
Agar Akshay Shahid aur Emraan in 3 no k fans Ranbir pe jatle hai to 3 no collection ek karo aur RK ki Position girao bcz Rk ki Next movie ka Tum kitna bhi negativity karo Movie All time Blockbuster hoga.
Ranbir + Deepika
Imtiaz Ali
A.R.Rahman
Mohit chouhan.
250cr Confirm + I bet Ranbir kapoor won his 1st National Award for his Performance in Bombay velvet
No one can match his Acting Level
After Tamasha Rip Ranbir haters
AKKI + HRITHK + SHAHID + EMRAAN = Stupid brainless fans
Hoping Ajay moves into 6th spot n challenges RK in coming yr or two. Gobars greedy career will come to a close once the Young Lion Sid KOs him in Sids upcoming Brothers. Plus joker boy has no more multistarrers to save him as they all now sit in Johns lap.
SRK has gone onto become so popular bcoz his PR team always keeps him in news. He dances at weddings, award shows, functions, promotes like hell, does 50 advts in a year and stays active on social media sites.
Aamir is a simple person who stays away from everything above and relies on the content of the movie to do its job.
This is the reason people say Aamir has less stardom than SRK. But the fact is, they have more respect for Aamir than any other actor.
*AWAITING ILLOGICAL COMMENTS*
Ur worst article indicine..and u r getting worse day by day..i know that dis 2 lines will be enough for u to not post my article nd u know what i just dont care..u should know yourself nd so i m writing here
1)Clear cut-I m a akshay kumar fan
2) I will not put holiday factor here..coz every actor wants his film to release on big holiday..but only khans get…coz they wait for 1-2 years for that date..if akshay would wait for 1-2 years..forget about 4 films he will not able to release even one film in the year..there is nothing like guts in it
3) 3rd nd the most important point is that indicine u r mad..if aamir khan releases his one film in 2 years then definately the buzz will increase..the chance of solid content will increase…he will get a holiday..he will work with good directors after rejecting many bad scripts..so definately collections will be good…u cant compare aamir with akshay..u have taken their last 5 movies..but instead of that u should take their last 5 years..better..u should know that being a big site with a good name..movie will definately do good business after 1 year.
Ranbir movie did 45 cr nd 22 cr respectively after one nd a half year wait..still u put him above akshay..lol
U should also take account of their total collections till now..i know each of them have different mentality to release movies..diff. Date..diff cast..so it is very hard to compare but dont if u cant..i m not satisfied with dis article
Even i dont know where would be akshay..aamir bcoz it is very hard to compare..but with the way u have compared on average collections u r wrong..i hope u publish my article nd let the world see it
Superb Article….
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Ranbir is the Best…..
How many times Indicine proved that in current standing Salman is ahead of SRK. Also to judge any movie fate it is domestic verdicts which matters n not overseas or worldwide. Salman will 2 movies will much ahead of SRK but srk will have 2 movies in 2016 n Salman yet to confirm his next after PRDP !!!!! these two Khans have neck to neck battle !!!!!!! Still Salman has managed to remain above Srk. Aamir is light years ahead. Hrithik should work in more movies n get festive release. Brothers n Drishyam will be a nightmare for Ranbir’s fan as Akki n Aj (may be) will overtake media created superstar. Least bothered about rest of the rankings !!!!!!!!!!
Brace your self haters
YJHD 2 + ROCKSTAR 2 = TAMASHA
Coming
Love uuuuuuuuu Rockstar
King of Single screens-Salman Khan
King of Overseas-Srk
King of both single screens and overseas-Aamir Khan
Big opening on Non-Holiday-Hrithik Roshan
Shahid will to make a strong comeback…Because,He is a gd actor..
After prdp salman will get top spot and srk will remain on third spot. akshay and ajay will surpass ranbir.
After This YEAR .
SRK in Top .
SALMAN in 2nd.
AAMIR in 3rd .
Hrithik 4th.
VARUN/RANBIR in 5th.
Waiting For ONLY #Brothers nd #SinghIsBling..
?HIGHLY RATED COMMENT?
If top actors were to be decided by their lifetime net gross, then where does content/director come into play? When you say top actor, are you talking about stardom? If so, then include the opening weekend collections to rank these stars (do it holiday vs. non holiday release to make it fair). Everybody knows final lifetime gross depends on the content/WOM and not the star. Stars bring in the audience in the opening weekend, after that it is the content that takes the film further.
@trooper, the list would pretty much remain the same, even if only the weekend collections are taken into consideration. It will also become way too complicated, because factors like holiday, non-holiday, pre-Eid, pre-Diwali, number of holidays during the weekend and even partial holiday (like Gabbar Is Back) will have to be taken into consideration.
In short, it’s not possible.
Amazing analysis.It would be difficult for any actor apart from the non khans to sneak into top 3.But it’s sad to see non actors like arjun before talented emraan and shahid.
Brothers could help akki to surge ahead of akki.And somewhat he’s bringing back the trust which he had completely lost after repeated failures
Aamir will remain no.1 at the end of the year, Salman need to collect 500+ combinely with BB and PRDP which chances are less, srk dilwale can’t collect 372 cr for sure, even if dilwale collects 272cr it will be very good. So I think top 4 remain the same, there position don’t changed. Dilwale has high chance to be top grosser of the year if BB fails to touch 250cr+,I hope prdp will be bigger success than BB.
Interesting to see how Dangal fares.
Meanwhile pk had crossed 100cr in China alone, standing at 15.88 million $, looking set to touch 20 million $. With this the last 5 films collection of Aamir is 7.8+26+9+31.25+45(when complete China run) is equal to 119 million with in avg of 23.8 million $ which is higher than the second big actor srk highest grosser in overseas. The difference between Aamir and srk is 8.6 million $ avg per film.
Point to be noted the combine business of Aamir last 2 overseas releases pk and dhoom 3 is 76 cr which is equals to srk last 5 five films overseas total. This is called to beat by style. Aamir rocks.
Some of u comparing Hritik with khans and saying Hritik get big grosser when he releases on holidays. My friend first of all u really needs to get the facts right from last 5 years the big holiday releases are alwayz bin khans movies thts the one reason they are on top spot. The ultimate star in this list is non other then akshay kumar coz his movies released during ipl and every film he release they are compition after one week of release.
Plzz khan fans get your facts right ask amir sallu or srk to release theire movie on non holidays u will get real figures and there popularity.
I said it on another article, I’ll say it again!
Dumb SRK fans talking consistency and No. Of hits.
I’ll tell you some facts.
1. Aamir has done only 38 movies, SRK has 70. So, a comparison regarding no. of hits is totally baseless. Aamir doesn’t go around churning senseless movies after a gap of 6 months, like SRK(although he is also now following Aamir by doing 1 movie a year)
2. Consistency of Aamir is way more than SRK when it comes to quality movies(Box-office is secondary) . SRK follows the policy of giving 1 quality movie and then following it with 3-4 craps. Aamir thinks, analyses and then selects a script that is brilliant. (NOW, Do not come up with “SRK has done Swades, MNIK, CDI” etc) Aamir has more than twice cult movies to his name than SRK.
3. Popularity of Aamir is way more than SRK as his movies have the highest vote bank on biggest movie website IMDb. No. of people who’ve seen Aamir movies is more than the people who’ve seen SRK movies.
3 Idiots is the most popular B’wood movie outside India with 160K votes. 6 movies in IMDb Top250 and 7th one AAA about to join. Refer Imdb.com for proof.
To conclude, Aamir has always been better than SRK in terms of consistency in quality movies, and now he is ruling the box-office as well since the last 6-7 years because the audience can understand the difference between a quality and a shit masala movie.
So, there isn’t any fight between the two actors. Aamir is way ahead in every department. Period.
WTF Indicine, why isn’t this comment of mine getting posted? Rubbish on your part.
@troopwr the things not gonna changed and it create much mockery for srk than this list. Because Aamir last two releases pk and d3 weekend were pre Christmas normal weekend and the pk weekend 93 cr is equals to srk Ce festive weekend 93cr, and d3 107 is almost equals to srk full fledged festive weekend hny when we consider official figures. And if I take trade figures both d3 and pk weekend is higher than hny and ce collection that too on normal weekend.got it.