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
no one can beat aamir khan…
@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..
Ranbir kapoor Super Talented Brilliant Actor of Indian Cinema..+ Most Versatile Superstar….
Sab seniors Actors aur unke fans RK ko pasand karte hai but really such a stupid fans Means Shahid kapoor, Emraan hashmi, Ranveer Singh , inke fan’s Senior Actors k fans ki fake id open karte hai
Example = Kabir srkian,, Maharshi Gabbar rathore ye mostly Khans Akki Ajay k real fans nhi hai ye shahid Emraan fans ki fake id hai plzz frends Aap kisi bhi site pe Facebook pe twitter pe dekhna Ranbir k against ye kya kya karte hai……Sirf isliye ta ki Ranbir kapoor ko Sab hate kare aur Isey Emraan hashmi Shahid Ranveer ka Fayda ho…….kyu ki without big fans support shahid Ranveer Emraan even Koi bhi Young Actor RK k aage chodho Uske Aaspass bhi nhi jayega……
Ranbir kapoor is only Bollywood Actor jo seniors ki respect karta hai khaas kar k Amir sir and Srk ki guyzzzz Ye bada jaanwar hai choti Pinjre me nhi samayega ye apni duniya khud banayega.
Agar Aapko jhut lagta hai to indicine par Ajinkya naam ka Exmple jo sirf RK ki post par aata hai Aur RK ko Abuse karta hai kabhi usey dekha hai shahid aur Emraan k against bolte wqt nhi nhi na vo fake hai guyz aise shahid k fans ne Bahot id open ki hai…..
Ranbir kapoor Talent >>>> Shahid Ranveer Emraan imraan varun Siddharth Aditiya.
Ranbir kapoor mixture of seniors Actors
Salman jaisi Fan following
SRK jaisa romance
Amir jaisi Acting , Script choice
Akshay kumar jaisa Nature
Ajay devgan jaise Versatile role
Isliye Bollywood me Aadhe se jyada darte hai iski success ki speed se.
Ranbir kapoor ka ( – ) point ye hai ki usne Back to back 3 Bahot badi hit di vo bhi Awards k sath isliye haters badh gaye uper se iski 75% Female fans hai jo ki sirf I love u bolne k kaam aati hai Aur kuch nhi
I love RK he is my jaan he is my lover plz support him guyz he is very Adorable and inocent
Shreya desai
Pune Maharashtra
Bsc 2 year student
And die hard Ranbir lover
@Ishan gulati — Srk’s fame is beyond all this collections,he’s a way bigger moviestar than your aamir and that is’nt going to change.
And aamir is very clever,he clearly knows he does’nt possess the art of entertaining or the wit to host an award show,neither is he a performer.He’s really clever,he is not a fool like you,he knows if he starts doing all this like srk,people won’t give a damn to him coz of his boring personality.
He does’nt attract crowds like Srk,salman,Hrithik,akshay,ranbir.
That is why he has transformed into a diligent film actor choosing his films carefully coz without good scripts aamir will lose his existence.
Agree,aamir’s following is huge bcoz he has done some good films in the last decade but the kind of fan following srk and salman have,aamir will never have.
Aamir fans can hardly trend a topic on twitter,compare that with SRK,sallu,akki fans who adore their stars like anything.
Aamir might have good no. of twitter followers bcoz of his work but he does’nt have die-hard fans.
Collections of movie is a secondary thing for SRK,he wins hearts first.
i don’t think aamir was ever as big as srk and salman ! what works for him is the wom of his movies and the kind of trust he has on audience!
wom of the last movies :
Aamir :
Pk : extremely positive – one of the best wom for any movie in last 10 years!
Dhoom3 : positive (even though it was the worst aamir film in last 14 years)
talaash : mixed, and negative in some areas
3 idiots : extremely positive – the best wom for any movie in last 10 years!
Ghajni : positive
Salman :
kick : positive
jai ho : mixed
Dabbang 2 : mixed
Ek Tha Tiger : positive
Bodyguard : positive
Srk :
Happy new year : mixed
Chennai express : positive
jab tak hai jaan : mixed
don2 : mixed, and positve in some areas
ra.one : extremely negative
out of last 5 films of aamir, 4 of them had positive wom while 3 idiots and pk had on of the best wom for any movie in last 10 years! only talaash had mixed wom. out of the last 5 movies of salman, 3 of them had positive. and for srk it was only chennai express!
in my opinion srk and salman are bigger than aamir in both popularity as well as star power but aamir has more trust on audience, just like ranbir had trust on audience before Besharam’s release!
People shouldn’t care about this stupid BO war!
Hom much will I get from the 340 crores of PK ? Zero.
Will I lose some money if Bombay Velvet becomes a disaster? No.
And ofcourse! The above list is not fair at all because it considers the mass-friendly films(D3,BangBang,CE,Kick etc) and not-so-mass-friendly films(Guzaarish, lootera) at the same time. We cann’t expect a film like Guzaarish to do more than 200 crores at BO that too in 2010.
Let me share you all a little story…….. Akshay was riding high with huge success in 2007-2008. Then he allowed success to get into his head and took audience for granted. He did crappy movies like Tees Mar Khan, Action Replay, Blue, Joker, Khiladi 786 etc even as a huge fan of Akki I really felt disgusted. Audience lost faith in him and Akshay understood what he needed to do to regain audience trust back….. He then started doing good content films which had message in it…. OMG, Special 26, Holiday, Baby and Gabbar… Now audiencis is trusting him and they don’t hesitate watching him at theaters…….… Ranbir is in the similar place as Akshay was after Singh is King….I think he allowed success to get into his head after YJHD… So as a Ranbir supporter, he should learn a good lesson from Akki. And nice article btw
@indicine, your analysis about Hrithik is right. Bt why didn’t you analysis Akshay. Again proved that u r biased against Akshay. U should mention about his 4 releases in a single year and all are on non holidays, nt hiked ticket price
@indicine, your analysis about Hrithik is right. Bt why didn’t you analysis Akshay. Again proved that u r biased against Akshay. U should mention about his 4 releases in a single year and all are on non holidays, nt hiked ticket price. After all he himself is a mini industry
go akki go. we are waiting. destroy some of the fake actors who are here just because of their Dad and mom.
Srry but krissh 3 collections probably not correct n tat cld bring hrithiks average dwn a bit.. but very rightly hez the best amngst others.. khans r legends!! Period!!
If you track whole career of SRK from 1993 to 2007.
93-yrf
94-nothing
95-yrf
96-nothing
97-yrf
98-dharma
99-nothing
2000-yrf
2001-dharma
2002-srk supreme
2003-dharma
2004-yrf
2005-nothing
2006-dharma
2007-srk supreme
Only 2002 and 2007 were the years where he delivered big hits on his own.
in 2004 his MHN was overshadowed by a YRF film.
If SRK really had the real stardom than Dil se (98), Baadshah(99), Josh(2000), Asoka(2001), Swades(2004) should have been big hits like the big hits given by YRF and Dharma in 98,99,2000,2001,2004.
So I have proved that since upto 2006 bollywood was controlled by two of its biggest production houses YRF and Dharma. So SRK was benefitted hugely in those years but now system of camps are fading so Aamir and Salman are dominating.
What is imp ?? To be on top. Or doing 3-4 film in a year and giving jobs to so many ppl and give chance to new commers??
aamir rules
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 close to HRITHIK .Hrithik has Enjoyed Holiday Releases with his last 3 Releases & Also Used K3 Calculator To Figure Out The collection which Iz WayMore then TRADE FIGURE [K3, BANG BANG] nd if u note then all moviez of Akshay R NON HOLIDAY Except BABY Which Was not first DAy Holiday….!
3 Hits
1Average
1 Flop …Not bad !!
so despite being summer holiday with masala genre akshay failed to cross 100cr and there fans want festive releade lol i think they don,t know what yappened with teesmaarkhan(christmas)outimd(independenceday) all were flop lol flop even in festive holidays he don,t deserve holidays even sid will be much better than akki in holiday release
2 my understanding if three khans were to be understood fan following wise according to the cinemas they go.. rating on every 10 cinema goer..4 categories..
High end multiplexes, multiplexes, low tickets/small screen multiplexes, single screens.
*High end multiplexes(out of 10 )
Aamir- 10 , srk- 9, salman – 8
*multiplexes
aamir- 10, srk- 10, salman – 9
*low tickets/ small screen multiplexes
aamir- 10, srk- 10, salman – 10
*Single screens
Aamir- 8, srk- 8, salman- 10
Overall out of every 40,
aamir – 38, srk- 37, salman- 37..
Overseas( out of 10) recent trend
Aamir- 10, srk- 10, salman – 8
Aamir is biggest megastar. Period. Founder of 100 Cr, 200 Cr, and 300 Cr clubs in India, 300 Cr, 500 Cr, 600 Cr and 700 Cr clubs worldwide and 100 Cr in a single foreign country I.e
china proved aamir’s supremacy which is way above anyone else. Srk is nowhere close to him in stardom.
Akshay is a greedy actor who always runs for money and signs craps after craps. Even after 2 flops Ranbir is above him in B.O Performance
wow talash colection is 93cr.but trade figure is 95cr.opposite from jthj-101cr prdcer fig-122cr,k3-181(244),ce-208(227),hny-176cr(204cr),and bang bang-141(181)
waiting for mohenjodaro and yrf next of hrithik movies.
If all goes well…….. then akki will be in top 3 if hf 3 collects
200 cr……
i think akki will be best top 2 actor list after 1 and 2 years
only 1 simple thing…1st day collections ….that defines the stardom of a superstar
HAPPY NEW YEAR STILL HOLDS THE RECORD OF 1st day collection 45Cr….eventhough HNY one of the worst script done by SRK…..that’s called stardom…
@hrithik You also need to take into consideration the fact that Salman has only worked in masala movies.Whereas Srk has just two(3 if we take Ra1 into account) masala movies to his credit.Salman’s real stardom would be determined by Prdp’s business .And if you remember even Indicine had published an article where they had said Srk guarantees 100 crores when Salman mania was at its peak
After Dilwale Varun will be above Siddharth
By the way Hrithik last two movie collection are hahahahaha cheating kar ke to koi bhi paas ho sakta hai even KRK
@indicine where is ROY in Ranbir last five movies
Aamir is nothing infront of SRK—– #Fact Get this in your tiny brain @Ishan gulati