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
Stardum is all about weekend bo collection and life time collection depend on content.Amir is very intelegent bollywood actor who has best knowledge of script and also lucky to working with one of the best director of bollywood Raju Hirani and Dhoom brand.But if u see the Srk”s last five movie Chennai express has highest weekend collection of that time,Ra One was also highest all time weekend at time and HNY is currently holding the record of highest weekend of all time and Jab tak hai jaan class with SOS and only don2 not collected that much which was expected by trade.Then some people will say he promote his movie more than for month.But we all know it is part of Movie and also increase the budjet of movie thats why last five movie all collected 100+cr only CE was blockbuster and also they know that apart from CE all four movie not that much entain value..And if talk about salman then u can say his stardum compatble to Srk only after his movie weekend Compatable to Srk his movies weekend collection also compatable to Srk,s Movie.So yes amir khan stardum depend on content of movie and Srk and Salman are the real super star which movie collected more in weekend than rest of week and not depend on content.Just think one of SRK Or SK work with Hirani then 1000cr World wide also possible…..
srk has good line up with dilwale and raaes which could potentially take him to number 1. hrithik should releases mohenjo daro in diwali 2016 then it is will earn 250cr+ easily
SRK will come one top spot when his all three movies are relesed .
@ indicine, you are only considering the average collections per movie, why dont you considr the fact that akshay and for that matter ajay release almost 4 films in a year and that too on non festive periods whereas aamir, srk and salman release at the max one movie that too in festive period. So if akshay average is 85 crores and that too if he releases 4 films in a year that is far greater than srk or salman whose average is 160 and with a single festive release. That is why akshay is called parallal film industry in itself
Most boring (non entertaining) films since 2010:
1- Guzaarish
2- Lootera
3- Roy
4- The Lunchbox
5- Zindagi na milegi dobara
HRITHIK ROSHAN ON TOP
WAY AHEAD OF KHANS BECAUSE KHANS NEED HOLIDAYS LIKE EID / DIWALI / CHRISTMAS TO TAKE TOP SPOT
ALL KHANS HAS AT LEAST FOUR FILMS WHICH RELEASE DURING EID / DIWALI / CHRISTMAS PERIODS AMONG LAST FIVE
NATURALLY THEY ARE ABOVE HRITHIK
IF HRITHIK WOULD HAVE AT LEAST FOUR FILMS AMONG LAST FIVE WHICH RELEASE DURING EID / DIWALI / CHRISTMAS PERIODS THEN I AM SURE THAT HRITHIK WILL DEFINITELY ON TOP OF KHANS
IF WE CONSIDER ALL FAVORABLE CONDITIONS LIKE EID / DIWALI / CHRISTMAS RELEASE WITH BIGGEST EVER SCREENS COUNT , THEN KHANS ARE BIGGEST FLOP STARS
HRITHIK IS BIGGEST SUPERSTAR OF HINDI CINEMA BECAUSE IN SPITE OF THOSE UNFAVOURABLE CONDITIONS LIKE NOT RELEASE IN HOLIDAYS LIKE EID / DIWALI / CHRISTMAS , STILL HIS DOES OUTSTANDING BUSINESS AT BOX OFFICE.
HRITHIK ON TOP AND BEYOND KHANS TOO !
Indicine – SRK deserves the top spot. how could you even put on 3rd spot? please kindly change the article.
Totally disagreed with the article. I don’t understand how did you put Aamir on top? and specially Salman on 2nd spot when he deserves 4th spot probably after Hrithik Roshan.. List should be made accourding to Domestic, World-wide, overseas collections not only acc to domestic.. and not only acc to top 5 movies but should be made according to top 20 – 30 movies which SRK deserves the top place as everyone knows…
Read many times, Some times Indicine put SRK on top, some times Salman and some time Aamir.. now once again lame article like this forces me to think that these articles don’t matter, don’t have more value than a ”FAN made article”.
Everyone knows even if we will talk about just top 15-20 Domestic/World-wide/overseas collections SRK wins with a huge margine… but some people are too afraid to talk about it.. anyway Shah Rukh Khan was/is/will be always number 1… that’s a universal fact…..
Shah Rukh Khan is no.1 who is not dependant on Remakes or brands. he can give 200crs domestic, 100 + with any worst director and on any worst release date.. and with any genres unlike dependant salman and aamir..
Shah Rukh Khan is no.1 who is not dependant on Remakes or brands. he can give 200crs domestic, 100 + with any worst director and on any worst release date.. and with any genres unlike dependant salman and aamir….!!!
@dynamic and @yy mithaiwaala die in jealousy. Aamir has billions of die hard fans. Srk’s fan following is nothing compared to aamir. What do you mean aamir will never have fan following like that chain smoker srk? Aamir’s personality is far more charismatic than pathetic boring overactor srk. You talk about aamir’s existence if he tries to entertain? Lol. Then what happened to sabse shaana kaun? It got less than .9 trp. Lol. Fouth flop show of srk in a row. And who is akshay??? He is flop 60, 70, 80, 90 cr’s lone king. Lol. Aamir is way above all these wannabe so called entertainers. Aamir is much superior than srk in everything. Srk doesn’t have a guts to do socially relevent show like satyamev jayate. If he would have done SMJ then it would have become a bigg joke and trp would have been less than sabse ahaana kaun. Lol. Get some brain you moronic srk fan.
For all RK fans! Don’t forget that your RK diliverd the mega disaster of all time in the history of Bollywood. Compare him with akki is insult to akki. So please stop
Akki is here for almost 22 years. Let see kids like RK. I am sure he will disappear soon
And don’t forget that akki is a self made superstar and RK made by kapoor family and media
Totally disagreed with the article. I don’t understand how did you put Aamir on top? and specially Salman on 2nd spot when he deserves 4th spot probably after Hrithik Roshan.. List should be made accourding to Domestic, World-wide, overseas collections not only acc to domestic.. and not only acc to top 5 movies but should be made according to top 20 – 30 movies which SRK deserves the top place as everyone knows…
Read many times, Some times Indicine put SRK on top, some times Salman and some time Aamir.. now once again lame article like this forces me to think that these articles don’t matter, don’t have more value than a ”FAN made article”..
Everyone knows even if we will talk about just top 15-20 Domestic/World-wide/overseas collections SRK wins with a huge margine… but some people are too afraid to talk about it.. anyway Shah Rukh Khan was/is/will be always number 1… that’s a universal fact..!
@dynamic Wow man, you have literally gone to every corner of the world counting fans of Aamir, SRK and Salman, I salute you! Heard SRK fanatics were stupid, but the level you’ve reached is just mind-blowing.
Aamir doesn’t give a damn about the crazy, over the top things that actors do like dancing at weddings for money, attending shows so that producers shower awards at you. He knows this counts for nothing. He is an actor and his job is to act, which is what he does better than all of them! Also, he doesn’t do any of it bcoz he can’t do it, but he doesn’t do it bcoz he don’t want to.
He doesn’t need to entertain with stupid media gimmicks because he does that brilliantly with his films.
As far as social media is concerned, we don’t trend stupid things just for the sake of doing it.
We are fans of an actor who is different, who is intelligent and smarter than anybody in the industry. We don’ have to trend regularly to show him our support. The whole world does it by watching his movies and appreciating them unlike your star whose movies only you people see on Day 1.
Its actually funny that last 5 films of Aamir have crossed 1000cr while his other films combined won’t even touch 500cr!
akshay is number1 actor in world. Why no Ritesh Deshmukh or abhishek bachan?
Very funny question to compare Amir Khan with King Khan.Every one knows king khan is person whom introduced Bollywood in overseas and gulf countries,ruling overseas for last 20 years.Only becoz of his films…. Bollywood is able to launch his films in abroad. DWDLJG is running in Marathi cinema for last 20 years.Most followers in India n oversease .Most social media fans in India.Most Filmfare awards in India specially best actor awards competing legendary Dalip Sab.Many more characteristics I could not describe here for understanding u ppl.
Don’t wanna waste my time.How can u compare any Bollywood star with him specially Raju’s star amir khan whose films are working for last 5 years in India n overseas. U ppl are very jealous from king even u compare varun dhawan with king as u ppl some years ago hrithik,shahid kapoor,John etc compare with him.but every time u failed and fallen on dust.
Dear b realistic b true.
Shah Rukh Khan is heart of Bollywood. Plz get more knowledge of Bollywood. I hope u will not understand coz u can’t hear this coz u don’t wanna acknowledge it.Than You.
Just wait & watch no.1 salman
The only versatile bollyhood actor that does different every time . Truly professional . One and only thinking actor !! He is a great human being legend khan…God Bless Him
When Aamir acts, its’ the character which we see on the screen, we forget he is aamir khan, unlike other actors who act as if they are playing themselves !!
Aamir khan is a real talented actor who doesnt rely on stardom or image or watevr crap it is… He has no boundaries or limitations..he proving it again and again..!!!
Excellent article but you have to do something about hr movies collections in which all are in agreement that the difference is not acceptable
@challa you should also consider the fact that Srk has always worked with top leading ladies and big banners and @sunny chechi only one movie of hr released during festival and if bang bang had been released during eid,diwali or Christmas then 230 cr was for sure
guys bajrangi bhaijaan teaser break another record it has become most liked teaser in just 10days beating bang bang and also like and dislike ratio is much better than bang bang so it become most liked trailer in just 10days with 6.5million views despite first shown in tv record breaking wohhhoooo
After prdp salman will get top spot iam sure wait the next 2 movie salman khan will numper 1 Rank 1
@Challa : I will only consider that if you agree to remove all romantic genre Srk did (continuously n even abused the genre) n got them as Hits or Superhits or BB. Agree ??? Salman himself said that Masala genre will loose its steam one day n can’t rely on it for long time. ETT was not a Masala movie if you understand what genre is ?? If you continue to call it as genre go ahead but that won’t change the experts, makers, critics n audience view about ETT’s genre !!!!!!!!!!
Even indicine has committed as “Aamir is way ahead of Salman and SRK too. ” It mean Aamir is the biggest megastar of the decade
@HEROPANTI
Bang Bang Was A Holidy release .
2 October Is A national Holiday & Also After Gandhi jaynti , bang bang enjoyed another holiday Maybe dusshera or Bakr Eid .
agneepth Also released on national Holiday .
Nd Guzarish & ZNMD Both were non holiday nd so the opening was also low . I don’t consider hrithik in top 5 .
Akshay iz More popular & has more fan Followinggg then hrithik .
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