2016 has been a good year so far. Airlift topped January, Neerja became the 2nd highest grosser of February, Kapoor & Sons topped March and FAN became the 3rd highest grosser of April. May has been a poor month, but all eyes are now on Akshay Kumar’s Housefull 3 and Salman Khan’s Sultan.
Salman could (actually, should) achieve a record that only belongs to Aamir Khan so far. More on that below.
Movies that have topped each month this year have been highlighted in blue colour.
January: Airlift became the highest grosser of January, beating the collections of Agneepath and Jai Ho.
- Airlift (128 cr) – Akshay Kumar
- Agneepath (122 cr) - Hrithik Roshan
- Jai Ho (112 cr) - Salman Khan
February: Ghayal Once Again, Sanam Re and Fitoor all failed at the box office, but Sonam Kapoor’s Neerja not only went on to become the 2nd highest grosser of the year, but has also become the 2nd highest February grosser of all time.
- Gunday (78 cr) - Ranveer Singh and Arjun Kapoor
- Neerja (76 cr) – Sonam Kapoor
- My Name Is Khan (73 cr) - Shahrukh Khan
March: Kapoor & Sons has become the highest grosser of March, by grossing 75 crore at the domestic box office. Vidya Balan’s Kahaani, which was previously the 3rd highest grosser of the month, is out of the list.
- Kapoor & Sons (75 cr) – Sidharth Malhotra
- Race (63 cr) – Saif Ali Khan
- Queen (62 cr) – Kangana Ranaut
April: Shah Rukh Khan’s FAN was expected to become the highest ever grosser for the month of April, but it wasn’t to be as the film finished below the 100 crore mark. FAN (85 cr) replaces Aashiqui 2 (81 crore) as the 3rd highest grosser of April.
- Housefull 2 (116 cr) - Akshay Kumar and John Abraham
- 2 States (102 cr) – Arjun Kapoor
- FAN (85 cr) - Shah Rukh Khan
May: Last year, Tanu Weds Manu Returns did the unthinkable by grossing Rs 151 crore at the domestic box office and Akshay Kumar’s Gabbar Is Back took the third spot. This year has been poor though. Azhar has failed and Sarbjit will be an average 25-30 crore grosser at best. No changes to the Top 3 for the first time this year.
- Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani (189 cr) – Ranbir Kapoor
- Tanu Weds Manu Returns (151 cr) – Kangana Ranaut
- Gabbar Is Back (87 cr) – Akshay Kumar
June: All eyes will now be on Housefull 3 as Akshay Kumar targets his own film – Rowdy Rathore – which also happens to be his biggest grosser of all time. Interestingly, Akshay has been very successful during the ‘Post IPL’ period – which has given him his 1st and 3rd highest grossers. If Housefull 3 turns out to be a entertaining comedy film, it could top the month of June.
- Rowdy Rathore (134 cr) – Akshay Kumar
- Ready (121 cr) – Salman Khan
- Holiday (113 cr) – Akshay Kumar
July: It was expected to be a battle between Salman and Shah Rukh this year, but it wasn’t to be as Raees backed out of the Eid clash. It’s going to be Salman vs Salman for both the 1st and 2nd spot. If Sultan collects more than 116 crore (which it should achieve quite easily in about 4-5 days), then the entire month of July will belong to Salman. No other actor apart from Aamir Khan (December) has dominated an entire month, so that’ll be yet another record that Aamir created and Salman matched.
Bajrangi Bhaijaan is currently the top grosser, followed by Kick. It’ll be interesting to see where Sultan finishes. Topping Bajrangi Bhaijaan is going to be difficult, but achievable. All eyes will be on the initial, because if that’s earth-shattering like ‘Ek Tha Tiger’ or ‘Bodyguard’ then it would mean 200 crore would be a cakewalk, even if the reports are mixed.
Amidst the hype around Sultan, two films that are undoubtedly big films are ‘Great Grand Masti’ and ‘Dishoom’. Both in the month of July, but highly unlikely to make it to the Top 3.
- Bajrangi Bhaijaan (321 cr) – Salman Khan
- Kick (233 cr) – Salman Khan
- Baahubali (116 cr) - Prabhas, Rana Daggubati
August: Brothers failed last year, but 2016 marks the return of Hrithik Roshan in Mohenjo Daro, which is set to clash against Akshay’s third release of 2016 – Rustom. We also have Tiger Shroff’s ‘A Flying Jatt’ lined up for release. Currently, it’s all Salman and SRK for August. If Mohenjo Daro clicks, it could potentially take the top spot, otherwise even an entry into the Top 3 might be difficult because of the clash.
- Chennai Express (227 cr) - Shahrukh Khan
- Ek Tha Tiger (199 cr) - Salman Khan
- Bodyguard (145 cr) – Salman Khan
September: MS Dhoni biopic, Baar Baar Dekho and Rangoon are the big releases of September. The target will be crossing the 100 crore mark to beat Grand Masti.
- Dabangg (140 cr) - Salman
- Barfi! (106 cr) – Ranbir Kapoor
- Grand Masti (100 cr) – Ritesh Deshmukh and Vivek Oberoi
October: The month of Diwali has biggies in the form of Ae Dil Hai Mushkil and Shivaay. There is Mirziya too, which is a big-budget film that has the potential to do well. The target will be SRK’s Ra One / Happy New Year and Hrithik’s Bang Bang.
- Happy New Year (204 cr) - Shahrukh Khan
- Bang Bang (181 cr) - Hrithik Roshan
- Ra.One (125 cr) – Shahrukh Khan
November: It’ll be a month of sequels – Rock On 2, Kahaani 2, Force 2 and Tum Bin 2 – in that order are the biggest releases of the month.
- Krrish 3 (244 cr) – Hrithik Roshan
- Prem Ratan Dhan Payo (213 cr) – Salman Khan
- Jab Tak Hai Jaan (120 cr) - Shahrukh Khan
December: The Christmas weekend has been dominated by Aamir Khan over the years. Stars like Akshay Kumar (Tees Maar Khan), Shahrukh Khan (Don 2) and Salman Khan (Dabangg 2) have tried their luck, but Aamir is in a league of his own in December. Shah Rukh tried his luck once again, but failed with Dilwale. Ranveer’s Bajirao Mastani did much better, but failed to beat 3 Idiots. It’ll be Aamir vs Aamir once again this year, as he would be targeting the record of Dhoom 3 at the very least. But if there is one man in the industry, who you would place your bet on beating the total of PK, it would be Aamir himself. Strong content, of course, will be the key.
- PK (340 cr) – Aamir Khan
- Dhoom 3 (285 cr) – Aamir Khan
- 3 Idiots (202 cr) – Aamir Khan
Final Analysis
- January - Akshay Kumar
- February – Ranveer and Arjun
- March - Sidharth Malhotra
- April – Akshay Kumar
- May – Ranbir Kapoor
- June – Akshay Kumar
- July – Salman Khan
- August – Shah Rukh Khan
- September – Salman Khan
- Octctober – Shah Rukh Khan
- November – Hrithik Roshan
- December – Aamir Khan
Akshay has three highest grossers of the month, Salman and SRK have two highest grossers of the month. Ranbir, Aamir, Ranveer, Arjun and Sidharth have one each. Aamir is the only actor (currently) to dominate the entire month of December.
Article idea and Credit: Saksham Duggal
Can’t wait for Housefull 3.
Naachenge saari saari raat,taang utha ke!!
m totaly agree nly dangal yaa fir sultan……other movies not enough power to cross 200 cr
“But if there is one man in the industry, who you would place your bet on beating the total of PK, it would be Aamir himself.”
I have been doing the same for quite some time now and Aamir has never disappointed..fingers crossed for Dangal
@sunny: non edx- ajay sir highest grosser 140cr -1st day opening 32cr…has given hits during edx and non-edx also where as akshay kumar during edx is below younger generation stars…first teach him acting…superstars will give hits during both period but nobody comes 2 theaters during edx if its akshay movie….ha ha ha…worst fellow sunny without proof dont write rubbish
Dear All, i want to clear this that Sultan will be the biggest disaster movie of the year.So don’t predict anything about sultan.
@challa and sunny- u knowledgeless morons-from 2000-2009…Ajay sir has many hits like Bhoot, masti, Golmal,golmaal returns, qayamat,company and many more
Hahahahaha @sunny is on fire..!!!
?????????????..!!!
Akki rules bollywood
@Challa yes true, he is no competion is d reason nobody has exposed him,but I have done it .
@Babaji I think just star because he doesn’t have crazy fan Base also to cover up bad boxoffice report card !
@Ajay-salman..he had a cameo in masti
golmaal – semi-hit…qyamat,company nd bhoot average or above average .
Even all the best is just above average, u can check on indicine .
That’s it . Never doubt my analysis!
Dude Sunny Akkiholic I have replied with proofs of BOI’s purposeful under reporting of Hrithik’s movies in another article and even mentioned you to give an answer if you can. As usually happens with dumbos..when their myths get challenged with solid proofs they won’t respond and you and Navin did the same thing there…and why would you want us to believe the BOI…you can still be in your dreamworld and believe whatever the BOI morons are spitting out…And by the way we will see who is the real superstar come Aug 12…cheers!
@ sunny good job keep rocking now waiting # Dr Aisha reply . Aisha used waiter word to to akki she is sick & join the leagues of Bhai fans uses cheap word to self-made superstar . Is she really doctor I doubt .
@ Ajay Salman fan akki sir Welcome was released on Christmas it was blockbuster . @ garam masala was released on Diwali it was hit understand .
@sunny chechi
From 1996 – 2003
Akshay has given 27 FLOPS and 1 HIT film
LOL
Is he worthy of even being called even a star?
@babaji ka thullu
Akki holds a record no one else can match..
27 FLOPS and 1 HIT in 8 years…..
LOL
@ Indicine, you missed one more important thing to note from this article –
The Month of October has all 3 fake records. lolz.
Sunny akkiholic why u jealous with ajay devgn can u tell us the reason? We knw that ajay is bigger star than ur star thats is the reason his movies take bigger buzz than ur star without sequel as shivaay has far far better buzz even than ur sequel multistarrer houseful3 hahaha brother u have right to jealous & brother u knw that ajay is going to enters in 200 cr club very soon with shivaay if it doesnt than sos2 or golmaal4 for sure & u have to wait till 2023 so brother u will jealous more now i want to suggestion u that plz be posetive & do take care ur health
The important information given from this article which nobody is focusing on is that there aren’t any salman or amir films outside of their comfort zones, being the 3 major holidays..This shows that since they aren’t even considering their films outside of this release dates, they don’t have any highest grossers…But they did try, amir with Talaash, Salman with Jai ho and both failed miserably, even though jai ho made it in there,…And due to the FAILURE of FAN, they won’t be loosing their grip on EDX anytime soon…it is upto actors like Akshay and Ajay to clash with them and give others access to these dates…
@is this @ishan hilarious on weed…!!!
Singh is Bling 20.7cr
Talaash 13.5 cr …!!!
How can you say that talaash opened better than akki’s all 2015 releases except brothers…!!!!
I hope you are educated enough that 20.7>>>>>>>>>13.5..!!!
@Thug:
Are you new to indicine?
Well, here u may found some moronic people. Don’t bother about them because it’s useless to reply them. Even if you give them 100 logical replies, then also they will never stop writing rubbish.
The list of morons include Sunny Chachi Alcoholic, Navin oldie uncle, Romance Raees fan etc..
*find
@Ajay He wasn’t a big star at that time. Akki got that status since 2004.
@RajeshKulkarni There’s Bhool Bhulaiyaa too. The first superhit movie during Eid.
Ha ha ha ha ha. Cant stop my laugh after seeing that shocking fact about Legend Megatar Ajay devgan. Well said @Sunny
akkihokic. You nailed it. Only 1 hit in a decade aur woh bhi multistarrer???? Shame. Big question mark on his stardom. Now i realize why his 1 or 2 fans who exist on this planet are hiding behind salman or hrithik. And barking against megastar who is ruling 300 cr club.
@JC Haha well said
@ Ajay rocks – Sultan an experimental and risky movie. ROFL. Good sense of humour
@Saifal
Excuse me, do Ajay’s films really have a greater hype than Akshay? Then tell me why no Ajay Devgn film ever got an opening of more than 12 cr. The only film which managed to achieve that feat was Singham Returns(sequel film).
Last year, Drishyam opening<Akki's lowest opener Baby
In 2014, AJ<Entertainment and Holiday
In 2013 Himmatwala and Satyagraha < OUATIMD and Boss
And the list goes on… and please don't talk about sequels again when Ajay Devgn's entire is itself dependent on Golmaal and Singham sequels.
@Saifal LOL and look how much Indicine is predicting for Shivaay ‘without’ clash- 130 cr
Baahubali earned 115 cr with competition from BB and no popular actor and BM earned 180 cr with clash with Dilwale.
On the other hand, the prediction of H3 is 158 cr presently.
Let Shivaay earn 100 cr first with clash, Ajay can never achieve 200 cr
Indicine, u have forgot to mention hrithik at the end of your article, hrithik has one movie too to top highest grosser of a month .
@rajesh:Bro do u know that ajay sir has beaten akshay kumar 3times in clash..this is enough to tell ur star can never come near Superstar Ajay devgan who is finest fantastic classic actor of Bollywood
@sunny- u illiterate check once again in indicine ajay devgan box office collection…indicine clearly mentioned Bhoot,Golmaal and golmaal returns and Masti as hit
SULTAN will easily beat the collection of Kick and after that Salman will dominate July…but beating Bajrangi Bhaijaan is a bit tough but not impossible because he create that record last year so he can beat it too…but I don’t want to comment or predict on that now because I am not like Haklu fans who always over predict…
Lets Just Hope for the BEST…