Analysis of the Top 5 Highest Grossers in Bollywood since 2000, throws up some interesting stats. Action, Drama and Comedy (in that order) are the three most successful genres in the industry.
Shahrukh Khan remains the most successful actors since 2000, as 17 of his 27 movies have found a place in the Top 5 highest grossers of the year. Super consistent.
Next comes Salman Khan, who has featured in 37 films since 2000, out of which 12 films find a place in the list. Akshay Kumar has the same number of films in the Top 5, but hasn’t delivered the year’s highest grosser and has featured in many more films as compared to Salman.
Hrithik has played the lead in just 20 films in his career out of which 10 have been huge grossers. Aamir Khan is at number five with 8 films, only because he has acted in just 12 films in the last 14 years. Aamir’s ratio of 2:3 is the best amongst all actors.
Detailed list and analysis below.
2000:
- Kaho Na Pyaar Hai (Action/Romance) – 38 Cr
- Mohabbatein (Family Drama/Romance) – 33.25 Cr
- Mission Kashmir (Drama) – 22.25 Cr
- Josh (Drama/Action) – 20 Cr
- Refugee (Drama) – 18.75 Cr
- Average – 26.45 Cr
2001:
- Gadar (Romance/Action) – 75.5 Cr
- Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (Family Drama) – 47 Cr
- Lagaan (Sports/Historical Drama) – 29 Cr
- Indian (Action) – 21 Cr
- Jodi No.1 (Comedy/Family Drama) – 17.5 Cr
- Average – 38 Cr (+11.55 Cr from previous year)
2002:
- Devdas (Drama/Romance) – 42.5Cr
- Raaz (Horror) – 22Cr
- Kaante (Action/Drama) – 19.5Cr
- Aankhen (Action/Drama) – 15.25Cr
- Humraaz (Thriller) – 14.5Cr
- Average – 20.75Cr (-17.25Cr)
2003:
- Koi Mil Gaya (Children’s/Family Drama)- 42.5Cr
- Kal Ho Na Ho (Romance/Family Drama) – 35Cr
- The Hero (Action/Thriller) – 24.5Cr
- Baghban (Family Drama)- 22.5Cr
- Munnabhai MBBS (Comedy/Drama)- 21.25Cr
- Average – 29.15Cr (+8.4Cr)
2004:
- Veer Zaara (Romance/Drama) – 40Cr
- Main Hoon Naa (Action/Comedy/Family Drama) – 33Cr
- Mujhse Shaadi Karogi (Comedy) – 29.5Cr
- Dhoom (Action) – 29Cr
- Khakee (Action) – 25Cr
- Average – 31.3Cr (+2.15Cr)
2005:
- No Entry (Comedy) – 43Cr
- Bunty aur Babli (Comedy/Drama) – 35.75Cr
- Mangal Pandey (Drama) – 28.25Cr
- Garam Masala (Comedy) – 27Cr
- Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya (Comedy) – 27Cr
- Average – 32.2Cr (+0.9Cr)
2006:
- Dhoom 2 (Action) – 80.25Cr
- Krrish (Action/Superhero) – 72.5cr
- Lage Raho Munnabhai (Comedy/Family Drama)- 71Cr
- Fanaa (Romance/Action) – 52Cr
- Don (Action) – 51Cr
- Average – 64.7Cr (+32.5Cr)
2007:
- Om Shanti Om (Family Drama/Comedy/Romance)- 82Cr
- Welcome (Comedy) – 72Cr
- Chak De India (Sports/Drama)- 68Cr
- Partner (Comedy) – 63Cr
- Taare Zameen Par (Family Drama)- 62Cr
- Average – 69.4Cr (+4.7Cr)
2008:
- Ghajini (Action) – 115Cr
- Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi (Romance) – 86Cr
- Singh Is Kinng (Comedy) – 69Cr
- Race (Thriller/Action) – 62Cr
- Jodhaa Akbar (Historical Drama)- 60Cr
- Average – 78.4Cr (+9Cr)
2009:
- 3 Idiots (Family Drama/Comedy) – 202.57Cr
- Love Aaj Kal (Romance) – 68Cr
- Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani (Comedy/Romance) – 63Cr
- Wanted (Action) – 61Cr
- De Dana Dan (Comedy) – 48.3Cr
- Average – 88.46Cr (+10.06Cr)
2010:
- Dabangg (Action/Comedy) – 140.1 Cr
- Golmaal 3 (Comedy) – 107.56Cr
- Raajneeti (Thriller/Drama) – 92.93Cr
- Housefull (Comedy) – 72.07Cr
- My Name Is Khan (Family Drama) – 72.74Cr
- Average – 97.08Cr (+8.8Cr)
2011:
- Bodyguard (Comedy/Action/Romance)- 141Cr
- Ra.One (Action/Superhero)- 125Cr
- Ready (Comedy) – 121Cr
- Don 2 (Action) – 115Cr
- Singham (Action) – 100Cr
- Average – 120.4Cr (+23.32Cr)
2012:
- Ek Tha Tiger (Action/Romance) – 199 cr
- Dabangg 2 (Action/Comedy) – 155 cr
- Rowdy Rathore (Action/Comedy) – 132 cr
- Agneepath (Action/Drama) – 120 cr
- Jab Tak Hai Jaan (Romance) – 120 cr
- Average – 145.2 cr (+24.8 cr)
2013:
- Dhoom 3 (Action) – 285 cr
- Krrish 3 (Action/Superhero) – 245 cr
- Chennai Express (Action/Comedy/Romance) – 227 cr
- Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani (Romance/Drama) – 188 cr
- Ram Leela (Romance) – 111 cr
- Average – 211.2 cr (+66 cr)
2014:
- PK (Social drama / comedy) – 350 cr (expected)
- Kick (Action) – 233 cr
- Happy New Year (Comedy/Action-Heist) – 205 cr
- Bang Bang (Action) – 181 cr
- Singham Returns (Action) – 140 cr
- Average – 221.8 cr (+10.6 cr)
Most successful genres
- Action – 31
- Drama – 30
- Comedy – 29
- Romance – 17
- Thriller – 4
- Superhero – 3
- Sports – 2
- Horror – 1
Most successful actors (number of films in Top 5)
- Shahrukh Khan – 17 (out of a total of 27 films since 2000)
- Salman Khan – 12 (37 films)
- Akshay Kumar – 12 (58 films)
- Hrithik Roshan – 10 (20 films)
- Aamir Khan – 8 (12 films)
- Ajay Devgn – 6 (57 films)
- Abhishek Bachchan – 6 (42 films)
- Sanjay Dutt – 6 (52 films)
- Saif Ali Khan – 3 (28 films)
- Ranbir Kapoor – 3 (11 films)
- Amitabh Bachchan – 3
- Sunny Deol – 3
Actors with most number of ‘highest grosser of the year’ since 2000
- Aamir Khan – 4 movies (Ghajini, 3 Idiots, Dhoom 3, PK)
- Salman Khan – 4 movies (No Entry, Dabangg, Bodyguard, Ek Tha Tiger)
- Hrithik Roshan – 3 movies (Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai, Koi Mil Gaya, Dhoom 2)
- Shahrukh Khan – 3 movies (Devdas, Veer Zaara, Om Shanti Om)
- Sunny Deol – 1 movie (Gadar Ek Prem Katha)
to be the actor with 4 times highest grosser of the year and topping the list having done just 12 films since 2000….its truly incredible – Aamir Khan
Every king likes to be……the king ashoka…..same every year all actors to like to be shah rukh khan……..the kings of all small actors…..shah rukh king…….
Aamir khan- The game changer, The pride of India. Love you guru, The true living legend.
@Aamir Maniac Srk didn’t had even a single release in 2009.Even in 2010 he had done only one movie which was a non-commercial movie but still it found a place in the top 5.Please stop posting such stupid comments.
@babaji what the fishy you talking man, yes @aman reply to your comment was not so good but you responded too badly.What happen to hrithik to sign bang bang,dhoom 2 or say Agneepath.Was hr not behind money for that time.There was nothing bad for Aamir to do dhoom 3, yes a franchise factor was there but it also was a challenge to do that dual role, whether he success or not is other thing and the collection speak for itself dude and if you see ghajini that also was illogical but when any actor sign an action masala film it bound to be illogical.Movies like dhoom2,bang bang or holiday weren’t logically correct man.
Yes Aamir has less hit but he also had 5 atbb and 6 highest grosser in a year, akki has none and hr also since dhoom 2.So why to degrade in that poor way.I can except these kind of language from any other akki fans but wasn’t expected from you.
@Challa if MNIK was non commercial.. then what was talaash… King Kong coming after two years n gives… khan… from the epiglottis… dont forget MNIK had so many things going for it.. srk-kajol after so long.. Big Production… Hit Director… fultu promotion.. still no 100 cr.. accept the facts dude.. if you still say.. pls all hail the king….. kong.. :p
@Kshitij Daruwala AKA Babaji Ka Thulli, let that 60 cr club lone actor give 70 cr hit. that 60 cr club actor’s christmas release TMK was a FUSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS at the box office. 60 cr club actor has not given any blockbusters apart from some multistarrers like welcome. LOL. let him come close to his RR’s lifetime record. forget that, he is still struggling to break opening day record of prabhu deva’s directorial. LOL. 60 cr club fans’s 60 kodis excuses. TOO MUCH FUN.
@Babaji Ka Thulli, what do you mean that hrithik dominated aamir and salman before 2008? mind it, that jaadoo boy always relied on rakesh uncle’s shoulders. what was jadoo boy without guddu papa?????????? all his blockbusters were with his papa’s jadoo toy or john abhishek uday created dhoom brand. mind it. dhoom became a brand even with it’s flop starcast like abhishek, john and uday. no one expected dhoom to become a hit. but it became a big hit and was the 4th highest grosser of the year. so, dhoom 2’s credit doen’t go to hrithik alone. ha ha ha. except his papa’s films, ala his solo films tanked or underperformed. how did he dominate aamir and salman???????????? don’t act like a child.
and how dare you to compare that 60 cr club small actor akki with 250 cr club megastar aamir??? don’t you think your brain is smaller than a 5 years old child???? akki has done more than 110 films in his flop career out of which he has barely 2 blockbusters, of which one was multistarrer. most of his hits were multistarrers and has 0 All time Blockbuster. and you are comparing him with founder of 100 cr club, 200 cr club, 250 cr club and soon to be 300 cr club????????? LOL on your tiny brain. that 60 cr club small actor is still struggling to break the opening day record of prabhu deva’s rowdy rathod. lol.
srk is nothing but just a typical romantic hero. he can never take aamir’s place. aamir is versatile, can play any roles with ease, srk can only do rona dhona and haklana, overacting in all his movies. shame on this kind of actor’s brainless fans.
@Indicine, some corrections needed, tere naam was the third highest grosser of 2003, TZP was the fourth highest grosser of 2007 and ready was the second highest grosser of 2011.
@Suchit, Tere Naam collected Rs 14 cr. It opened well, but didn’t do well in the long run. Ra One (including all versions) collected more than Ready.
@suchit, sky,aman,ab nagative, if amir release 4 film per year then all film become flop but akki still give HIT.
What about Dil chahata hai,RDB,3idiot,Talash,D3 and recently release PK?isn’t it multistarer movie?
Akki have done 100 over. so what yours problem? Can Amir give 4 hit per year?
@Ab positive I think u haven’t seen Srk movies like baazigar,swades,don,chak de. Were all these movies romantic. Aamir is a great actor but one more factor working in his favour he has brilliant script choosing sense.
Ab positive u are a complete idiot.
@akon belly dance yes.Akki did 4 hit back to back in 2007 but he also failed to give a single hit in 2009 with 5 films.There are many actor in past who used to give hit in a particular year.Rajesh Khanna given 15 hits in 3 years.Dharmedra had given 6 hit in single year.Big b also did in 1979 4 hit films.But no actor had given 5 atbb in history of cinema,4 all time grosser ever.I agree that there are many Aamir fans bashing akki here but its not like that we started it.You just go back in pk articles before it released there are many like @ajinkya,@akki Katrina etc bashed Aamir.You support akki so we did for Aamir.And what Aamir did is definitely historic and happen only once in history of Indian cinema.
@AamirManiac MNIK was still an all time blockbuster in overseas and the fifth highest grosser in India in the respective year.I have been writing nice things about PK since I loved it but why are you forcing me to bash Aamir whom I respect a lot.
Wait n watch i honestly feels next 15 year top 3 Battle between only sallu aamir n hr because srk charm is not constant like darr ddlj kkhh vz Swadesh kal ho na ho , devdas etc now he became businessman only cricket n aaur dancing n weddings he losing now hard for srk fans but true quality loose
@babaji ka lota
LOL I think I don’t have to reply to you anymore as other Aamir fans have replied in a nice way.
My only motive was to show everyone what a big hypocrite and closet Aamir hater you are…sorry to turn you into a cry baby for that!
LOL you even blame BOI for HR’s average performance…hahahah enough said
@other akki fans
If you harp that akki has given 4 hits in one year and challenge Aamir to do similarly then remember one thing that Aamir does only one movie a year and that movie collects more than akki’s 4 so-called hits…think over it
@AB POSITIVE WHICH PLACE OF AMIR HAVE TO TAKE SRK ??? DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT SRK ACHIVE ???AMIR RESTART HIS CAREER WITH GHAJINI AND START TO COMPETE WITH SRK…TILL GHAJINI SRK HAVE 2 ATBB 5 BB 4 SUPER HIT AND 8 HITS (1992-2008) while amir have QSQT DIL RH LAGAAN RDB TZP FANAA (1989-2008) AND THEN AMIR S FORTUNE CHANGE AND GIVE 3I D3 AND PK so relax and enjoy the pk success
@sarumans disciple 7:17pm 3rd Jan 2015
Nobody instigates anyone as much as you do old man what with your treacherous dirty tricks and backstabbing shenanigans so spare us the crocidile tears about users instigating you as we all know you only said those horrible things coz you really mean them. Your heart is black n your words are also black- empty n meaningless.
Your jaadoo boy in Dhoom 4…. Well he was in his Dhoom avatar in Bong Bong and with 5 holidays in first week he didnt exactly set the boxoffice on fire like Aamirs Dhoom 3 did the Christmas the yr before. Only thing Jaadoo boy set on fire was nipun kumars typewriter as the poor thing couldnt keep upto pace with his manipulative review trying to save bong bong before self destructing.
Stop bashing Dhoom 3- you village idiot from bhojpur you know nothing about a good script and yet you want to say Jaadoo boy picked a good script like Agony Path- It was a remake of a flop movie just like Knight n Day was too- only difference between those 2 flops and Jaadoo boys subsequent remakes was that Amit Jis performance became ICONIC whilst our Jaadoo boy shivered constantly throughout Agony Path bcoz he knew deep down he wasnt even good enough to reprise Mithuns role let alone Big Bs role. Aamirs performance in Dhoom 3 brought audiences back repeatedly if we all say script was poor- it wasnt the Dhoom brand- that gave it an opening- repeat value came from Aamir- something Jaadoo boy will never experience as no self respecting movie goer will want to endure the eyesore that is epic shivering n massive explosions inside his nostrils where mosquitoes are still held captive…!
@rasputins thullu 7:17pm 3rd Jan 2015
Nobody instigates anyone as much as you do old man what with your treacherous dirty tricks and backstabbing shenanigans so spare us the crocidile tears about users instigating you as we all know you only said those horrible things coz you really mean them. Your heart is black n your words are also black- empty n meaningless.
Your jaadoo boy in Dhoom 4…. Well he was in his Dhoom avatar in Bong Bong and with 5 holidays in first week he didnt exactly set the boxoffice on fire like Aamirs Dhoom 3 did the Christmas the yr before. Only thing Jaadoo boy set on fire was nipun kumars typewriter as the poor thing couldnt keep upto pace with his manipulative review trying to save bong bong before self destructing.
Stop bashing Dhoom 3- you village idiot from bhojpur you know nothing about a good script and yet you want to say Jaadoo boy picked a good script like Agony Path- It was a remake of a flop movie just like Knight n Day was too- only difference between those 2 flops and Jaadoo boys subsequent remakes was that Amit Jis performance became ICONIC whilst our Jaadoo boy shivered constantly throughout Agony Path bcoz he knew deep down he wasnt even good enough to reprise Mithuns role let alone Big Bs role. Aamirs performance in Dhoom 3 brought audiences back repeatedly if we all say script was poor- it wasnt the Dhoom brand- that gave it an opening- repeat value came from Aamir- something Jaadoo boy will never experience as no self respecting movie goer will want to endure the eyesore that is epic shivering n massive explosions inside his nostrils where mosquitoes are still held captive…!
What problem indicine you have with me living your side
@Akon belly, LOL. Keep dreaming. Giving excuses won’t work. Akki has the record of most numbers of disasters in his career. If Aamir would do multiple films, still they would become clean hits. Don’t try to make fool of your self. And duffer, PK isnnot multi starred movie. Even dhoom 3 should not be considered as multi starter, because abhishek and uday are flop actors and they had nothing special in dhoom 3 and dhoom 3 was ATBB only because of Aamir, not because of abhishek or uday. So get some life.
@Sem, what do you mean Aamir’s career took turn in 2008??? Aamir has least number of flops and disasters as compared to sarookh. Srk can never play 3 idiots’s rancho, ghajini’s Sanjay singhania, TZP’s ram Shankar nikumbh, PK, dhoom 3’s sahir and summar, RDB’s DJ, all he can do is romancing his daughter aged women with his bizarre overacting. Don’t even dare to compare that average or overact or Srk with greatest actor and biggest megastar Aamir. Mind it.
@indicine in 2006, according to you, RDB had grossed 52 cr and so should be above don
http://www.indicine.com/movies/bollywood/aamir-khan-the-rising/
It is a real fact is bollywood asli badshah is only one aamir khan he id proved by pk
east or west aamir is a best.
@challa Thats what Aamir is all abt. He commands respect fm everyone. Sad, its not d case with other actors. So without digressing from the point, the fact remains that ajay devgn had a 100 cr grosser even before d loser.. sounds gud.. :’D.. btw ajay devgan deserves it.. he is a super actor.. respect
@Indicine, OK fine but, what about TZP???? it was 4th highest grosser of 2007 and was ahead of partner. please correct it.
AB POSITIVE box office records clearly suggest that amir rise with ghajini 1988-2008 amir what achieved known by all so as after 2009…what amir did with 3i d3 pk lagaan that srk did with darr baazigar ddlj mnik cdi so relax…checkout boxoffice bcoz how good movies you do lyk jjws sarfarosh dch hhrpk aaa if bo num and verdict r not with you then u cant complan…these case was never with srk as he consistantly giving bo num & verdict from 1992-2014…srk is not the one iz a span superstar…whose tym comes in a span 2009-14 ….srk iz srk MIND IT
@indicine stop calling tere naam a failure.I agree it wasn’t a big hit but stil it performed decently at d bo.u really hv to stop colecting box office verdicts of old hits from that boi.when the entire media has remembered films like hera pheri,dch,khajee,black,tere naam,parineeta,hum hai rahi pyaar ke as hits then who r u to call them avg or failures!!!
u r doing a great job for films post 2008 and all ur verdicts match with wat media and public is saying about those films but for old films u r very poor bcz instead of following the media u hv taken verdicts of old films from that boi.
ur website is doing everything perfect but by giving wrong verdicts to past hits u r ruining ur name.plz use ur brain while giving verdicts to old hits instead of just copying boi.plz correct the verdicts of the old hits.
thank u
@indicine stop calling tere naam,dhkmn etc a failure.I agree it wasn’t a big hit but stil it performed decently at d bo.u really hv to stop collecting box office verdicts of old hits from that boi.when the entire media has remembered films like hera pheri,dch,khajee,black,tere naam,parineeta,hum hai rahi pyaar ke as hits then who r u to call them avg or failures!!!
u r doing a great job for films post 2008 and all ur verdicts match with wat media and public is saying about those films but for old films u r very poor bcz instead of following the media u hv taken verdicts of old films from that boi.
ur website is doing everything perfect but by giving wrong verdicts to past hits u r ruining ur name.plz use ur brain while giving verdicts to old hits instead of just copying boi.plz correct the verdicts of the old hits.
I admire u for giving the correct hit verdicts to bang bang,haider and mardaani last yr which were termed just avg or semi hit by boi.so when u cn give ur own verdicts to new films which always matches with media and public perception about those mvz then y do u copy verdicts from boi for old films???
plz gv a reply.
thank u
@Sem you duffer, srk has way more flops than aamir. aamir is clearly far ahead of srk in success ratio. you better mind it. just being a king on papers doesn’t make anyone king. king is someone who shows the world by action and aamir takes action. look at the list of top 10 worldwide than talk to me.
I love my hrithik because l am a super fan of him.