Now that Sidharth Malhotra’s Kapoor & Sons, Arjun Kapoor’s Ki & Ka and Shah Rukh Khan’s FAN are nearing the end of their runs, we are updating the list of Top Actors in Bollywood. We also highlight how the domestic box office is quickly becoming a two-man industry, because they (Aamir and Salman) are the ones who are holding the big festive dates.
Since there are no major releases in May, the next update will be after the release of Housefull 3. Tiger Shroff won’t be included because the minimum number of films to qualify is 3.
Some points:
- 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.
- 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 2016
Rank 1 Aamir Khan: The domestic box office for Bollywood has now become a two-man industry with Aamir and Salman dominating it. They are the only two actors to deliver 300 crore plus grossers and the contribution of their last 5 films is more than Rs 1000 crore – which also means, they average more than 200 crore per film! The rest have a lot of catching up to do, both in terms of major grossers and the hold over the major festive weekends – Eid, Diwali and Christmas – which is going to be crucial to sustain their stardom and aura in the next few years.
- PK – 341 cr
- Dhoom 3 - 285 cr
- Talaash - 93 cr
- 3 Idiots - 202 cr
- Ghajini - 116 cr
- Next film - Dangal (Christmas 2016)
- Total - 1037 crore (Average per film: 207.4 cr)
Rank 2 Salman Khan: The megastar is at the peak of his super-stardom and the fact that he does more films than Aamir, gives him an edge over his ‘perfectionist’ friend. His next big release is ‘Sultan’, which would have to collect Rs 159 crore or more, for Salman to top the ranking once again. Unless the film disappoints big time content-wise, Rs 160 crore could possibly be the first week collections of the Ali Abbas Zafar directed film – i.e assuming it gets a solo release.
- Prem Ratan Dhan Payo – 213 cr (including regional versions)
- Bajrangi Bhaijaan – 321 cr
- Kick - 233 cr
- Jai Ho - 112 cr
- Dabangg 2 - 154 cr
- Next film – Sultan (Eid 2016)
- Total – 1033 crore (Average per film: 206.6 cr)
Rank 3 Shah Rukh Khan: FAN has been a major disappointment at the box office, because of which an outstandingly consistent career is showing signs of slowing down. His fan-following is still one of the biggest, because the opening day of a songless film like ‘FAN’ was still close to Rs 20 crore net on Day 1. Happy New Year was record-breaking and Dilwale was huge too. But it’s the neutral audience that aren’t coming out in big numbers to watch his films. His choice of films has disappointed a lot of people, which is obvious from the fact that his last few films have all carried mixed to negative word-of-mouth.
With uncertainty around the release date of his next film Raees, it remains to be seen if Shah Rukh can come back strongly with the Rahul Dholakia directed film. Shah Rukh currently averages 157 crore per film.
- FAN – 85 cr (expected)
- Dilwale – 148 cr
- Happy New Year – 204 cr
- Chennai Express - 227 crore
- Jab Tak Hai Jaan - 121 cr
- Next film – Raees (still officially scheduled for Eid)
- Total – 785 crore (Average per film: 157 cr)
Rank 4 Hrithik Roshan. The gap between Shah Rukh and Hrithik is at its lowest. Assuming that Raees releases after Mohenjo Daro, the Hrithik Roshan film would have to collect Rs 145 crore or more for Hrithik to beat SRK at the domestic box office. While the gap between the Top 2 and the rest has widened, the gap between No 3 and No 4 has narrowed quite significantly after the release of Dilwale and FAN.
Hrithik’s average of 134 crore is fantastic and comparable to the Khans even though he doesn’t always get to release his films during Eid, Diwali or Christmas.
- Bang Bang – 181 cr
- Krrish 3 - 244 cr
- Agneepath - 122 cr
- Zindagi Naa Milegi Dobara - 93 cr
- Guzaarish - 32 cr
- Next film – Mohenjo Daro (August 12)
- Total - 672 cr (Average per film: 134.4 cr)
Rank 5 Ranveer Singh: One film called Bajirao Mastani has changed Ranveer Singh’s life. From a career that appeared to be faltering after the release of Kill Dil, Ranveer has risen from Rank 10 to the Top 5, not only beating stalwarts like Akshay Kumar and Ajay Devgn, but also overtaking Varun Dhawan. His next film is a biggie too, Aditya Chopra’s Befikre. Ranveer is also the youngest star to make it to the Top 5, probably the first after Hrithik Roshan.
While it would be difficult for Ranveer to beat Hrithik in the next couple of years, the next target for Ranveer will be to average 100 crore for his last 5 films. For that, Befikre has to collect Rs 126 crore or more.
- Bajirao Mastani – 187 cr
- Dil Dhadakne Do – 77 cr
- Kill Dil – 32 cr
- Gunday – 78 cr
- Ram Leela - 115 cr
- Next film - Befikre (December 9)
- Total Collections – 489 cr (Average per film: 97.8 cr)
Rank 6 Akshay Kumar: Airlift has lifted Akshay Kumar from the 8th to the 6th spot and with a big film like Housefull 3 scheduled to release during the Post-IPL period, Akshay is all set to make a comeback to the Top 5. Housefull 3 has to collect 105 crore or more for Akshay to beat Ranveer and a highly unrealistic Rs 290 crore for Akshay to surpass Hrithik.
- Airlift – 128 crore
- Singh Is Bling – 88 crore
- Brothers – 83 crore
- Gabbar Is Back – 86 crore
- Baby – 96 crore
- Next film - Housefull 3 (June 3)
- Total Collections: 481 cr (Average per film: 96.2 cr)
Rank 7 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 disastrous 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. Tamasha looked like a winner because it was an Imtiaz Ali film starring Deepika Padukone as the female lead, even that has failed. Nothing seems to be working for Ranbir. His next release is Karan Johar’s Ae Dil Hai Mushkil.
- Tamasha – 66 crore
- Bombay Velvet – 24 crore
- Besharam - 57 crore
- Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani - 188 crore
- Barfi! - 106 cr
- Next film – Ae Dil Hai Mushkil (Diwali)
- Total - 441 cr (Average per film: 88.2 cr)
Rank 8 Varun Dhawan: Another young actor who is not only appearing in 2-3 movies every year, but has made a name for himself in just 3 years. The trade loves him too - all his films have opened well at the box office, none have failed and his solo-lead film ABCD 2 was his first 100 crore grosser. He has now become a serious challenger to Ranbir Kapoor and should easily surpass him with the release of Dishoom in July. Dishoom would have to collect just Rs 60 crore or more for Varun to go one step ahead in the ranking and beat Ranbir.
- Dilwale – 148 cr
- ABCD 2 – 105 cr
- Badlapur – 52 cr
- Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania – 77 cr
- Main Tera Hero - 54 cr
- Next film – Dishoom (July 29)
- Total Collections – 436 cr (Average per film: 87.2 cr)
Rank 9 Ajay Devgn: Drishyam did fairly well at the box office, but business was affected by Bajrangi Bhaijaan and Baahubali. When the film was gaining momentum, Brothers released and made a huge dent on the business of Drishyam. It would have probably collected a lot more than it did, had the makers timed the release better. Ajay has big films in the form of Shivaay, Baadshaho and Sons Of Sardaar in the next 2 years. He is making a shift from medium budget to big budget films and if this move clicks, he has every chance of making it to the Top 5. Currently, his average is poor for a well-established star.
- Drishyam – 73 cr
- Action Jackson – 57 cr
- Singham Returns - 140 cr
- Satyagraha – 58 cr
- Himmatwala - 46 cr
- Next film – Shivaay (Diwali)
- Total: 374 cr (Average per film: 74.8 cr)
Rank 10 Sidharth Malhotra: Kapoor & Sons has done well at the box office, but hasn’t helped Sidharth edge out of Ajay. The actor’s next release ‘Baar Baar Dekho’ has to collect 81 crore or more for Sidharth to go one up in the ranking. However, for an actor who has only done 5 films, Rs 73 crore per film is a fantastic average to have. His only failure is a big budget film like ‘Brothers’, which also had a big star like Akshay Kumar.
- Kapoor & Sons – 73 crore
- Brothers – 83 cr
- Ek Villain - 103 cr
- Hasee Toh Phasee - 35 cr
- Student Of The Year - 70 cr
- Next film – Baar Baar Dekho (September 9)
- Total Collections – 364 cr (Average per film: 72.8 cr)
Rank 11 Arjun Kapoor: Tevar tanked, but Arjun Kapoor has comeback strongly with Ki and Ka, which was a niche film that was well-promoted and opened very well too. It has helped him go up from Rank 12 to 11. Arjun’s average of 62 crore per film (last 5 films) is fantastic too, considering the fact that it includes an off-beat film like Finding Fanny. Half Girlfriend, based on Chetan Bhagat’s novel with the same title, is a biggie. If it does as well as 2 States, it’ll take him higher up in the ranking.
- Ki and Ka – 54 cr
- Tevar – 40 cr
- Finding Fanny – 36 cr
- 2 States - 102 cr
- Gunday - 78 cr
- Next film - Half Girlfriend (April 28 2017)
- Total Collections – 310 cr (Average per film: 62 cr)
Rank 12 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. Farhan has Rock On 2 lined up for release later this year. It would have to collect just 36 crore or more, for Farhan to reclaim his position that he lost to Arjun.
- Wazir – 40 cr
- Shaadi Ke Side Effects – 38 cr
- Bhaag Milkha Bhaag – 104 cr
- Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara – 93 cr
- Karthik Calling Karthik - 27 cr
- Next Film - Rock On 2 (November 11)
- Total Collections – 302 cr (Average per film: 60.4 cr)
Rank 13 Saif Ali Khan: Phantom didn’t work even though it was directed by Kabir Khan and Happy Ending was one of the biggest disasters of 2014. Saif is currently going through the worst phase of his career.
- Phantom – 53 cr
- Happy Ending – 22 cr
- Humshakals - 63 cr
- Bullet Raja- 36 cr
- Race 2 - 102 cr
- Next film – Rangoon (September 30)
- Total - 276 cr (Average per film: 55.2 cr)
Rank 14 Shahid Kapoor: Just when Shahid Kapoor’s career was taking a upward turn with films like R.. Rajkumar and Haider, his much-awaited film ‘Shaandaar’ turned out to be one of the biggest disappointments of 2015. It opened well, but wrapped up with lifetime collections of less than 45 crore. With the trade losing both hope and patience in a extremely talented actor like Shahid, he awaits the release of Udta Punjab. What does he need to do, to get that one film that will turn things around for him? A film like Bajirao Mastani or even a ABCD 2, for example. He doesn’t lack in the talent department, but actors who made their debuts nearly a decade after him, have raced past him in no time at all.
For Shahid to go past Saif, Udta Punjab has to collect Rs 72 crore or more.
- Shaandaar – 43 cr
- Haider – 58 cr
- R.. Rajkumar - 65 cr
- Phata Poster Nikhla Hero - 39 cr
- Teri Meri Kahaani - 29 cr
- Next film - Udta Punjab (June 11)
- Total Collections – 234 cr (Average per film: 46.8 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. The genre that seems to be working today is biopics and Emraan will be seen in a film based on controversial cricketer Mohammad Azharuddin – which has to collect Rs 124 crore or more in India for Emraan to beat Shahid.
- Hamari Adhuri Kahani – 38 cr
- Mr X – 25 cr
- Ungli – 21 cr
- Raja Natwarlal – 27 cr
- Ghanchakkar - 39 cr
- Next film - Azhar biopic (May 13)
- Total collections – 150 cr (Average per film: 30 cr)
Top 15 Actor Round Up:
- Aamir Khan - 1037 crore (207.4 crore per film)
- Salman Khan - 1033 crore (206.6 crore per film)
- Shah Rukh Khan - 785 crore (157 crore per film)
- Hrithik Roshan – 672 crore (134.4 crore per film)
- Ranveer Singh - 489 crore (97.8 crore per film)
- Akshay Kumar - 481 crore (96.2 crore per film)
- Ranbir Kapoor - 441 crore (88.2 crore per film)
- Varun Dhawan - 436 crore (87.2 crore per film)
- Ajay Devgn - 374 crore (74.8 crore per film)
- Sidharth Malhotra - 364 crore (72.8 crore per film)
- Arjun Kapoor - 310 crore (62 crore per film) Up from 12 to 11.
- Farhan Akhtar - 302 crore (60.4 crore per film) Down from 11 to 12.
- Saif Ali Khan - 276 crore (55.2 crore per film)
- Shahid Kapoor - 234 crore (46.8 crore per film)
- Emraan Hashmi - 150 crore (30 crore per film)
Look at ajays movies business.
In those 5 only one franchise release movie singham returns have done more then 60 crs trade figures. It’s really shameful for an actor who is working for 25 years.
Nd I am not liking hrithik roshan’s krish 3 nd bang bang collections on your list .
Current top 3 superstars based on collection nd popularity – Salman Amir Akshay.
Even Akshays negative reviewed brothers collection is equal to srks positive reviewed FAN. You Yourself can make an idea of srks current status .
Perfect rankings..Perfect article ?
Salman on top
@ ARJUN YOUNGISTAAN FAN at 3:03 pm : Nice comment.
He has done fine movies like Swadesh, Paheli and even Fan (at least for me) but they flopped and even superb movies like MNIK and CDI were his biggest hits. And then he does lousy movies like HNY and Dilwale and just a good movie CE which become his top 3 grossers ever.
He needs to find scripts which can give him both i.e. big hits as well as critical acclaim. He hasnt done that well till yet. Hoping Raees and the Anand Rai movie will turn the tables for him.
Thats where I have utmost respect for Amir who I feel is the only actor who has an unbelievable skill of selecting the right scripts. SRK is as good an actor Amir is and once SRK was the bigger star easily but Amir has gone ahead of him mainly due to his amazing sense of selecting the right script. I dont know how Amir makes it so easy but he is truly amazing in that area.
Even Salman has only movie BB otherwise all movies have been masala and below average movies (except for Dabang which I enjoyed as much as CE).
All SRK needs is to deliver 1 to 2 universally accepted movies like PK or BB and then again he can move up where he belongs. Easier said than done but hoping for the best with Raees and Anand Rai movie.
Hrithik will crash in his rankings. Mohenjodaro will be a disaster, Rustom will beat it badly.
Comparison b/w Khans…u are as good as ur last Friday as trade says…
Comparison b/w Khans acc to BOI
Last 5 films of Aamir in India
PK – 338cr
Dhoom3 – 275 including regional
Talaash – 92
3i – 202cr
Ghajini – 114
Toal = 1021cr real figures
Salman
PRDP – 192
BB – 314
Kick – 212
Jai ho – 108
D2 – 148
Total – 974cr
Srk –
Fan – 85
Dilwale – 140
HNY – 178
JTHJ – 101
Don2 – 103
Total – 607cr
that line by indicine ‘Hrithik’s average of 134 crore is fantastic and comparable to the Khans even though he doesn’t always get to release his films during Eid, Diwali or Christmas.’ made my day
@Housefull 3 Fever :-
Its not about whether Mohenjo daro will cross Airlift, the question is will Mohenjo Daro cross Airlift in 5 days or 6?
@arjunkapoorfan if u removed hny and ce from srk’s list bec these are masala movies so u must remove all actors masala movies also! remove ghajini and d3 from aamir’s and all salman movies after 2010 exept bb .. u will get a good answer, its not make sense that sombody consider masala jenre just for srk’s Success ! also remove agneepath and fake col of k3
The overall total collections of movie matters the most and it is were aamir leads..so aamir deserves to be on top ?
Ak, AD &HR all 3 hv potential for their movies to do big if they get the chance to release their films on festivals. Note-worthy wen 1 khan get seprated frm festival or clashed on festival, see he is strugglng to find a suitable date to release hs nxt.
@ indicine- it is your own model to judge every stars power but it isn’t 100% correct method because Salman and akshay do more movies than Amir and hrithik so obviously audience take less intrest in former stars. you shoud consider a time period too in this model, i mean choose only last five years movies of each stars and give skip to those who don’t have any release one year.
@NIKHIL yea ,average verdict of last top 5 movies would be better because Khan’s release their movies only on festivals nd 2nd their budget is also higher because they shoot their one film for 4 to 5 month nd only one movie per year so automatically a movie gets good opening. So verdict would be better .
Shahrukh khan does very bad films .I think u all will agree with me.Arjun’s script choice is much better.
Hit like for Ki and Ka,2 states,Gunday
Hit dislike for Dilwale,HNY,Chennai express
Comparison b/w Khans acc to BOI
Last 5 films of Aamir in Overseas
PK – 47m$
Dhoom3 – 34m$
Talaash – 9m$
3i – 26m$
Ghajini – 8m$
Toal = 124m$
Salman
PRDP – 14m$
BB – 27m$
Kick – 11m$
Jai ho – 5m$
D2 – 8m$
Total – 65m$
Srk –
Fan – 10m$ expected
Dilwale – 26m$
HNY – 16m$
JTHJ – 13m$
Don2 – 11m$
Total = 77m$
Total – 607cr
You forgot to add #ROY in ranbir’s list . Ranbir himself called ROY as his film ,it should be added.
@agan:
We know you are a “content rich movie maker” global king’s fan. No need to behave like a Bhai fan to create troubles between we Megastars’ fans..
After mohenjodaro release Hrithik will surpass our global king and occupy the third position..!
@HERO Good joke! Even Salman and Aamir didn’t make 750 till now and u’re predicting 1000 Cr for tik tik Roshan WITH CLASH?
In case u’re talking about total collections of all movies, his movies already crossed 1000 Cr.
@indicine- if u cant include Roy
then u should also not include Dilwale in Varun Dhawan
Amir is class apart. All his releases were very well recieved.
Salman is a megastar but liked only BB of his last 5.
Srk overrated . non of his last 5 releases were even average in terms of content .
Nice to see akki moving upward . His last 5 releases were within an year and still averaging almost 100 crores is fantastic. i doubt if any of them can do so.
Ranvir is choosing some good movies which will consolidate his position further.
I want Ranbir to do well as he is an excellent actor. I loved his Tamasha.
Ajay might surprise with Shivaay.
akki sir make it at Rank 6 without and EDX release and give 4-5 films almost every year and films like baby and airlift are not made for BO numbers still they did good business at BO so it prove that he is real superstar
Comparison b/w Khans acc to BOI
Worldwide Business
Last 5 films of Aamir
PK – 741cr
Dhoom3 – 535cr
Talaash – 185cr
3i – 396cr
Ghajini – 192cr
Total = 2044cr
Salman last 5 films Worldwide
PRDP – 365
BB – 600
Kick – 350
Jai ho – 180
D2 – 250
Total – 1745cr
Srk last 5 films Worldwide
Fan – 180 expected
Dilwale – 370
HNY – 340
JTHJ – 210
Don2 – 200
Total – 1300cr
aamir himselfsaid he’s lead in dhobi ghat in aap ki adalat. also when varun plays supporting in dilwale it is considered but when ranbir plays it is not considered also siddarth’s brother is considered why this double standard indicine?????why???why???why???? just why??? i want an answer indicine …..i want an answer…..why indicine why?????why????why?????
Few are pridicting Mohenjodaro cross 200cr Lol its non holiday release plus clash with Rustom 100% confirmed i doubut if it cross even 140cr like bang bang
Aamir sir always no. 1 for his fans
Raees Eid 2016
Srk is Srk.. and he will always be…
If u consider movie on earning,then u r a nonsense… just make a list of great movies made by the Khan’s…
then the list will be
1)Amir Khan
2)shahrukh Khan
3)salman Khan (although 90% of his movies are shit and time wasting, nonsense & dumb)..
If u consider acting,character choice, then the list will be
1)Shahrukh Khan
2)Amir Khan
3)salman Khan (I did mention Khan’s, that’s why i include him otherwise never,because he doesn’t know acting)
Yuvraj – Arjun is saying the truth. Dont bash him for speaking truth.
For the nth time, why don’t you feature John Abraham. With Madras Cafe, Housefull 2, Shootout at Wadala & Welcome Back he averages over 50 Cr per movie.