After two articles that covered the Top 15 Actors in India and Top 8 Actors in the Overseas markets, we have the final analysis of the Top Bollywood Actors Worldwide.
Before we get down to the number game, we have the list of Top Actors in India and Top Bollywood Actors Overseas (click on the links to read the full article).
India Ranking as of September 2014 (in brackets the total collections of their last 5 films)
- 1. Salman Khan – 846 cr
- 2. Aamir Khan – 753 cr
- 3. Shahrukh Khan – 659 cr
- 4. Hrithik Roshan – 533 cr
- 5. Ranbir Kapoor – 466 cr
- 6. Ajay Devgn – 450 cr
- 7. Akshay Kumar – 379 cr
- 8. Sidharth Malhotra – 208 cr (3 films)
- 9. Varun Dhawan – 201 cr (3 films)
- 10. John Abraham – 332 cr
- 11. Saif Ali Khan – 322 cr
- 12. Arjun Kapoor – 252 cr (4 films)
- 13. Ranveer Singh – 280 cr
- 14. Emraan Hashmi – 218 cr
- 15. Shahid Kapoor – 200 cr
Overseas Ranking as of September 2014 (in brackets, overseas collections converted to Indian rupees i.e Rs 60.5 per dollar)
- 1. Shahrukh Khan – $77.18 million (? 467 cr)
- 2. Aamir Khan – $76.55 million (? 463 cr)
- 3. Salman Khan – $44.58 million (? 270 cr)
- 4. Hrithik Roshan – $29.83 million (? 180 cr)
- 5. Ranbir Kapoor – $25.83 million (? 156 cr)
- 6. Saif Ali Khan - $15.75 million (? 93 cr)
- 7. Ajay Devgn - $15.1 million (? 91 cr)
- 8. Akshay Kumar - $14.25 million (? 86 cr)
For the worldwide ranking, we decided to keep things simple. The net collections from India would be added to the gross overseas collections. Only the Top 8 established stars both in India and overseas would be considered. The rest would retain their India ranking in the worldwide list too.
Aamir Khan
Rank 1 Aamir Khan: Salman topped the India ranking list, while Shahrukh took the top spot overseas. But when the total collections from India and overseas are combined, Aamir emerges as the top star. On an average, each Aamir film collects about ? 244 crore worldwide!
- Dhoom 3 – 469 cr
- Talaash – 144 cr
- 3 Idiots – 360 cr
- Ghajini – 162 cr
- Taare Zameen Par – 82 cr
- Total – ? 1,217 cr (average ? 243.4 cr per film)
Shahrukh Khan and Salman Khan
Rank 2 Shahrukh Khan: Easily the most consistent star both in India and overseas, Shahrukh would probably top the list if more than 5 or career films are taken into account. He could also be the only star in the history of Indian Cinema whose films have consistently made an impact worldwide in the last 15 years or so. But with films like Dhoom 3 and 3 Idiots, Aamir has overtaken him by a margin of 18 crore per film. Will the gap widen after the release of PK? Or will Happy New Year go on to be an all time grosser worldwide?
- Chennai Express - 341 cr
- Jab Tak Hai Jaan – 202 cr
- Don 2 – 180 cr
- Ra. One – 191 cr
- My Name Is Khan – 212 cr
- Total - ? 1,126 cr (average ? 225.2 cr per film)
Rank 3 Salman Khan: Leads by a huge margin in India, but not quite in the league of Aamir and Shahrukh overseas, Salman ranks at No 3 worldwide. The gap between him and his arch-rival Shahrukh Khan is just ? 2.2 cr per film! Infact, there is very little in it between the Khans, who are by far the most popular Bollywood actors in the world. It would take something very special from Ranbir or Hrithik to match up to the three legends of Indian Cinema who turn 50 next year!
- Kick - 302 cr
- Jai Ho – 149 cr
- Dabangg 2 – 211 cr
- Ek Tha Tiger – 262 cr
- Bodyguard – 191 cr
- Total - ? 1,115 cr (average ? 223 cr per film)
Rank 4 Hrithik Roshan: Hrithik should significantly increase the average collections of his last 5 films as his upcoming October release Bang Bang would replace one of his career’s biggest disasters Kites. He retains his fourth spot.
- Krrish 3 - 297 cr
- Agneepath – 157 cr
- Zindagi Naa Milegi Dobara – 134 cr
- Guzaarish - 49 cr
- Kites - 76 cr
- Total - ? 713 cr (average ? 142.6 cr per film)
Rank 5 Ranbir Kapoor: With two huge blockbusters, one critically acclaimed success and two failures, Ranbir, regarded by many as one of the best actors in the country, takes the 5th spot. Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani is his biggest worldwide blockbuster so far.
- Besharam - 77 cr
- Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani – 252 cr
- Barfi! – 145 cr
- Rockstar – 88 cr
- Anjaana Anjaani – 59 cr
- Total - ? 621 cr (average ? 124.2 cr per film)
Rank 6 Ajay Devgn: The huge success of Singham Returns has helped Ajay tremendously. He has gone past Akshay and also taken his average above 100 crore per film.
- Singham Returns – 167 cr (expected)
- Satyagraha – 77 cr
- Himmatwala - 53 cr
- Son of Sardaar - 119 cr
- Bol Bachchan – 126 cr
- Total - ? 542 cr (average ? 108.4 cr per film)
Rank 7 Akshay Kumar: The failure of OUATIMD hurt him big time. It was expected to be his first 200 crore grosser, instead it ended up as his least worldwide grosser. The combined business of OUATIMD in India and overseas is less than Boss! His June release Holiday: A Soldier is never off duty collected 138 cr worldwide.
- Entertainment – 87 cr
- Holiday: A Soldier Is Never Off Duty – 138 cr
- Boss – 76 cr
- Once Upon Ay Time In Mumbaai Dobaara – 74 cr
- Special 26 – 86 cr
- Total - ? 461 cr (average ? 92.2 cr per film)
Rank 8 Saif Ali Khan: His romantic comedies have done well, but his most recent release ‘Humshakals’ was a failure worldwide. Race 2 is his biggest grosser to date.
- Humshakals - 79 cr
- Bullet Raja- 42 cr
- Race 2 - 141 cr
- Cocktail - 102 cr
- Agent Vinod - 54 cr
- Total - ? 418 cr (average ? 83.6 cr per film)
Note: Worldwide Total = India net + overseas gross. Entertainment taxes has been deducted from India business.
domestic king – Salman
overseas king – srk
worldwide king – aamir
it proves that aamir is legend of Bollywood.
he is Mr perfectionist.
salman is shahenshah of Bollywood.
love u salman and aamir.
So the Khans are leading….!!!
I hope Hrithik will give them tough competition in next few years…also his guzaarish n kites will replaced..so he will definitely climb up…
Hrithik, SRK & Aamir all will increase their averages by the end of this year . Also I think 2015 will be good for Akshay kumar.
Hrithik Roshan is coming
If u considered the whole career of 3 khans in terms of worldwide gross thn no doubt SRK is in top
Shahrukh Khan’s stardom can never be matched by the other two Khans.
He is a phenomenon who took Bollywood to a a whole new level.
20 years of consistency. Haters, take that and cry every night.
good list..
in india salman is no doubt at number one right now..though consistency wise srk aamir are ahead than salman but recent form of last 5 years belongs to salman..
in overseas as per top 2 grosser aamir is first but as per consistency srk is on top..
this list easily shows that top 3 khans are much more ahead than likes of ajay akshay hrithik..
they are clearly ruling the boxoffice for last 25 years now..
hatts off..
this year,,without any doubt pk hny and bangbang will put huge numbers..
list will be interesting after release of pk..
SRK doesnt deserve to be on 2rd position. H cannot give hit without big factors.
Don 2 sequel of big brand did 102 crore on Christmas with 3 free weeks! And MNIK did only 71 crore.
Hrithik and SRK should be in Top. I dont care about others. Both Bang Bang and Happy new year will touch 40 cr day 1. After PK flops, Aamir will disappear.
It is impossible for other actors to match the stardom like The Khans have.
The biggest superstars that india has ever produced.
srk and aamir’s most of the film’s are from big production house so their overseas collections is bigger then Salman
Akki will definitely climb up…his past few failures will be out…
He has the best lineup among all…
Films like baby,gabbar,airlift,brothers should do well.
In Bollywood, SRK is the limit.
He has set the benchmark which every actor is chasing.
after Fan and Raees, SRK will retain his top spot in india, overseas and worldwide
The main motive of Salman & Aamir fans is to criticize SRK, because they know their idol can’t match up to the benchmarks set by SRK!
Assuming both Happy New Year and PK collect 325 cr and Bang Bang collects 250 cr worldwide.. the ranking would look like this at end of 2014..
1. Aamir 1460 cr (292 cr per film)
2. SRK 1239 cr (248 cr per film)
3. Salman 1115 cr (223 cr per film)
4. Hrithik 887 cr (177 cr per film)
So Aamir will widen the gap and consolidate his position as top star. Gap between Salman and SRK will increase. Hrithik will also close gap between him and Khans and widen between him and Ranbir.
Interesting list Indicine. I will follow your analysis in future too.
Kites wasn’t a disaster!
BTW,in India,actors are ranked by BO!
I have to admit that srk is the most consistent among khans…
Aamir n Salman are just performing from their last 6-7 films,otherwise both were quite behind him…
Salman gave back-to-back five 100 crore films in India, They said.
SRK gave back-to-back five 200 crore grossers worldwide, They never Said.
SUPERB ARTICLE.
after PK aamir will take overseas 1st rank from srk.
bcoz popularity of aamir is increasing day by day.
he is ace of Bollywood.
legend khan and dabangg khan rocks all over.
Srk’s next HNY will do around 160-190 crore in India. Remember there is no Rohit to save him this time.
SRK without Rohit and Deepika- max 120 crore (Ra.one)
Rohit without SRK and Deepika- max 145 crore (Singham Returns)
Deepika without SRK and Rohit- max 180 crore (YJHD)
So now tell me indicine who is the winner srk or amir becoz if u say amir than if u have some hollywood movie knowledge than avatar was highest grossing movie but the leading actor can be at top the movie on the top becoz of brilliant script best vfx with great director and each cast and crue including lead actor but cradit goes to one person and i think you know that person.
Plz reply me if u don’t have answer than do not publise my comment.
@Indicine. Chennai express had crossed 400 CRORES worldwide. So how is it that u have put it at 341 CRORES.
@noam, even after mentioning the same point clearly twice, quite a few people havent understood.
India net (not gross) + overseas gross. The India gross will lead to more debates and questions, so we tried to make it as simple as possible.
@JS According to your logic
Finding fanny should collect at least 200 cr in India
150 cr in Overseas
If CE is ATBB Coz of Rohit And DP
Then What happened To Kochdiyan And Singham Returns??
Get a life Looser
Where the hell was your Bhabhijan Before Dabbang?
Oh yeah He Was giving ATBB like Veer, May Aur Mrs khanna, London dreams right
Tell Your Bhai to do one offbeat movie Then you’ll know his Stardom
What Happened to JAI HO? After Delivering 5 BB Why JAI HO is just Average Will You please explain?
Aamir hold rec for 6year salman hold7year nd fake king only 3month aamir salman rule
Oh no.Our king is at number 2 and we thought last 5 films of our king will be enough to become number 1 coz we thought our king is biggest star of the world and here he is behind his own country actor and now we 4 billion need to watch our kings movie hny in theaters otherwise what is the use of having 4 billion fans if we cant make our king number 1
@babaji srk is most consistent he may not deliver it to blockbuster. which aamir is giving back to back blockbuster from 2006 and Salman from 2010.
that’s why Salman and aamir gone ahead.
and if srk is most consistent then why he is not popular than Salman in India.
bcoz babaji 1 thing I must say Salman is a darling of masses like amitabh bachchan and rajnikant.
that’s why Salman is always dominated in India.
Salman Without South Remakes, Chart buster songs, Action, Massy dilaouges and Eid –>>
Veer, may aur Mrs khanna London dreams Yuvraaj
And quality wise aamir no1 nobody match his standard srk zero without yrf nd dp one question for srl fans what happen to dreamZ unlimited big flop