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.
Starpower should be seen in terms of opening. Ra1 might only have done 115-125cr due to bad WOM but thanks to SRK’s starpower it had a record highest day n weekend. Likewise Don 2 and MNIK which didn’t do as big as expected were also record non holiday openers.
Salman just had two releases this year (Jai ho and Kick) while SRK’s last release was a year back so that ranking favors Salman.
If HNY breaks records then SRK will be on top considering his last two releases (CE and HNY) would have broken records.
Problem with akki is that his big films have dissapointed big time,and all have been so bad films!!!
Tashan with YRF(director of Dhoom 3)
TMK with farah khan
Blue- high budget action thriller
OUATIMD-sequel to a successful film with balaji
Don’t worry srk fans, your star will retire first..,as
none is interested in his films. While aamir will
keep doing films and keep beating srk forever.
Dhoom 3 is out of reach for players+tees
maar khan returns. PK’s poster has created much
more buzz. So take a bow.
When it comes to consistency, no doubt SRK is the best.
Also, he has been consistently giving 100cr+ worldwide movies since more last ten years.
But yes, Amir and Salman have picked quite significantly in last few years in overseas and domestic market respectively.
Before it was a cakewalk for SRK, but now this battle is open and a single underperformed movie of any of these three, will push them down in this list.
Upcoming days will be quite interesting as they will reconfigure this list.
#Dhoom3 has crossed 200cr in Overseas..Soon, 600cr Worldwide Aamir founder of 50,100,150 & 200cr club Overseas
Last 5 years: Aamir 4 movies. Avg 168cr … SRK 6 movies. Avg: 115cr
@sky
What do u mean by HR is always behind khans?
HR is 40,while all the khans are 49…
u should know what were the achievements of aamir when he was aged 40???
HR has completely dominated aamir n salman from 2000 till 2008…he was only 2nd to SRK
Stupid ranking.in domestic ranking john is ahead of arjun and ranveer also sid,varun is also ahead of ranveer!salman no.1 while aamir 2 in domestic ranking!
I hv nothing against john,sid and sallu bhai but if this ranking is made visible to nationwide public then everyone will laugh it including Salman who knows he is no way ahead of aamir.d problem is in the ranking method that neglects bo verdict and success rate but simply blindly follows collection
I want to akshay in top4 and he will definitely make it.
@sachin11
Stop writing “lol” at the end of each comment of yours,it is becoming quite irritating..
Even though there is nothing funny in ur comments still u use a “lol”!!!
Srk face his bad phase 2010-2012 still in top3, infact srk golden pahase 2001-2008 noone comes even close to him, and salman is not even top10 during his bad phase, anyway from 2013 onwards srk golden phase start, n after Hny srk will become no1 in both domestic, oversease as well as worldwide.
kank- romantic/adultery
don-action thriller
cdi-sports
oso-masala
rnbdj-rom com
mnik-social
ra one- sci.fiction/action
don 2- action thriller
ce- action comedy
hny- masala
all d last 10 movies wr successful
it proves dat srk is d real actor who like to do diff genres nt like lallu ( most no. of south remakes in histry of indian cinema) who is doing same masala genre nd tingulal who waits for strong content/francise film
This article is very good . Definitely Aamir is no. 1 in Worldwide . Let’s see which film will be the highest grosser of 2014 – Bang Bang, P.K. and HNY . Personally i don’t feel that Khans are running Bollywood on their own it can be called as team work . Apart from Khans Hrithik, Akshay and Akki have also proved their stardom over the no. Of years with their performances, content and box office . Khans are immensely popular and have been entertaining the audiences for two decades i completely agree with it . But i feel everybody should be given the importance they deserve . I feel currently there are six people that can be called as Superstars because they have their fan following, have given brilliant performances, have given content oriented movies and the audiences still trust them and watch their movies in Cinemas also on T.V. These are without any order :
1. Aamir
2. Salman
3. Akshay
4. Ajay
5. Shahrukh
6. Hrithik
Many people will not agree with me but Ranbir still cannot be called a Superstar . He is a talented actor and maybe his future films will make him a Superstar . So i request everyone to watch everybody’s movies and if not then please don’t criticise unnecessarily . Thanks . Waiting for the official trailer of Bang Bang . It has been too late but i think it will be worth watching . Excited .Just 32 days left for Bang Bang . 2ND OCTOBER don’t go anywhere we are coming .
Shahrukh as charlie will steal his top position through happy new year….thanx indicine for considering on my request.
Most of Salman-Aamir fans like Aamir and Salman coz they genuinely admire them. Its mutual. Anyone who thinks otherwise is being a hypocrite
amir and salman are new players..!!
srk is baap of of this no.1 competition from the time when this two were struggling to get hits and semi hits..
AS SIMPLE AS THAT:
No one can compete The King!
Srk should work in a film titled “The King”,
All others are periodic stars,
Abhi aamir-salman hain,kal hrithik-akshay the__
But who is there everytime—SRK
Who are these actors competing everytime—SRK
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There is something very weird among all the indicine visitors,they think i am the only one here making fake ids because i have been caught 2 times only bcause nipun quibbles to indicine only at the time when i impersonate him.
@js@shaggy Salman+Amitabh=God Tussi Great Ho (flop) SRK+Amitabh=K3G(BB) ;) ” Salman+Zayed khan = Yuvraaj SRK+zayed khan = Main hoon na”
@ shaggy u r more worried about srk than his fans!
SRK is the most consistent actor
he will be the top actor in domestic , overseas and worldwide after happy new year
and Hritik will be second after bang bang and mohen jo daro
@Shaggy: LOL. Dude. Hats off to your analysis!! How did you get that comparison even in your mind. lol – You are a genius, haha!!
Dont worry about us – please feel bad upon yourself when you would get the result soon! Good luck.
good to see srk at 2nd..but was xpecting him to top the list…anyways things r goin to change big time after hny’s super success in sha Allah.
hny.. domestic -250crs
overseas-30$ million
worldwide-430crs
his average wil increase n wil rest at 268 cr approx surpassing tingu’s
I do not think this article is correct. Amount of money earned can not be a measure of popularity.
I’m not Indian, I do not live in India, at home I had a good read forums lovers of Indian cinema. If you know who is popular here, you’d be surprised? There are many fans of Salman, Shah has a lot of fans, but fans of Aamir units. Do you know who is loved and respected by all the fans?
Hrithik Roshan !!! He should be the first priority. (Although on his latest film Krish 3 I spit).
We like those movies that you either fail or not popular.
@shaggy Salman+Amitabh=God Tussi Great Ho (flop) SRK+Amitabh=K3G(BB) ;) ” Salman+Zayed khan = Yuvraaj SRK+zayed khan = Main hoon na”
If Action Jackson collects 100 cr+ then Ajay will overtake Ranbir both domestic and worldwide and will sit on nunber 5 spot.
Hrithik is coming with a Bang. Also,our fvrt srk nd a.k too. Then,see what will sallu do. Itne sal kaha gaye te bhai. 2010 se akar khud ko king samajh behta. Poor boy. Jai ho H.R,S.R.K,A.K.
@Arjun kapoor4
I get what are u saying..like for ex: salman’s jai ho was just semi hit but will boost his ranking rather than a 60crs superhit wanted in this system.
But to analyse and form a ranking based on quantitative method u can’t include verdict etc.
Plz tell me by which formula you will add verdicts,success rates to boxoffice collections to prepare these rankings then..Simply u can’t!
You present a ranking to us,but how will we believe it unless it does’nt have any data and figures to support it!
@Saksham
Great comment dude…but remember Akshay and akki are the same person..lol
I also agree with you,it will be too early to call ranbir a superstar…
He has just one big opener in YJHD,barfi was a wom affair..so wait for 3-4 years and then decide..@Arjun kapoor4 plz forgive me for this!!!
If Indian Gross figures are considered (As People actually paid this amount to watch the movie)
1. Amir Khan = 979 (India Gross = approximately 1.3 of net) + 463 = 1442 = 288.4 per film
2. Salman Khan = 1099 (India Gross) + 270 (World Gross) = 1369 = 274 per film
3. Shahrukh Khan = 856.7 (India Gross) + 467 (World Gross) = 1323 = 265 crore per film
It’s just number game…
@Indicine CE = 422 crores not 341!!!!!