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.
@mighty king pk will be another talash, mark my words it can’t cross 150cr
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@Arjun Kapoor : You proved that you are still a kid like real Arjun Kapoor, Ranbir, Ranveer, Sid, Varun !!!!!!!
Fair enough : Salman, Srk & Aamir rules in Domestic, Overseas & Worldwide respectively !!!!!! I am happy n no ccomplaints about Indicine analysis. However the top 3 keep shuffling every year while Srk mostly on 3rd position (India only) !!!!!!!!
@romance year, keep dreaming. PK will cross 150 Cr in only 5 days. Its cake walk for him. While I am worried about Ra.one 2. May be it will brake rready’s life time record. PK will earn more than double to 150 Cr in lifetime nett as well as gross. And yeah overseas too, bcause AK’s stardom is beating srk in overseas every year. Talaaah was only exception.
@sky, 2006-2008 whos no. 1 actor in indicines logic.??
Kites, Guzaarish hurted Hr career badly only @BoxOffice,
by Acting skill he is always ahead of any Actor..
@sky, Tell me any act of Amir which is better than Hrithiks Guzaaris, Kmg, Akbar, Agneepath’s act… Forget about superhero :D
so u think Fiza, mission Kashmir, Guzaarish are non classics? And qsqt, jjws, fanaa are classics? Hehehe nice dude hats of to u,
Amir is my 2nd fav. And i lyk actors nly for their Acting skills…
hr follows Amir? Oh why hr’s career success ratio is lower than Amir? M i ri8? How many All time highest grosser Amir has b4 his 40??
How many blockbusters and top grosser of the year Amir had in age 40? Is aamir did stylish roles like znmd, D2, Bang Bang what hr did, dnt tell me in dch he was stylish if he then luk at k3g in that hr was far ahead of Amir in style.
well leave it,
Amir always be my 2nd fav.
and what is dhoom franchise B4 D2 every1 knws…..
@ankan stop dreaming Fiza,mission Kashmir are classic, in which world dude and talking about style how could Aamir be more stylish than hr as his height is no where close to hrithik, its god gifted OK.Aamir can’t have height his own.Talking about performance Aamir’s every performance is good,whether be it Rangeela,jjws,sarfarosh,lagaan,rdb,ghajini or 3i.Performance measured on the basis of roles and there was nothing extra ordinary in Agneepath performance yes hr was very good but its not a performance to shout for.Gujaarish act wasn’t able to bring audience into theatre so how good or bad it was not concern,even in TV I hardly seen gujaarish premeired.Yes JA and KMG was great performances, but 3i,rdb role can’t do by Hr neither he could pulled off act like munna from Rangeela or bhuvan of Lagaan.
HR was no. 1 in 2006, Aamir was 2nd that year.
2007- Srk at top,Akshay 2nd,Aamir 3rd
2008- Aamir 1,Srk 2nd Hr 3rd.
from 2006-2008 Hr- domestic- 80cr dhoom 2, krishh-69cr,JA-58 total=197/3=66cr
Aamir- RDb-50cr,fanaa-52cr,tzp=63, ghajini=115cr
total=280/4=70cr per film.
And talk about dhoom 2 same year Large raho beaten HR own Franchise k3 and collected 72cr, 3cr more than hr superhero act.
All time grosser achieved by hr with franchise only first d2 now k3 if I agree with manipulated figure otherwise hr wasn’t crossed RH-48cr mark 6 year of his career forget about all time grosser with original.
Don’t worry I am also not hater if hr my comment is just as the response to @babaji.OK.
@ankan stop dreaming Fiza,mission Kashmir are classic, in which world dude and talking about style how could Aamir be more stylish than hr as his height is no where close to hrithik, its god gifted OK.Aamir can’t have height his own.Talking about performance Aamir’s every performance is good,whether be it Rangeela,jjws,sarfarosh,lagaan,rdb,ghajini or 3i.Performance measured on the basis of roles and there was nothing extra ordinary in Agneepath performance yes hr was very good but its not a performance to shout for.Gujaarish act wasn’t able to bring audience into theatre so how good or bad it was not concern,even in TV I hardly seen gujaarish premeired.Yes JA and KMG was great performances, but 3i,rdb role can’t do by Hr neither he could pulled off act like munna from Rangeela or bhuvan of Lagaan.
HR was no. 1 in 2006, Aamir was 2nd that year.
2007- Srk at top,Akshay 2nd,Aamir 3rd
2008- Aamir 1,Srk 2nd Hr 3rd.
from 2006-2008 Hr- domestic- 80cr dhoom 2, krishh-69cr,JA-58 total=197/3=66cr
Aamir- RDb-50cr,fanaa-52cr,tzp=63, ghajini=115cr
total=280/4=70cr per film.
Superb list made by indicine….congrats Aamir you have showed that if any one can become king then u are Ekka(A) Aamir is the only actor who can do any type of role any experiment and thats makes him versatile and perfect actor in the world. haters keep watching the whole year bcz after end of the year the margin will be much higher than any one can expect…
@ankan, you better stop judging style. Actor should not be judged in terms of style or good looks, but talent, perfection and acting skills. If style is the only concern, than why Arjun rampal, John Abraham, upen Patel, Harman baveja shahid kapoor are superstars???? Just tell me why. Because they don’t have acting talent.
@sky I know that u r not aamir fan, but Salman fan, so better stop talking about height. Salman is just 1 inch taller so is srk. So stop talking about aamir on basis of height. Tom cruise is also shortest actor in his film industry, still he is considered as one of the most stylish megastars. So style has nothing to do with talent and acting skills.
@ankan again wat r u trying to prove that wat was dhoom before dhoom 2? Dhoom was always a big brand since the first part. Dhoom 1 had all flop actors in it, still it was the third highest grosser of that year. Which preety much proves that Dhoom series credit doesn’t go to hrithik alone. And dhoom 3 dispite being worst still became much bigger ATBB than D2. So that proves that dhoom doesn’t really belong to hrithik alone. Hope you understand after reading this.
@ankan so according to u actors are suppose to be stylish? Wait a minute. Let me take a deep breath. Now tell me why Upen Patel, Harman baveja, Dino morea, Arjun rampal, John abraham have not given single solo hit in their career? Because answer is simple. They have no acting talent. And also stop saying hrithik is perfect actor. Hrithik has done horrible acting in MPDH, MDK, Dhoom 2, kites, etc. I didn’t see any acting of hrithik in dhoom 2. hrithik is better actor than srk, Salman, no doubt but if u say he is better than aamir than u r out of sense.
Shahrukh sir only actor to give 180+ collection in every film worldwide
How come…. ?
8. Siddharth Malhotra – 208 crore – 3 movies
10.John Abraham – 332 crore
12.Arjun Kapoor – 252 crore – 4 movies
Maybe I’m wrong, but I think no 8 should be a little down, and other numbers from that list, up!
@Bullock Cart what a dumb comparison…Sallu Bhai and AK have not acted in their home productions..so the comparison goes like this..where the 3 Khans have not acted in their banners..
AK production without AK.. Delhi Belly 70crs Super Hit..
Biggest SK production without SK.. Chillar Party 35crs Hit
Biggest SRK production without SRK.. Always Kabhi Kabhi 20crs Disaster :D
Here also its Aamir who rules!!! :D
Hrithik’s class movie in 40:
jodha akbar,ZNMD,fiza etc. .if JTWS can be included in amir’s list, then i feel kmg,knph,guzaarish can be also included. Also, agneepath was a very good movie. . Hrithik was at no.1 in two years viz 2000 n 2006. Position of an actor should be measured by the craze and hype surronding the movie and an actor.
Guzaarish cann’t be played that great by any other superstar other than hro. Even i am laughing imagining any of the amir,salman and srk in kites,d2 or Kseries.
Style has nothing to do with height.
@Bullock Cart, before you say TZP, that was more of a second lead..here my analysis is based on Khans playing full fledged roles in their home production..
@Pravin Bhai without Eid=Ready 125crs BB
SRK without festive releases MNIK 70crs Hit..
Also Talaash which made 93crs was a HIT..
So stop barking without any facts!!!
take the last 10 films … SRK will rule . INDICINE please make a career analysis … please
@mighty king: so you seriously found hro’s performances in kites and d2 horrible? ? ? It shows your sense of talking? ?
Hrithik was brilliant in both Kites and D2. Have you seriously watched those performances? Acting doesn’t mean doing intense role only. Kites has to be the most underrated performance by hrithik. The way he has given multiple expressions in different situations were perfect. Go and see even critics reviews hro’s performance in kites n d2 were also praised by critics.
Film and cricket stars have many similarities.like star rankings 1,sunil Gavasker-Dilip kumar 2,kapil Dev -Amitabh 3, Sachin-Sharukh 4,Dravid- Amir. 5,Ganguly-Salman 6,Sehvag- Hritik 7,Dhony-Ranbir 8,kohli- Ranveer
Top Actors in secure about Ranbir’s success because now Ranbir has more fan following amoung youngsters.After YJHD and Burfi, Ranbir is the most liked and valued actor after Khans.
@mighty, sht the f. . .
No need to gv explainatn to shitty losers,
@sky, so u need 4 movies of amir to take him up during 2006-08 period, did u seen indicine took equal no. Of mvie,
and if sarfarosh is classic then y nt fiza?
L0l hats off to u dude 4 u mission kashmir, fiza, guzaarish isnt classic? Ok no pbm even i dnt found anythng great in qsqt, jjws, n ol… And performance of rangeela? Hr cn do btr bt he nvr wl do roles lyk taporis, bhuvan? What so great skills??
Agneepaths 1 of hr is 5 time btr than that…. And dnt tell me amir and salman ahead of hrithik in 2000-2008… The years ruled by nly Srk hr…
what happens to Amirs bucks of movies with so called perfect acts, hw many disaster he has? He fallen even bad cmpare to hr in guzaarish…..
talking abt 3id and rdb role that combinly did in Single 1 lakshya by Hr… Mvie is gr8 bt nt performance of Amir, i find Sharman was more gud than Amir in Rdb bt nt in 3id,, if Agneepaths performance isnt that for what shout i easily cn say 3id, rdb, rangeela, lagaan acc. To performance acting skill Amir is no where to Hrithiks single 1 performance of Agneepath…
talking abt k3 Manipulated fig. Tell me except BOI which trade fig. Is showin low fig.? Is they got that fig from imaginary numbers? Is 50cr cming with imagination? Who gonna paid 16cr or more tax for that?? Gv me simplet ans. Frm where Taran and Komal collect that extra figures..?
@Mighty King chill dude.. @Sky is an Aamirian just like both of us..even @Dark Boy, @Legend Khan and @Legend are Aamirians.. :)
Khans are the real winner but if we consider their whole career then I think SRK would be the Biggest Bollywood Star worldwide.Hrithik is the only star who can probably touch Khans.
Sidharth is top on list after khans n ranbir n akshy.he deserve it but soon he will on top.sid best of luck.
Salmankhan Is King Of Box Office
Srk on the top of worldwide