2015 has ended and the award season has kick stared, with celebrities being nominated and honoured for their contribution to cinema and their overall performances in the year that was. But away from the glitz and glamour, we at Bollywood Hungama decided to take a look at some of the Top Male celebrities of 2015 with reference to their box office success.
In this Box Office report, we compare the box office collections of some of the top stars in terms of cumulative box office collections and average per movie collections. Not surprisingly, it is Salman Khan who featured in two releases last year, Bajrangi Bhaijaan and Prem Ratan Dhan Payo who tops the charts aggregating Rs. 530.50 crores with an average of Rs. 265.25 crores.
Akshay Kumar comes in second aggregating Rs. 355.53 cr with four releases, however when compared on the scale of average per movie collections, Akshay ranks 8th collecting Rs. 88.88 cr per film on an average. Varun Dhawan follows Akshay in the cumulative collections list aggregating Rs. 305.81 cr with three releases. Surprisingly, Ranveer Singh, who ended 2015 with a bang ranks 4th on the list of cumulative collections with Rs. 256.88 cr from two releases.
Coming to the average per movie collections, Salman Khan tops the list followed by R. Madhavan whose only release Tanu Weds Manu Returns clocked Rs.152.39 cr at the box office, with Shah Rukh Khan taking the third slot with Dilwale.
Rankings based on cumulative collections
Rank Celeb No. of movies Lifetime (INR in Crores) Biggest Hit 1 Salman Khan 2 530.50 Bajrangi Bhaijaan 2 Akshay Kumar 4 355.53 Baby 3 Varun Dhawan 3 305.81 Dilwale 4 Ranveer Singh 2 256.88 Bajirao Mastani 5 Anil Kapoor 2 173.57 Welcome Back 6 R. Madhavan 1 152.39 Tanu Weds Manu Returns 7 Shah Rukh Khan 1 150 Dilwale 8 Ranbir Kapoor 3 135.45 Tamasha 9 Irrfan Khan 3 135.03 Piku 10 Amitabh Bachchan 2 102.23 Piku 11 John Abraham 1 96.69 Welcome Back 12 Nana Patekar 1 96.69 Welcome Back 13 Siddharth Malhotra 1 82.47 Brothers 14 Farhan Akhtar 1 76.88 Dil Dhadakne Do 15 Karan Singh Grover 2 71.04 Hate Story 3 16 Ajay Devgn 1 67.13 Drishyam 17 Kartik Aaryan 1 64.10 Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2 18 Emraan Hashmi 2 59.22 Hamari Adhuri Kahani 19 Saif Ali Khan 1 54.19 Phantom 20 Kapil Sharma 1 49.38 Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon 21 Arjun Rampal 1 44.52 Roy 22 Shahid Kapoor 1 43.13 Shaandaar 23 Arjun Kapoor 1 39.26 Tevar 24 Ayushmann Khurana 2 33.72 Dum Laga Ke Haisha 25 Sooraj Pancholi 1 32.43 Hero 26 Sushant Singh Rajput 1 27.05 Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! 27 Jay Bhanushali 1 26.57 Ek Paheli Leela 28 Pulkit Samrat 2 24.75 Dolly Ki Doli 29 Imran Khan 1 24.41 Katti Batti 30 Raj Kumar Rao 1 19.26 Dolly Ki Doli 31 Varun Sharma 1 19.26 Dolly Ki Doli 32 Arshad Warsi 2 17.07 Guddu Rangeela 33 Abhishek Bachchan 1 15.92 All is Well 34 Gurmeet Choudhary 1 14.06 Khamoshiyaan 35 Ali Fazal 1 14.06 Khamoshiyaan 36 Gulshan Devaiah 1 13.63 Hunterrr 37 Nawazuddin Siddique 1 12.53 Manjhi - The Mountain Man 38 Jackie Bhagnani 1 8.30 Welcome to Karachi 39 Randeep Hooda 1 6.06 Main Aur Charles 40 Riteish Deshmukh 1 5.75 Bangistan 41 Sunny Deol 1 1.54 I Love NY
NOTE - Bajirao Mastani and Dilwale still running in theatres. For basis of calculation, lifetime of Bajirao Mastani and Dilwale are approximated at 180 cr and 150 cr respectively.
To calculate the cumulative box office performance of the mentioned celebrities, only films in which the said celebrity has featured in the lead role have been accounted for. Example: Nawazuddin Siddiqui featured in three release viz. Badlapur, Bajrangi Bhaijaan and Manjhi - The Mountain Man; however he featured as the main lead in only Manjhi, while playing a supporting role in the other two. Hence Manjhi is the only film accounted for Nawazuddin.
Rankings based on average per movie collections
Rank Celeb Avg. (INR in crores) 1 Salman Khan 265.25 2 R. Madhavan 152.39 3 Shah Rukh Khan 150.00 4 Ranveer Singh 128.44 5 Varun Dhawan 101.94 6 John Abraham 96.69 7 Nana Patekar 96.69 8 Akshay Kumar 88.88 9 Anil Kapoor 86.79 10 Siddharth Malhotra 82.47 11 Farhan Akhtar 76.88 12 Ajay Devgn 67.13 13 Kartik Aaryan 64.10 14 Saif Ali Khan 54.19 15 Amitabh Bachchan 51.12 16 Kapil Sharma 49.38 17 Ranbir Kapoor 45.15 18 Irrfan Khan 45.01 19 Arjun Rampal 44.52 20 Shahid Kapoor 43.13 21 Arjun Kapoor 39.26 22 Karan Singh Grover 35.52 23 Sooraj Pancholi 32.43 24 Emraan Hashmi 29.61 25 Sushant Singh Rajput 27.05 26 Jay Bhanushali 26.57 27 Imran Khan 24.41 28 Raj Kumar Rao 19.26 29 Varun Sharma 19.26 30 Ayushmann Khurana 16.86 31 Abhishek Bachchan 15.92 32 Gurmeet Choudhary 14.06 33 Ali Fazal 14.06 34 Gulshan Devaiah 13.63 35 Nawazuddin Siddique 12.53 36 Pulkit Samrat 12.38 37 Arshad Warsi 8.54 38 Jackie Bhagnani 8.30 39 Randeep Hooda 6.06 40 Riteish Deshmukh 5.75 41 Sunny Deol 1.54
In this Box Office report, we compare the box office collections of some of the top stars in terms of cumulative box office collections and average per movie collections. Not surprisingly, it is Salman Khan who featured in two releases last year, Bajrangi Bhaijaan and Prem Ratan Dhan Payo who tops the charts aggregating Rs. 530.50 crores with an average of Rs. 265.25 crores.
Akshay Kumar comes in second aggregating Rs. 355.53 cr with four releases, however when compared on the scale of average per movie collections, Akshay ranks 8th collecting Rs. 88.88 cr per film on an average. Varun Dhawan follows Akshay in the cumulative collections list aggregating Rs. 305.81 cr with three releases. Surprisingly, Ranveer Singh, who ended 2015 with a bang ranks 4th on the list of cumulative collections with Rs. 256.88 cr from two releases.
Coming to the average per movie collections, Salman Khan tops the list followed by R. Madhavan whose only release Tanu Weds Manu Returns clocked Rs.152.39 cr at the box office, with Shah Rukh Khan taking the third slot with Dilwale.
Rankings based on cumulative collections
| Rank | Celeb | No. of movies | Lifetime (INR in Crores) | Biggest Hit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Salman Khan | 2 | 530.50 | Bajrangi Bhaijaan | 2 | Akshay Kumar | 4 | 355.53 | Baby | 3 | Varun Dhawan | 3 | 305.81 | Dilwale | 4 | Ranveer Singh | 2 | 256.88 | Bajirao Mastani | 5 | Anil Kapoor | 2 | 173.57 | Welcome Back | 6 | R. Madhavan | 1 | 152.39 | Tanu Weds Manu Returns | 7 | Shah Rukh Khan | 1 | 150 | Dilwale | 8 | Ranbir Kapoor | 3 | 135.45 | Tamasha | 9 | Irrfan Khan | 3 | 135.03 | Piku | 10 | Amitabh Bachchan | 2 | 102.23 | Piku | 11 | John Abraham | 1 | 96.69 | Welcome Back | 12 | Nana Patekar | 1 | 96.69 | Welcome Back | 13 | Siddharth Malhotra | 1 | 82.47 | Brothers | 14 | Farhan Akhtar | 1 | 76.88 | Dil Dhadakne Do | 15 | Karan Singh Grover | 2 | 71.04 | Hate Story 3 | 16 | Ajay Devgn | 1 | 67.13 | Drishyam | 17 | Kartik Aaryan | 1 | 64.10 | Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2 | 18 | Emraan Hashmi | 2 | 59.22 | Hamari Adhuri Kahani | 19 | Saif Ali Khan | 1 | 54.19 | Phantom | 20 | Kapil Sharma | 1 | 49.38 | Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon | 21 | Arjun Rampal | 1 | 44.52 | Roy | 22 | Shahid Kapoor | 1 | 43.13 | Shaandaar | 23 | Arjun Kapoor | 1 | 39.26 | Tevar | 24 | Ayushmann Khurana | 2 | 33.72 | Dum Laga Ke Haisha | 25 | Sooraj Pancholi | 1 | 32.43 | Hero | 26 | Sushant Singh Rajput | 1 | 27.05 | Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! | 27 | Jay Bhanushali | 1 | 26.57 | Ek Paheli Leela | 28 | Pulkit Samrat | 2 | 24.75 | Dolly Ki Doli | 29 | Imran Khan | 1 | 24.41 | Katti Batti | 30 | Raj Kumar Rao | 1 | 19.26 | Dolly Ki Doli | 31 | Varun Sharma | 1 | 19.26 | Dolly Ki Doli | 32 | Arshad Warsi | 2 | 17.07 | Guddu Rangeela | 33 | Abhishek Bachchan | 1 | 15.92 | All is Well | 34 | Gurmeet Choudhary | 1 | 14.06 | Khamoshiyaan | 35 | Ali Fazal | 1 | 14.06 | Khamoshiyaan | 36 | Gulshan Devaiah | 1 | 13.63 | Hunterrr | 37 | Nawazuddin Siddique | 1 | 12.53 | Manjhi - The Mountain Man | 38 | Jackie Bhagnani | 1 | 8.30 | Welcome to Karachi | 39 | Randeep Hooda | 1 | 6.06 | Main Aur Charles | 40 | Riteish Deshmukh | 1 | 5.75 | Bangistan | 41 | Sunny Deol | 1 | 1.54 | I Love NY |
NOTE - Bajirao Mastani and Dilwale still running in theatres. For basis of calculation, lifetime of Bajirao Mastani and Dilwale are approximated at 180 cr and 150 cr respectively.
To calculate the cumulative box office performance of the mentioned celebrities, only films in which the said celebrity has featured in the lead role have been accounted for. Example: Nawazuddin Siddiqui featured in three release viz. Badlapur, Bajrangi Bhaijaan and Manjhi - The Mountain Man; however he featured as the main lead in only Manjhi, while playing a supporting role in the other two. Hence Manjhi is the only film accounted for Nawazuddin.
Rankings based on average per movie collections
| Rank | Celeb | Avg. (INR in crores) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Salman Khan | 265.25 | 2 | R. Madhavan | 152.39 | 3 | Shah Rukh Khan | 150.00 | 4 | Ranveer Singh | 128.44 | 5 | Varun Dhawan | 101.94 | 6 | John Abraham | 96.69 | 7 | Nana Patekar | 96.69 | 8 | Akshay Kumar | 88.88 | 9 | Anil Kapoor | 86.79 | 10 | Siddharth Malhotra | 82.47 | 11 | Farhan Akhtar | 76.88 | 12 | Ajay Devgn | 67.13 | 13 | Kartik Aaryan | 64.10 | 14 | Saif Ali Khan | 54.19 | 15 | Amitabh Bachchan | 51.12 | 16 | Kapil Sharma | 49.38 | 17 | Ranbir Kapoor | 45.15 | 18 | Irrfan Khan | 45.01 | 19 | Arjun Rampal | 44.52 | 20 | Shahid Kapoor | 43.13 | 21 | Arjun Kapoor | 39.26 | 22 | Karan Singh Grover | 35.52 | 23 | Sooraj Pancholi | 32.43 | 24 | Emraan Hashmi | 29.61 | 25 | Sushant Singh Rajput | 27.05 | 26 | Jay Bhanushali | 26.57 | 27 | Imran Khan | 24.41 | 28 | Raj Kumar Rao | 19.26 | 29 | Varun Sharma | 19.26 | 30 | Ayushmann Khurana | 16.86 | 31 | Abhishek Bachchan | 15.92 | 32 | Gurmeet Choudhary | 14.06 | 33 | Ali Fazal | 14.06 | 34 | Gulshan Devaiah | 13.63 | 35 | Nawazuddin Siddique | 12.53 | 36 | Pulkit Samrat | 12.38 | 37 | Arshad Warsi | 8.54 | 38 | Jackie Bhagnani | 8.30 | 39 | Randeep Hooda | 6.06 | 40 | Riteish Deshmukh | 5.75 | 41 | Sunny Deol | 1.54 |
Disclaimer:
The Box Office figures are compiled from various sources and our own research. The figures can be approximate and Bollywood Hungama does not make any claims about the
authenticity of the data. However, they are adequately indicative of the box-office performance of the film(s).
