Salman Khan, Shah Rukh Khan, Aamir Khan and Akshay Kumar have been in the Bollywood business for 3 decades now and they have ruled the industry so far. From romance to action and fiction, the four of them have shown enough versatility already in their career. These actors are considered the most successful movie stars in the history of Indian cinema. Salman, Aamir, Akshay and SRK’s contribution to the industry and the box office has been a major one. However, Salman has maximum highest grossers overtaking SRK, Aamir, Akshay.
Salman has delivered the greatest number of blockbusters to date. Salman has also starred in ten of the highest grossers of the year, starting from 1947 to 2020, which is the peak for any actor in the history of Hindi cinema. Over the years, the ‘Kick’ actor has broken numerous records at the box office. Salman became a megastar after he played role in ‘Maine Pyar Kiya’ (1989) In recent years, every film Salman has acted in as the main lead has commended over 100 Crores.
Take a look at how Salman beats Shah Rukh, Aamir and Akshay with maximum highest grossers since 2010.
The decade of 2010 to 2019 belonged to Salman as the star delivered the most highest-grossing films of the year- Bajrangi Bhaijaan (2015), Sultan (2016), Tiger Zinda Hai (2017), Prem Ratan Dhan Payo (2015), Kick (2014), Bharat (2019), Race 3 (2018), Dabangg (2010). Whereas, SRK comes at the second spot with the highest grossers from 2010- Chennai Express (2013), Happy New Year (2014), Raees (2017), Fan (2016), and Dilwale (2015). Aamir ranks at the third spot with films- Dangal (2016), Thugs of Hindostan (2018), Secret Superstar (2017), PK (2014), Dhoom 3 (2013)
While Salman, Aamir and SRK do rule the box office, Akshay has created his own niche in the industry. He took the tally of his highest grosser of the year with Sooryavanshi (2021) this year, following with Good Newwz (2019), 2.0 (2018), Toilet: Ek Prem Katha (2017)
To conclude, Salman surpassed the box office collections with the 8 most highest-grossing films from 2010 to date, which is the peak for any actor in the history of Hindi cinema.
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