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Part 3: ★ Highest Grosser of The Year from 1990 to 2020: Salman Khan, Aamir Khan, Shah Rukh Khan dominate, as Hrithik Roshan climbs the ladder!

Dec 29, 2020

In the first part of the highest grosser of the year series, Bollywood Hungama did an in-depth analysis of the actors with maximum highest grossing film of the year spanning 73 years from 1947 to 2020. While Salman Khan was crowned the biggest Bollywood superstar since independence with 10 highest grossers of the year, Dilip Kumar bagged the second spot with 9 films in the list, whereas Aamir Khan was third with 7 films in the list. Shah Rukh Khan on the other hand had 5 films in the list, while Hrithik Roshan was fast climbing the ladder of success with 4 highest grossers of the year in merely 20 years span. The top three stars contributed 26 of the total 73 highest grossers of the year, which in percentage terms is 35%. In the second part of the series, we came up with a detailed decade by decade analysis of stars fighting for the top spot in the respective decades from 1957 to 1989. Now, in the third and final part of this Bollywood Hungama exclusive, we are back with the number crunching analysis from 1990 till 2020. Interestingly, in a span of these 31 years (From 1989 till 2020), the three Khans – Salman Khan (10), Aamir Khan (7) and Shah Rukh Khan (5) – in total delivered 22 highest grossers of the year, whereas Hrithik Roshan delivered 4 more, leaving just 5 spots in three decades for some 25 plus actors of the industry to score the biggest hit of the year. Here’s a 3-decade analysis

1990 to 1999: Sunny Deol, Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan take charge

In terms of sheer box-office pull, this decade was dominated by three names – Sunny Deol, Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan, though Anil Kapoor and Govinda too were going strong in terms of hit count this decade. While Deol delivered one highest grosser of the year this decade in Border, he maintained his supremacy with constant flow of releases. Ghayal (1990) too managed to surpass the collections of Dil, if we take reruns into account, taking his total to two films.

Salman on the other hand rose like a phoenix with Maine Pyaar Kiya (1989) and followed it up with three other highest grossers of the year in the 90s – Saajan, Hum Aapke Hai Koun and Hum Saath Saath Hain.

Shah Rukh Khan was the biggest find of the 90s, particularly for the kind of consistency he showed at the box-office – both in terms of opening as well as lifetime collections. He delivered two highest grossers of the year in the 90s – Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge and Kuch Kuch Hota Hai. He became a superstar within two years of arriving in the industry, and with every passing year, bettered his standing. As the 90’s came to an end, the trade already started to label Shah Rukh Khan alongside legends like Amitabh Bachchan and Dilip Kumar. In-fact, in times to come, he became the biggest superstar India has ever seen in the overseas market (more on this later). Though Salman has a lead in terms of HGOTY in the 90s, the consistency gave Shah Rukh an edge over him for the top spot of 90s, with him and Sunny following suit. However, in terms of highest grossers of the year, Salman scored big, and without any doubts, it was in the 90s itself that he cemented his position as a superstar as he had some solid openers, massive blockbusters and big grossers under his kitty within 10 years in the industry. Sunny Deol on the other hand saw the lead in terms of sheer raw mass fan following in the 90s. Anil Kapoor and Govinda too had one HGOTY year in Beta (1992) and Aankhen (1993).

2000 to 2009: Shah Rukh Khan’s supremacy challenged by Hrithik Roshan

This decade saw a major turnaround of things, as Shah Rukh continued to scale new heights in the beginning, whereas Salman Khan was seeing a slight downfall due to controversies in the personal space, whereas Aamir Khan had taken a break from acting due to some issues in personal life following his divorce. While everyone thought that Shah Rukh Khan will be undisputed number one star of 00’s, there came Hrithik Roshan to challenge the supremacy and following the release of Kaho Naa…Pyaar Hai, there was no looking back for him. He became a superstar overnight and just the second actor after Salman to make his debut with a highest grosser of the year. Till date, Kaho Naa…Pyaar Hai is considered the biggest launch vehicle for a Bollywood actor, and one had to witness the euphoria surrounding Hrithik post his debut, to believe it. It marked the arrival of a superstar, probably the last of Hindi cinema. In the first seven years of this decade, Shah Rukh Khan delivered three highest grossers of the year in Devdas (2002), Veer Zaara (2004) and Om Shanti Om (2007), whereas Hrithik Roshan too had three highest grossers of the year in Kaho Naa…Pyaar Hai (2000), Koi Mil Gaya (2003) and Dhoom 2 (2006). In-fact, in 2006, the top 2 grossers of the year (Dhoom 2 and Krrish) belonged to Hrithik. Towards the decade end, Aamir made a comeback and delivered back-to-back HGOTY in Ghajini (2008) and 3 Idiots (2009). Salman and Sunny Deol had one HGOTY each in No Entry and Gadar, with latter being the biggest grosser of all time in India. Akshay too was strong for a period of 3 years between 2006 and 2008, with back-to-back hits and bumper openers, however, none of his releases could find a place in the prestigious list of highest grosser of the year, and till date, though a major film star, he awaits his turn to open his account in this aspect. The decade belonged to Shah Rukh Khan and Hrithik Roshan.

2010 to 2020: The Salman Khan Era, with some cameo’s by Aamir Khan

It would not be wrong to say that the decade of 2010 to 2019 belonged to Salman Khan as the superstar delivered five highest grosser of the year – Dabangg (2010), Bodyguard (2011), Ek Tha Tiger (2012), Bajrangi Bhaijaan (2015), and Tiger Zinda Hai (2017), along with three second highest grosser of the year – Ready (2011, overlapping with Bodyguard), Kick (2014) and Sultan (2016) – indicating that 7 of the 10 years belonged to him, an unheard phenomenon in Bollywood history, easily putting him in the list of all-time greats.

Aamir comes at the third spot with three highest grossers of the year, which all proved to be all time grossers – Dhoom 3 (2013), PK (2014) and Dangal (2016). 8 of the 10 years belonged to these two mighty Khans, dominating like no other decade post-Independence. Hrithik Roshan took the tally of his highest grosser of the year to 4 films with War becoming the highest grosser of 2019. He is just a film away to tie with Raj Kapoor, Dharmendra and Shah Rukh Khan, and all this within a period of 20 years. Ranbir Kapoor opened his account this decade with his first highest grosser of the year with Sanju (2018), and Ajay Devgn too, after an illustrious career of over 25 years, delivered his first highest grosser of the year with Tanhaji (2020).

To put the last 3 decades in a nutshell, Salman Khan (10 films) + Aamir Khan (7 films) + Shah Rukh Khan (5 films) topped the year 22 times since 1989, whereas Hrithik topped it 4 times since 2000 – Putting these 4 as the top 4 stars of Hindi cinema since the new millennium aka 2000. While the three Khans have at most 5 more years to continue as leading heroes until they reach the age of 60, Hrithik still has ample of gas left in his tank to keep climbing the ladder, and aim at the sky. Salman, Aamir and Shah Rukh can add a film or two more to their kitty and in the years to come. Given the current pattern of working adapted by the actors, it would be near impossible for anyone to reach the double-digit mark in terms of highest grosser of the year and dethrone Salman from the top spot with 10 films at the moment, which is highest for any actor in history of Hindi cinema. Aamir, with 7 films as biggest grosser of the year at present, however can aim at the second spot - a tie with Dilip Kumar, who has ended his career with 9 highest grossers of the year.

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★ 'Tubelight' May Be A Setback But Salman Khan's Star Power Is Undimmed !

Don Groves | June 27th 2017

While Salman Khan's Tubelight has not performed as brightly in cinemas in India and internationally as the producers, distributors and exhibitors had hoped, history will show this as a minor setback for the 51-year-old who is still in the prime of his 25-year career as one of Bollywood's biggest stars.

The results so far for the Kabir Khan-directed drama would have been rated as pretty good for most actors - but Khan's films are judged by a far loftier standard.

Arguably an emotion-soaked story about a Forrest Gump-like character who sets off in search of his missing brother in the 1962 Sino-Indian war would not have sold anywhere near as many tickets without SK's marquee appeal.

Salman still holds the record for the most hits in the 100 crore ($15 million)- plus club with 10, followed by Shah Rukh Khan with six and Akshay Kumar and Ajay Devgn with five.

Launched on June 23, the Salman Khan Films production, which features Sohail Khan, Zhu Zhu, Matin Rey Tangu and the late Om Puri, collected 83.86 crore ($12.6 million) in four days on 4,400 screens in India and did not get the expected boost from the Eid vacation.

The 5-day tally was projected to reach 95 crore ($14.2 million). Chennai-based analyst Ramesh Bala and Bollywood Hungama's Joginder Tuteja are forecasting a lifetime total of 150 crore ($22.5 million).

However exhibitors and pundits are confident Salman Khan will be back in the blockbuster business with director Ali Abbas Zafar’s Tiger Zinda Hai, which co-stars Katrina Kaif and opens this Christmas.

It’s the sequel to Kabir Khan’s Ek Tha Tiger, which featured Salman and Kaif as cross-border spies who fall in love during a mission and amassed 320 crore ($48.1 million) worldwide in 2012.

“Star power and good entertainment is the key. Salman will bounce back very soon: One bad Friday cannot decide his fate ,” said Bala.

“Salman is too big to be written off by one film. He will surely be in a much bigger zone with Tiger Zinda Hai and others,” agreed film industry executive Girish Johar.

Although Johar rated Salman's ‘towering and emotional’ performance as among the best of his career, he said the the opening weekend figures show “the public has not accepted his vulnerable avatar and wants him to see only in larger-than-life roles.”

Similarly, critic/analyst Aavishkar Gawande said, “Salman’s failure with Tubelight is not a big thing. Shah Rukh Khan failed last year with a good film like Fan. I had been saying from the outset that that Tubelight is not Salman's cup of tea. He is made for larger -than- life roles. That's why I too feel that he will bounce back with Tiger Zinda Hai.”

Tuteja rejects suggestions the overwhelmingly negative reviews harmed ticket sales, reasoning, “A critic can neither elevate a film nor contribute to its decline; it is the film by itself that gains or loses its points. The word of mouth even from the regular audience hasn't been forthcoming and that has resulted in such steep decline in collections."

Analyst Sumit Kadel is confident Ali Abbas Zafar's film will be a sure-shot super hit but adds, “Whether it will be as big as Aamir Khan’s PK or Dangal remains to be seen.”

Whatever Tubelight's ultimate fate, the $15 million production was in profit before it opened. NH Studioz paid 132 crore ($19.8 million) for theatrical rights in India while Sony Music forked out 20 crore ($3 million) for the music rights and Star TV bought the satellite rights.

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★ Could Salman Khan's 'Tubelight' Be The Next 'Baahubali'?

Don Groves | May 4th 2017

After SS Rajamouli’s Baahubali: The Conclusion amassed an estimated 860 crore ($129.2 million) in its first week worldwide to rank as the biggest Indian release of all time globally, Indian cinema looks set to welcome another blockbuster in Tubelight.

The Arka MediaWorks production starring Prabhas, Rana Daggubati, Anushka Shetty, Nasser and Sathyraj has beaten the previous all-time champ PK, director Rajkumar Hirani's 2014 sci-fi comedy starring Aamir Khan, which grossed 792 crore ($119 million).

Chennai-based analyst Ramesh Bala estimates the 7-day totals as 545 crore ($81.9 million) net and 695 crore ($104.4 million) gross in India and 165 crore ($24.8 million) internationally

The teaser trailer for the Kabir Khan-directed war drama Tubelight, which stars Salman Khan, his brother Sohail Khan and Chinese actress Zhu Zhu, was released on Thursday, clocking more than 3.2 million views on YouTube.

Launching worldwide on June 23 to cash in on the Eid vacation in India, the Salman Khan Films production budgeted at a reported 100 crore ($15 million) is already well into profit. The Indian distribution rights were acquired by NH Studioz for 132 crore ($19.8 million), a Chinese distributor paid 75 crore ($11.2 million) for the rights to that market and Sony Music forked out 20 crore ($3 million) for the music rights, according to numerous reports in Indian media.

Yash Raj Films secured the overseas distribution rights excluding the Middle East and North Africa. Thanks partly to Zhu Zhu, the film will have the widest release ever for an Indian title in China, potentially a very lucrative market. Kabir Khan has said Salman will tour various cities in China to support the release.

Bollywood Hungama predicts, “The film will have a massive opening as this is Salman's next film post Sultan . Salman Khan fans would have waited for a year and they will throng the cinema halls in India as well as abroad. The first three days will be huge.

“After a month of fasting the devout Salman Khan fans will flood the theaters. With inflated ticket pricing and a record number of screens, the sky is the limit.”

Set during the Sino-Indian war of 1962, the film follows Salman as Laxman, a soldier whom the trailer portrays as a slow-witted man-child, perhaps in the vein of Forrest Gump. While plot details are sketchy it seems his character embarks on a search for his brother played by Sohail as well as falling in love with a Chinese woman.

There is a cameo from Shah Rukh Khan and the supporting cast includes Matin Rey Tangu, the late Om Puri and Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub. The title evidently refers to the belief of Salman’s character that faith is like a tubelight: it takes time to light up but when it does, it illuminates everything around it.

So there is every chance the film will continue the successful collaboration between Kabir and Salman following their blockbusters Ek Tha Tiger, which grossed 320 crore ($48.1 million) globally and Bajrangi Bhaijaan, which made 626 crore ($94 million).

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★ Here’s why Salman Khan’s Tubelight can break records and win hearts !

Faridoon Shahryar | Apr 3, 2017 

Salman Khan and Kabir Khan created history with Ek Tha Tiger and Bajrangi Bhaijaan on Eid by breaking the existing records. They will be back once again on Eid with Tubelight which releases on Friday June 23.

Let’s analyse why Tubelight can score big at the Box Office. The film will have a massive opening as this is the next film post Sultan. Salman Khan fans would have waited for a year and they will throng the cinema halls in India as well as abroad. The first three days will be huge. The catch is that Eid is expected to be on Monday June 26 in India. It goes without saying that Monday will be as big as the first day of release as Salman enjoys a tremendous popularity amongst Muslims and after a month of fasting the devout Salman Khan fans will flood the theatres. Eid lasts for three days and it has been seen in the past that the Eid celebrations continue in Muslim households for at least 5-6 days (and they make a big chunk of audience that actually goes in theatres to watch their favourite films). This logistical possibility coupled with the fact that Tubelight will manage to live up to the Salman Khan – Kabir Khan combo hype will ensure at least ten big days for the film. With inflated ticket pricing and record number of screen count, sky is the limit.

Apart from the possibility of breaking box office records, Tubelight has another plus point. The film carries vibes of having a subtext which elevates a film from being a commercial potboiler to a film that can get loved universally. The rumoured Indo-China war backdrop and the presence of Chinese actress Zhu Zhu has already led to a lot of speculation and expectations from the film. A humongously positive word of mouth for Bajrangi Bhaijaan resulted in the film scoring more footfalls in the cinema halls than even PK. It remains to be seen if Tubelight lives up to the hype and scores at the box office as well as the hearts.

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