BO Report Card: Deepika becomes the Rs. 600 crore phenomenon

 

Deepika Padukone has been on a career high this year, with almost every film she has done making it big at the box office. With her latest release Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela too faring well; we decided to look at the actress' box-office graph this year.

BO Report Card: Deepika becomes the Rs. 600 crore phenomenon

 

In this edition of Box Office Report Card, we list Deepika's releases of 2013 namely Race 2, Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani, Chennai Express and Ram-Leela , taking into consideration the Lifetime collections of these films. Not surprisingly, the girl with the golden touch has made the unique record of being the only actress till date to have aggregated Rs. 600 crores with her four big releases this year. This has to be the biggest aggregate collection of BO revenue by any Bollywood actress within a single year.

 

In comparison to Deepika, when we listed her contemporaries, we found only two close contenders w.r.t. 2012 collections:

 

First runner-up is Sonakshi Sinha who comes in second with collection of Rs. 415.79 crores in 2012 aggregated with four releases ( Rowdy Rathore, Joker, Son Of Sardaar and Dabangg 2 ), averaging Rs. 103.95 crores per film.

 

Following Sonakshi is Katrina Kaif is at third place, collecting Rs. 319.63 crores in 2012 with two releases ( Ek Tha Tiger and Jab Tak Hai Jaan ), averaging Rs. 159.82 crores.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Movie	Release	Lifetime (INR in Crores)
Race 2	25-Jan-13	100.45
Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani	31-May-13	188.57
Chennai Express	9-Aug-13	227.13
Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-leela	15-Nov-13	116.33
TOTAL		632.48