Box Office: Business Report Card of Actors for the year 2015 :Bollywood Box Office

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

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).