Ranking the 10 Highest Grossing Bollywood Movies of All Time
In recent years, Bollywood movies have fared brilliantly in the box office and numbers have gone higher than ever. This success rate has made Bollywood the biggest film industry in the world and a financial powerhouse. Today, many content-rich films are hitting the 100-crore mark, showing progress in the Hindi film industry. Actors like Aamir Khan, Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khancontinue to rule the box office charts. Among the highest grossing Bollywood movies ever, only one film has a female actor in the lead role. All of these films are directed by men, with Rajkumar Hirani having the highest success rate. Take a look at the highest grossing films in Bollywood and take your pick of the best.
1. DANGAL
Director: Nitesh Tiwari
Lead star: Aamir Khan
Year of Release: 2016
Worldwide Gross: 1957 crores
2. BAJRANGI BHAIJAAN
Director: Kabir Khan
Lead star: Salman Khan
Year of Release: 2015
Worldwide Gross: 873 crores
3. SECRET SUPERSTAR
Director: Advait Chandan
Lead star: Aamir Khan
Year of Release: 2016
Worldwide Gross: 834.3 crores
4. PK
Director: Rajkumar Hirani
Lead star: Aamir Khan
Year of Release: 2015
Worldwide Gross: 741 crores
5. SANJU
Director: Rajkumar Hirani
Lead star: Ranbir Kapoor
Year of Release: 2018
Worldwide Gross: 585 crores
6. SULTAN
Director: Ali Abbas Zafar
Lead star: Salman Khan
Year of Release: 2016
Worldwide Gross: 581 crores
7. PADMAAVAT
Director: Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Lead star: Deepika Padukone
Year of Release: 2018
Worldwide Gross: 560.8 crores
8. DHOOM 3
Director: Vijay Krishna Acharya
Lead star: Aamir Khan
Year of Release: 2013
Worldwide Gross: 558 crores
9. TIGER ZINDA HAI
Director: Ali Abbas Zafar
Lead star: Salman Khan
Year of Release: 2017
Worldwide Gross: 555 crores
10.CHENNAI EXPRESS
Director: Rohit Shetty
Lead star: Shah Rukh Khan
Year of Release: 2013
Worldwide Gross: 396 crores