Meet only Indian star with twenty ₹100 crore hits: Outsider who beat Shah Rukh, Salman Khan, Vijay, Rajinikanth, Ranveer

This Bollywood star has had 20 films crossing the ₹100 crore mark at the Indian box office in just over a decade.

It was less than two decades ago that the 100-crore club was established when Aamir Khan’s Ghajini became the first Indian film to collect ₹100 crore net domestically. Since then, close to 150 Indian films have crossed that milestone, some big, many small. Many actors have multiple films in the club, a testament to their sustained success. And while stars like the Khans, Rajinikanth, Vijay, and Kamal Haasan all feature multiple times in the list, only one star has 20 entries in the 100-crore club.

The star who rules Bollywood's 100-crore club.

Actor with the most ₹100-crore hits

With Priyadarshan’s Bhooth Bangla crossing the ₹100-crore mark at the Indian box office, Akshay Kumar now has 20 films that have earned over ₹100 crore net in India. This is the most by any lead star, ahead of Salman Khan’s 18. What is interesting is that of these 20, six have come post-pandemic, showing that the actor has continued to churn out money-making films even as fewer audiences are going to theatres. The success of Bhooth Bangla, followed by Housefull 5 and Kesari 2, also marks a revival for Akshay, who saw a tough time immediately after the lockdowns, with the back-to-back failures of films like Samrat Prithviraj, Ram Setu, Bachchhan Paandey, and Raksha Bandhan.

Indian actors with most ₹100 crore hits
S No	Actor	100 crore hits
1	Akshay Kumar	20
2	Salman Khan	18
3	Ajay Devgn	16
4	Shah Rukh Khan	10
5	Ranveer Singh	9
6	Hrithik Roshan	8
=	Rajinikanth	8
=	Vijay	8
9	Prabhas	7
=	Aamir Khan	7
=	Ranbir Kapoor	7

How Akshay beat the Khans and other superstars

Akshay Kumar’s 20 films in the 100-crore club is a record he set through smart film selection and a prolific golden run that lasted from 2007 to 2019. During this time, Akshay often worked in 3-4 films a year, maximising his chances of box-office success. His contemporaries like Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, and Ajay Devgn limited themselves to just 1-2 films a year, while Aamir starred in fewer still. By controlling the budgets of his films, Akshay ensured he appeared in more films in the same time period, giving him the enviable record of 20 films in the list.

Bhooth Bangla, Akshay Kumar's latest film, has collected over ₹100 crore in India. (ANI)

Salman follows with 18 such films, followed by Ajay with 16 and Shah Rukh with 10. After the success of the two Dhurandhar films, Ranveer Singh has entered the top 5 with nine 100-crore hits to his name. From down south, Tamil superstars Rajinikanth and Vijay have eight 100-crore hits each, while Telugu star Prabhas has seven.

Akshay is likely to extend his lead in the coming two years with projects like Haiwaan and Welcome to the Jungle lined up, along with the planned third Hera Pheri film.