From a commoner in Delhi to one of the biggest superstars in the country, Shahrukh Khan is one of the biggest success stories in the industry today. Born in New Delhi on 2nd November 1965 and brought up in the coastal city of Mangalore for the first five years of his life, Shahrukh made his debut in the Hindi Film Industry about 2 decade ago with Deewana (1992), a film that won him his first Filmfare Award for Best Debut Male.
Later in the same year, Shahrukh featured in Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman, a film that remains close to his heart even today. The turning point in his career, however, came with two films in 1993 where he played characters with grey shades – Yash Chopra’s Darr and Abbas-Mustan’s Baazigar.
Shahrukh Khan – DDLJ to Chennai Express
1995 though was a landmark year in his career. Two of the year’s biggest blockbusters, Rakesh Roshan’s Karan Arjun and Aditya Chopra’s Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge released and the latter went on to become one of the biggest blockbuster in the history of Indian cinema and firmly established Shahrukh as the biggest superstar in the country. DDLJ is still running at Maratha Mandir in Mumbai!
In the following few years, SRK gained iconic status with romantic films like Yash Chopra’s Dil Toh Pagal Hai, Subhash Ghai’s Pardes and Karan Johar’s Kuch Kuch Hota Hai which remains one of the biggest hits of his career.
Also Read: Shahrukh Khan’s Career Analysis 1992 – 2000
The beginning of the current century was probably the toughest of Shahrukh’s career with the media pitting him against Hrithik Roshan who made a spectacular debut in Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai. The two had a epic clash at the box office during Diwali in 2010 when Hrithik’s Mission Kashmir released on the same day as SRK’s Mohabbatein. While Mission Kashmir opened to a better response initially, it was Mohabbatein that eventually won the Diwali clash.
Also Read: Shahrukh Khan and the history of Diwali clashes
In the last decade or so, Shahrukh consolidated his status as one of the most bankable stars in the country with successful films like Devdas, Chalte Chalte, Kal Ho Na Ho, Main Hoon Na and Veer Zaara. The actor was unable to maintain his success streak when Swades and Paheli failed at the box office. Two rare failures were followed by 10 back-to-back successful films that started with Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna and continues with his latest blockbusters Chennai Express and Happy New Year.
Also Read: 10 hits in a row for Shahrukh Khan: Consistency Redefined
Its been a remarkable career for Shahrukh Khan, as good as any the industry has ever witnessed. More than 20 years since he made his debut, SRK remains one of the most loved actors the industry has ever produced.
Below we have detailed box office analysis of SRK’s career so far.
| Movie | Release Date | Collections | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deewana | June 25 1992 | 7.75 | Hit |
| Chamatkar | July 8 1992 | 2.75 | Flop |
| Dil Aashna Hai | December 25 1992 | 1.25 | Flop |
| Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman | November 13 1992 | 2.5 | Average |
| King Uncle | February 5 1993 | 1.65 | Flop |
| Maya Memsaab | July 2 1993 | 1.85 | Flop |
| Baazigar | November 12 1993 | 7.75 | Hit |
| Darr | December 24 1993 | 10.75 | Super Hit |
| Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa | February 25 1994 | 3.5 | Hit |
| Anjaam | April 22 1994 | 3.25 | Flop |
| Karan Arjun | January 13 1995 | 32.15 | Blockbuster |
| Guddu | January 31 1995 | 2.1 | Flop |
| Zamaana Deewana | July 28 1995 | 4.5 | Flop |
| Oh Darling! Yeh Hai India! | August 11 1995 | 1.95 | Flop |
| Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge | October 20 1995 | 61 | All Time Blockbuster |
| Ram Jaane | November 29 1995 | 9.5 | Above Average |
| Trimurti | December 22 1995 | 10.25 | Flop |
| English Babu Desi Mem | January 26 1996 | 4.25 | Flop |
| Chaahat | June 6 1996 | 4.53 | Flop |
| Army | June 28 1996 | 7.25 | Average |
| Koyla | April 18 1997 | 12 | Below Average |
| Yes Boss | July 18 1997 | 9.5 | Above Average |
| Pardes | August 8 1997 | 18 | Hit |
| Dil To Pagal Hai | October 31 1997 | 28 | Super Hit |
| Duplicate | May 8 1998 | 9.25 | Below Average |
| Dil Se.. | August 21 1998 | 10.25 | Flop |
| Kuch Kuch Hota Hai | October 16 1998 | 45.25 | All Time Blockbuster |
| Baadshah | August 27 1999 | 14 | Below Average |
| Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani | January 21 2000 | 10.25 | Flop |
| Josh | June 9 2000 | 20 | Above Average |
| Mohabbatein | October 27 2000 | 33.25 | Super Hit |
| One 2 Ka 4 | March 30 2001 | 5.5 | Flop |
| Asoka | October 26 2001 | 8.25 | Flop |
| Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham | December 14 2001 | 47 | Blockbuster |
| Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam | May 24 2002 | 13.75 | Above Average |
| Devdas | July 12 2002 | 32.5 | Hit |
| Chalte Chalte | June 13 2003 | 16 | Hit |
| Kal Ho Naa Ho | November 27 2003 | 35 | Hit |
| Yeh Lamhe Judaai Ke | April 9 2004 | 0.45 | Flop |
| Main Hoon Na | April 30 2004 | 33.5 | Hit |
| Veer Zaara | November 12 2004 | 40 | Super Hit |
| Swades | December 17 2004 | 15.25 | Flop |
| Paheli | June 24 2005 | 13 | Flop |
| Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna | August 11 2006 | 45.75 | Hit |
| Don: The Chase Begins Again | October 20 2006 | 51 | Hit |
| Chak De! India | August 10 2007 | 67.7 | Blockbuster |
| Om Shanti Om | November 9 2007 | 79.5 | Blockbuster |
| Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi | December 12 2008 | 86.75 | Blockbuster |
| Billu | February 13 2009 | 23.65 | Flop |
| My Name Is Khan | February 12 2010 | 72.75 | Hit |
| Ra.One | October 26 2011 | 125 | Hit |
| Don 2: The Chase Continues | December 23 2011 | 112 | Hit |
| Jab Tak Hai Jaan | November 12 2012 | 121 | Hit |
| Chennai Express | August 9 2013 | 227 | All Time Blockbuster |
| Happy New Year | October 24 2014 | 204 | Super Hit |
| Dilwale | December 18 2015 | 149 | Semi Hit |
| FAN | April 15 2016 | 85 | Flop |
| 57 Movies | 24 Years | 2100 crore | Average: 36.84 crore per film |
- Disasters – 0
- Flop – 19
- Below Average – 3
- Average – 2
- Above Average – 4
- Semi Hit – 0
- Hits – 14
- Super Hit – 4
- Blockbusters – 5
- All Time Blockbusters – 3
- Success Ratio (Above average or better) – 55.5%
A few interesting points
- Shahrukh is second only to Rajesh Khanna when it comes to back-to-back hits. He currently has 10 and could eventually beat Khanna’s 15 consecutive hits record.
- At the time of this writing, SRK also has almost all the box office records under his name – Highest grosser in India, Highest worldwide grosser, Highest Opening Day / Weekend / Week – just to name a few.
- In every overseas market, Shahrukh is by far the biggest superstar. Some of his older films like Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna are still in the Top 10.
- Not a single Shahrukh Khan film has ever been declared as a box office disaster!
- The total business generated by his films in India is Rs 1642.52 crore, only behind Salman Khan and Akshay Kumar.
Also read: Salman Khan’s Box Office Analysis
@dhaka.. salman ko kisi naam ki jarurat nahi sirf the salman khan hi kafi hai.. aur ek film hit kya ho gayi to 3 idiots ko adult film kahne lage wa kya baat hai.. aur hamare to 5 lagatar hit hue hai hamne to kabhi aisa nahi kaha isse pata chalta hai ki kiske fan idiot hai..
@rishi
agree with you…goos movies should be cherished irrespective of the actors starring in it…..but maya memsahab is not a cheap movie…believe me..is starred some brilliant actors of that time…
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Highest paid previews – Chennai Express
Highest single day – Chennai Express
Highest 3 day – Chennai Express
Highest 1st week – Chennai Express
Highest 2nd week 3 Idiots
Highest 3rd week – 3 Idiots
Highest 4th week – 3 Idiots
Highest 5th week – 3 Idiots
Highest 6th week – Aashiqui 2
Highest 7th week – Aashiqui 2
Highest 400th week – DDLJ
Highest 500th week – DDLJ
Highest 600th week – DDLJ
Highest 700th week – DDLJ
Highest 800th week – DDLJ
Highest 900th week – DDLJ
Highest lifetime – Chennai Express
yes boss is a hit.
@Mark 42 tumhare sirf 5lagatar hit hue but humare to 10 lagatar hit huye so we can say watever we want to….
@indicine. Chamakar was never flop it was average at box office. Same goes to badashah which is average at 14 cr. josh should b semi hit on 20 cr in 2000. How come andaz is hit on 15, tere naam above average on 13 cr which released in 2003. And yeh Lamhe judai ke is disaster. Dont follow boi their virdict always confusing Rest of the list is quite accurate.
admin of this site is srk fan and this site belongs to srk. admin is really biased. indicine kindly watch billu again. srk is almost in every scene of the movie and in every song. if u call it guest appearance then amir also had guest appearance in 3idiots. if billu had been blockbuster then u would have included it in srk blockbuster list.
@ indicin,e Wiki pedia Shows Oh Darling yeh Hy India Block Buster, Please Explain
Chennai express grosses $5.07m (US) and E2.08m (UK)
No Rohit Shetty film had grossed up to $1.75m or 0.75m in these nations.
Such a stupid comedy film. One of the best comedy movies made in India is the underrated andaz apna apna
September 6
Shuddh Desi Romance (Susshant, Parineeti) Vs Zanjeer (Ram Charan, Priyanka)
Which film will have the upper hand at the box office.
East or west… Shahrukh izz d best.!
Indicine…plzz make the same chart for ranbir kapoor to compare with srk…thanks
paheli, one two ka four, billu, ye lamhe judai ke, asoka are all disasters
superb article indicine team though some mistake in the articles but still good analysis.
this article is the clear slap to two kind of people and thankfully i m not belong to any of them.
1. those srk fans who thinks srk never have flops or if so then its in very low but from this article its shwos success ration of srk is 55.55 19 flops from 54 movies almost 37% of his career.
though according to article he having no disaster while i have still doubt that srk have no disaster so if this so than definately a huge achievement
2. on those people who r thinking that srk has called king due to no reason, because as per this article srk having success in almost each year barring 1996,2005 & 2009. so it huge achievement by srk and congrats to him.
@indicine team i have a question if you add Billu as srk flop so why r you sticking that srk having 10 consecutive hits, either you have supporting role or extended cameo its definately a failure of srk and even he is the producer of this movie too.
and srk fans one question to you when some sites including BOI given Ra one a hit verdict which is still questionable why you making hubbaloo when the same site hasn’t declared ce ATBB, this is called double standard
srk having 10 hits in the row but how can indicine you compare him with Rajesh Khanna you should know that Rajesh khanna delievered 15 hits in 3-4 years while srk given 10 hits in 8 years and even Ra one still can’t be declared as complete hit because how a 135 cr movie become hit in India with collection of 118cr which is completely flop not even below avg..
admin,please remove billu from flop list as srk wasnt lead actor of that billu,srk the king of cine world
srk having 10 hits in the row but how can indicine you compare him with Rajesh Khanna you should know that Rajesh khanna delievered 15 hits in 3-4 years while srk given 10 hits in 8 years and even Ra one still can’t be declared as complete hit because how a 135 cr movie become hit in India with collection of 118cr which is completely flop not even below avg.
by salman 7 srk analysis one thing is clear that the reason for srk 10 hit in a row is that now he is doing 1or max 2 movie in a year so that due to excitement of his film and concentration to one movie at a time help him to have hits back to back and most of the time he releasing his movie in holiday period like Diwali, Cristmans and now EID. since 2010 salman started doing 2 movies in a year and he also able to have huge success with this steps too. before some started to questioning i have to say Veer is not a flop its below avg.
so in future no superstar will have complete flop if he is doing 1-2 movie in a year and if those release in holiday period thant chances become too low to.because from this article its shown whenever srk did more than 2 movie in a year he also have a flop in that year, same goes for salman given back to back flops when he doing 3-4-5 movie in a year and the great example of this is Akshay kumar who having 2 hits,2 flop in a year.
so moral of the story those questioning where is salman before 2009 just check his box office analysis and you will get to know as he is doing more than 2 movies in a year before 2010 barring some exception.
salman,aamir aur akki ke fans sirf SRK related posts par hi comment karte h rather than commenting on the posts related to their respective stars..that is called INSECURITY :P
Guru film ka dialogue to yaad hi hoga “Agar log tumhare baare me bura bolne lage to samajhlo ki tarraki kar rhe ho”
so i thank each & every hater for promoting SRK :D
and how is billu not considered srk flop when you analyzing 10 hits in a row, when he is in the fil in 3 songs+15 -20 min role and i would like to share poster of Billu mark official poster.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Billu-poster.jpg
this is called double standard of this site and srk.
and this is the line of srkians fav wikepidia when they want to show ra one and jthj worldwide colletion is more than Salman’s bodyguard.
It stars Irrfan Khan and Lara Dutta in the lead roles and features Shahrukh Khan (portraying a fictional version of himself), Om Puri, Rajpal Yadav and Asrani in supporting roles.
so any one want to check just search billu and you get your answer waiting for double standard srk fans reply.
and great example in the article mentioned who is no. 1 deepika or katrina most of the srkians said Deepika while deepika having huge success only in this year 2013, while katrina hasn’t delivered a flop since yuvraaj 2008, and now these srk fans brings srk above salman witch his no flops sicne 2005.
that y i m calling srkian most dumb fans.
personlly i don’t like kat and deepika both.
Now 3 Idiots has become an adult movie for srk fans. I believe even Chameleons will feel ashamed on their lesser ability to change colors than srk fans. Srkians, Atleast Aamir and Salman did not bare their butt to get more movies in their struggling days !!! Lol !!!!!
@aks
15-20 min role is considered as special appearance only…three songs were definitely part of the movie were more of promotional types…calling billu a srk starer makes ni sense at all
@aks
15-20 min role is considered as special appearance only…three songs were definitely part of the movie were more of promotional types…calling billu a srk starer makes no sense…and in your words it ‘stars’ lara and irfan and ‘features’ srk in supporting role…c’mon man how can billu be srk starrer
3idiots is definetly a fantastic movie…it would have been a big hit even if it starred shahid kapoor..its awesome…but on the question of it being adult..my family loved it but yes I feel a little uncomfortable when that balatkar speech is on and ‘tofha kubool karo’ line is repeated..everyone knows which ‘tofha’ has to be given as gift
@zack : i think you are new to indicine. Have you ever heard about or know about these ids : @IMAM / @xzone / @Ruler / @Star / @remotecontrol & @Danish? They are all srk fans who visit salman, akki n Aamir pages to abuse them. I have nothing personal about srk but it is the ‘tit for tat’ policy which makes me comment on srk related pages. No one is saint here though i respect only 1 srk fan on indicine whose id is ‘king’ . He never abuses any other actor to praise srk like the above morons do !!!!!!
Why why indicine Billu wasnt Shahrukhs flop it was guest appearance on the other hand Salman khans box office analysis you mention Kuch kuch hota hai Salmans all time blockbuster tell me one thing in kkhh Salman played the role of Rahul
But his kabaab mein haddi part was important. His acting was also very good and was looking better than SRK in that short role of his
Shahrukh khan isn’t just one of the super star let me tell you he is far more better than the best here are the facts
He has 8 best actor awards equal to Deelip Kumar 8 and more than Amitabh, Rajesh khanna, Salman, Aamir, Hrithik, Ranbir and all but he also has 2 best vilio.
Shahrukh khan isn’t just one of the super star let me tell you he is far more better than the best here are the facts
He has 8 best actor awards equal to Deelip Kumar 8 and more than Amitabh, Rajesh khanna, Salman, Aamir, Hrithik, Ranbir and all but he also has 2 best vilion film fare awards so he is no. 1 at the awards field he also have many awards more than anyone else
His fan following isnt just more than others Bollywood stars but no.1 at world wide
His movie Ddlj holds the record of longest running movie still running beaten Sholey
And his movie Ce holds the record of highest earning movie now 223 car just in India and also the record of first movie to gross 400cr world wide
In every field there is two ways for measurement for anything like in School/college if any one tops we consider him no.1 because he is better than others
In any race who comes first he left all behind
In sports like in cricket Australia won World cup many times than others that’s why he is best
Anything more to prove guys Shahrukh Khan not just best than Aamir or Salman he is better than Deelip Kumar or Amitabh and all he is better than Hollywood’s stars like Tom cruise or others.
What crap. SRK hasn’t won even one national award whereas Amitabh Bachchan haswon 5 and also Dilip Kumar has won. This great actor hasn’t won even one. Because he acts in commercial movies not even fit for Filmfare awards. But still he gets awards because people are biased towards him. For spreading arms and singing songs in fields no idiot become!es a great actor.
Aamir makes truly good movies but because of the stupid love triangles and extra marital affair movies he doesn’t get awards.
SRK imitates Dilip Kumar alot. A hell lot. The way he smiles talks walks gives expressions are all like his.
Don’t compare this idiot with those legendary actors.
Even today Raj Kapoor is famous among the Russian fans who care two hoots abt your global star. For them Raj Kapoor is Bollywood’s Baadshah. He’s not fit to play roles like tere naam Sultan Bajrangi bhaaijan mughal-e-azam sholay dangal PK. The film’s will be disaster if he acts in them
South indian actors are just awesome.
Thank God you didn’t call SRK greater than Kamal Haasan.
Wow Noam superb said 3 idiots wasn’t family movie it was very vulgar with balatkar joks and in Indian culture we respect our teacher but they said sala professor to boman irani its a shame
And Shahanshah you are superb too King size name
King size fame
And King size fans
waiting for 300cr (domsetic net) and 500cr (worldwide gross)
I always knew that some SRK haters will come on this page just to degrade SRK !
Dear jobless freaks go to pages related to your favorite star & remember that SRK has an average of more than 30 crore per movie !
Way better than your Aamir , Salman , Akshay & Ajay !
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