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.
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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.
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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 |
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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
king of bolywood I really like you
Shah Rukh Khan the living legend
Glad to see that he never give any disaster movie.Real don of Bollywood. And no one can reach to that position….he will always be baadshaah.
Swades flop?? Are you drunk?
It is a flop
King is always king…..ur my name is khan & kal ho na ho is the most most and most blockbuster for me
We r audience, and whenever we see good acting on the screen we rate them. And stars like SRK,SALMAN,AMIR. N AKSHAY does not disappoint us much and so we love them all.
Most pf Flims of SRK with Yasj raj
Supporting actor Big B and Sallu gave more chanes to new comers
Amir khan is prefectionist
SRK is the superstar in Bollywood
I Love u shahrukh I m big fin for u I real love u so much
Nice
Kal ho na ho was blockbuster plzz correct it
I think you should check dil to pagal hai kal ho na ho n veer zara these are blockbusters plzzz correct it
RA. One didn’t make its money back so should be down as a flop
A biggest actor over world is a srk am i really love u very much my favorite movie is ‘chennai express’
Even if Shahrukh khan acted in movies that flops, or a few crores behind salman or akshay, he is the the world’s favourite. The movies are flop because of the directors or producer. Not because of the actor. Not because of him. Wherever you go in this world, when you speak about bollywood, you will definitely hear Shahrukh’s name first. Trust me.
Sad to see swades in flop, it should be hit.
Sawdesh is one of the best movie of hindi cinema but i am sad that he did not get National Award for that .
Srk is best
O-M-G!!I cannot believe Indicine does this much mistake.I request plz correct them that:-
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Chennai Express is BB,Chak De India is Super Hit,Kabhi Alvida na Kehna is Semi Hit,Paheli is Below Average,Yeh Lamhe Hai Judaai Ke is a Disaster,Hum tumhare hai sanam is Average,One 2 ka 4 is a disaster,,Mohabbateing is BB,Josh is Average,Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani is a flop,Baadshah is average,duplicate is flop,dil to pagal hai is BB,Pardesh is Super Hit,Yess Boss is a hit,Koyla is average,Chaahat is below average,Raam Jaane is Hit,Oh Darling Ye Hai India is Disaster,Guddu is disaster,Zamaana Deewana is a flop,Baazigar is a hit,King uncle is a disaster,Maya memsaab is a disaster,Dil aashna hai is a disaster.
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These movies verdicts were mistake.I have collected this data from Box Office India.I request u plz correct it.
Ra one and oh darling india is a big disaster.kindly check.Don’t compare srk with Rajesh khanna.Rajesh khanna is 100 times grater than srk.
Srk. Super rocking khan is the besttttt. Kingkhan. King is king.
Salman khan back to back 7 all time blockbuster movies salman khan biggest superstar
Actually,Srk has done total 59 movies.But u havent included 4 of them.The movies r Hey Ram,Gaja Gamini,Shakti the power & Dulha Mil Gaya.Kindly include them in Srk’s career box office analysis.
SRK IS THE REAL KING OF BOLLYWOOD. EVEN HIS ACTING IS KING STYLE .NOT ONLY ABOUT BOX OFFICE COLLECTION BUT ALSO ABOUT IN ACTING HIS IS NO.1
“NO ONE CAN BECAME KING AFTER SRK”…… LOVE YOU SRK EVER AND FOREVER
king you are best actor in the world and will be forever ,never no one can take your place in bollywood , world and in our heart, we will have been supporting you till we live and will be only your fan .
looooooooooooooooooooove king of the world SRK .
Lol…..Srk has won abt 212 awards when salman cant even boast of 50. Srk the richest actor in the world with a networth of $600m. Check wikipedia. Haters will die haha
Sallu-no.1 aamir-no.2 srk-no.3 aksoy-no.4
Koyla , chahat , and raam jaane would be super hit movies
Srk is a my real hero.
He is best actor of the world.
He is cool.
He is chocolaty hero.
Srk’s 55 film collect above 1600 cr.,akshey 102 film gain 2000cr.,salman khan 70 film got 1700cr.above. U decide who best?