Box Office Records – SHAHRUKH KHAN

It was the climax scene. The Hero had stabbed the villain. The reason – he had kidnapped his wife and was about to marry him on cruise boat. Alas, the hero’s arrival changed everything. But something else also happened in the theatre hall when we were watching this scene. There was a pin drop silence. Ideally, the audience should have whistled and clapped on the villain’s death. But they were not. Some of the girls were crying on is death … That movie was DARR and the dying villain was SHAHRUKH KHAN.  This film even soured the relationship between SUNNY DEOL, the Hero and Late YASH CHOPRA, the Director, as he felt that the director gave him a raw deal and all the sympathy was swept away by the Antagonist. Such was SHAHRUKH’s  power that a similar role in a previous film, where he again plays the antagonist, was a hit. Historically no actor would dare to do the same role back to back. That would be a disaster for one’s career. Not in this case though. In SHAHRUKH’s case, a Star was Born...

Today, 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). This film that won him his first Filmfare Award for Best Debut Male.

In the same year, later,  Shahrukh starred in Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman. But, the turning point in his career, however, came with the earlier mentioned two films in 1993 where he played characters with grey shades – Yash Chopra’s Darr and Abbas-Mustan’s Baazigar.

Though 1995 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! By the end of 2015, it will complete its 20 year run.

In the following 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.

The beginning of the 2000 though was probably the toughest of Shahrukh’s career with the media pitting him against Hrithik Roshan who made a successful 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.

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. But this was followed by 10 back-to-back successful films that started with Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna and continues with his latest blockbuster Chennai Express. Below is   SHAHRUKH’s  Box Office Record*.

54 Movies	1992-2013	1642.52 cr	Avg: 30.41 crore per film
Deewana	June 25 1992	7.75	Hit
Chamatkar	July 8 1992	2.75	Flop
Dil Aashna Hai	Dec 25 1992	1.25	Flop
Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman	Nov 13 1992	2.5	Average
King Uncle	Feb 5 1993	1.65	Flop
Maya Memsaab	July 2 1993	1.85	Flop
Baazigar	Nov 12 1993	7.75	Hit
Darr	Dec 24 1993	10.75	Superhit
Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa	Feb 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	Oct 20 1995	61	All Time Blockbuster
Ram Jaane	Nov 29 1995	9.5	Above Average
Trimurti	Dec 22 1995	10.25	Flop
English Babu Desi Mem	Jan 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	Oct 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	Oct 27 2000	33.25	Superhit
One 2 Ka 4	March 30 2001	5.5	Flop
Asoka	Oct 26 2001	8.25	Flop
Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham	Dec 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	Nov 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	Nov 12 2004	40	Superhit
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	115.42	Hit
Don 2: The Chase Continues	December 23 2011	106.25	Hit
Jab Tak Hai Jaan	November 12 2012	120.32	Hit
Chennai Express	August 9 2013	223	All Time Blockbuster

• 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%

SRK has maintained this consistency and has carried it forward to the next decade. He has made it to the Top 2 six times and Top 5 eight times. He has been unsuccessful just once and also had no release one year. But, as described above, SRK has been challenged several times since 2006. But even with the onslaught of new stars, SRK is the only KING KHAN of Bollywood.

*Disclaimer: 

1. This list is complied from various sources and our research. 
2. This list includes only India  box office data
3. The figures can be approximate and we do not make any claims about the authenticity of the data. However they are adequately indicative of the box-office performance of the film(s).