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Gone are the days when Bollywood stars rejoiced entering the 500 crore-in-a-year club. It is the era of the new 700 crore-in-a-year club — all thanks to Akshay Kumar.
Backed by the success of four films — “Kesari”, “Mission Mangal”, “Housefull 4” and “Good Newwz” — Akshay scripted a new chapter in the history of Indian showbiz by minting over 700 crore at the box office in 2019. Now, there’s going to be ripple effect in Bollywood showbiz with the tempering of box office expectations in 2020, and top stars reworking their strategy.
Trade experts credit Akshay’s strategy behind achieving this feat, and believe that matching his hit rate can be tough but not impossible.
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Akshay Kumar minted 735.42 crore last year, followed by Hrithik Roshan who registered business of 464.85 crore with his act as math wiz Anand Kumar in “Super 30” and mega-hit “War”.
In fact, Riteish Deshmukh had ‘dhamaal’ at the box office in 2019 as he is third in the list by raking in over 396 crore with three releases (“Total Dhamaal“, “Housefull 4” and “Marjaavaan“). Then there is Tiger Shroff (387.020 crore) for “Student of the Year 2” and “War“.
Superstar Salman Khan is fifth in the list with total of over 356 crore (for two films — “Bharat” and “Dabangg 3”), who is followed by actor Ayushmann Khurrana with business of 324.520 crore (“Article 15″, “Dream Girl” and “Bala“).