Happy Birthday Akshay Kumar – THE Ultimate BO King + A Brilliant Actor: Unknown Facts About His Box Office Contribution!

Happy Birthday Akshay Kumar! It’s been almost 30 years since you entered the Bollywood industry as an actor who became more famous for his action and less for his acting. You only have gone on board and have announced publicly, that your acting was compared to “furniture”.

Who at that time would’ve imagined that this Khiladi will one day turn out to be one of the best actors and biggest stars in the industry? Who would’ve imagined that you’ll have a lineup of exciting films year after year and will be among the biggest reasons behind the happy faces of public, exhibitors, distributors and producers?

You have done that and how! Year after year, from 1991 to 2019 your growth has been phenomenal and more than opinions, facts speak about it. Akshay, you’ve worked hard, you’ve been consistent, you’ve made mistakes also but you have made sure to use them in your favour and have turned your weaknesses into new strengths.

Today is the day when you are still famous as Khiladi Kumar but people also know you for your brilliant acting skills, your consistency to give multiple good films every year and making sure they make profits for everyone related. In the last few years, in fact, you have given back to back 100 crore grossers which is commendable because your average movies per year is amazing. And now, with Mission Mangal taking a shot for 200 crores mark we know you are going to get only bigger in future especially considering your lineup for 2019-2020.

Here I am going to share why you are the ‘Mini Bollywood Industry’ at this point in time of your career and why you should not stop coming up with back to back big films every year. Let’s have a look at the total business your films did year on year from 2015-2019 and how much contribution it has to the overall total of Top 10 films of each year.

2015

Baby – 95.5 crores

Gabbar Is Back – 86 crores

Brothers – 82.47 crores

Singh Is Bling – 90.25 crores

Total: 354.22 crores

Top 10 Movies Total – 1518.1 crores

Your Contribution: 23.33%

2016

Airlift – 129 crores

Housefull 3 – 107.70 crores

Rustom – 127.49 crores

Total: 364.19 crores

Top 10 Movies Total – 1558.85 crores

Your Contribution: 23.36%

2017

Jolly LLB 2 – 117 crores

Toilet: Ek Prem Katha – 133.60 crores

Total: 250.6 crores

Top 10 Movies Total – 1947.64 crores

Your Contribution: 12.86%