Salman Khan vs Shahrukh Khan (Career Analysis)

Salman Khan and Shahrukh Khan, the most powerful and the biggest superstars in the country, have cooed, stuttered and danced their ways into the hearts of Indian movie buffs starting in the late 80s and early 90s respectively and to this day continue to entertain and enlighten us. Despite the arrival of fresh faces, they still remain the ‘biggest superstars’ of Bollywood while we bask in the power, passion and energy they radiate on screen. Defying age and time, these two Khans (Aamir Khan also, but he is more towards quality cinema) has created a holy space in the hearts of masses as well as the box office.

Salman Khan became a superstar overnight after Maine Pyar Kiya. He is the only male superstar in the hindi film industry who started his career (as a lead star) with an All Time Blockbuster. Shahrukh joined B-town in 1992 when Salman was already a star. Let's a have a look at the first decade of their career (In Salman's case 1989 is added in the decade).

90s:

Salman Khan			Shah Rukh Khan
Film	Verdict	Collections	Film	Verdict	Collections
Maine Pyar Kiya	ATBB	14.00 Crore	DDLJ	ATBB	53.00 Crore
Hum Aapke Hain Koun	ATBB	73.52 Crore	Kuch Kuch Hota Hai	ATBB	46.82 Crore
Kuch Kuch Hota Hai	ATBB	46.82 Crore	-	-	-
Karan Arjun	Blockbuster	29.00 Crore	Karan Arjun	Blockbuster	29.00 Crore
Hum Saath Saath Hain	Blockbuster	39.17 Crore	Dil To Pagal Hai	Blockbuster	35.00 Crore
Saajan	Super Hit	10.00 Crore	Darr	Super Hit	10.75 Crore
Sanam Bewafa	Super Hit	5.75 Crore	Pardes	Super Hit	22.83 Crore
Jeet	Super Hit	16.13 Crore	-	-	-
Pyar Kiya To Darna Kya	Super Hit	18.06 Crore	-	-	-
Biwi no. 1	Super Hit	25.58 Crore	-	-	-
Judwaa	Hit	13.14 Crore	Deewana	Hit	7.75 Crore
Bandhan	Hit	12.09 Crore	Baazigar	Hit	7.75 Crore
Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam	Hit	25.00 Crore	Ram Jaane	Hit	8.60 Crore
-	-	-	Yes Boss	Hit	11.00 Crore
Baaghi	Semi Hit	4.00 Crore	-	-	-
Jab Pyar Kisise Hota Hai	Semi Hit	11.70 Crore	-	-	-
Kurbaan	Average	1.50 Crore	Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa	Average	2.25 Crore
-	-	-	Army	Average	7.25 Crore
-	-	-	Koyla	Average	12.00 Crore
-	-	-	Baadshah	Average	14.00 Crore
-	-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-	-
Pathar Ke Phool	Below Avg.	1.40 Crore	Chamatkar	Below Avg.	1.60 Crore
Biwi Ho To Esi	Flop	0.60 Crore	Raju Ban Geya Gentleman	Below Avg.	1.50 Crore
Love	Flop	1.30 Crore	Anjaam	Below Avg.	2.90 Crore
Jaagurti	Flop	1.30 Crore	Chahat	Below Avg.	5.00 Crore
Suryavanshi	Flop	1.00 Crore	Idiot	Flop	0.00 Crore
Ek Ladka Ek Ladki	Flop	0.75 Crore	Dil Aashna Hai	Flop	0.75 Crore
Nischaiy	Flop	0.35 Crore	Maya Memsaab	Flop	0.30 Crore
Chandramukhi	Flop	0.80 Crore	King Uncle	Flop	0.80 Crore
Dil Tera Aashiq	Flop	1.40 Crore	Zamana Deewana	Flop	4.55 Crore
Andaz Apna Apna	Flop	1.00 Crore	Guddu	Flop	1.50 Crore
Chaand Ka Tukda	Flop	0.40 Crore	Oh Darling Yeh Hai India	Flop	1.35 Crore
Sangdil Sanam	Flop	0.95 Crore	Trimurti	Flop	10.25 Crore
Veergati	Flop	5.00 Crore	English Babu Desi Mem	Flop	1.25 Crore
Yeh Majhdaar	Flop	0.90 Crore	Dil Se	Flop	10.25 Crore
Khamoshi	Flop	6.90 Crore	Duplicate	Flop	9.25 Crore
Auzaar	Flop	5.68 Crore	-	-	-
Janam Samjha Karo	Flop	9.19 Crore	-	-	-
Hello Brother	Flop	10.67 Crore	-	-	-
TOTAL	-	395.42 Crore	TOTAL	-	327.25 Crore

Salman Khan:
Total Films: 34

All Time Blockbuster: 3 (8,82%)

Blockbusters (ATBB included): 5 (14.71%)

Hits: 15

Successful Films: 16 (47.06%)

Unsuccessful Films: 18 (52.94%)

Top Grosser of the year: 5

Average per movie: 11.6 Crore

Shahrukh Khan:

Total Films: 29

All Time Blockbuster: 2 (6.90%)

Blockbusters (ATBB included): 3 (10.34%)

Hits: 10 (27.59%)

Successful Films: 14 ( % )

Unsuccessful Films: 15 ( %)

Flops: 11 (37.93%)

Top Grosser of the year: 2

Average per movie: 11.2 Crore

Salman Khan is a clear winner in this decade with much more dominating career; more ATBB, Blockbusters, Hits and Top Grossers Of The Year. His hit and success ratio was better than Shahrukh Khan. Shah Rukh Khan's career was not bad at all though. He was hugely successful and was clear no. 2 among all superstars, just behind Salman Khan.

00's:

That was the decade when a lot went wrong for Salman Khan. While Salman Khan was favoring his friends and buddies, Shahrukh Khan was concentrating on his career. Salman had personal issues, court cases etc which effected his career. In this period, Shahrukh Khan was very much supported by biggest banners of the country, YRF and Dharma Productions. Out of his 11 clean hits, 7 were with YRF & Dharma Productions. But Salman was never out of the game. Have a look:

Salman Khan			Shah Rukh Khan
Film	Verdict	Collections	Film	Verdict	Collections
-	-	-	Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Ghum	Blockbuster	55.65 Crore
-	-	-	Om Shanti Om	Blockbuster	78.13 Crore
-	-	-	Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi	Blockbuster	84.66 Crore
-	-	-	Mohabbatein	Blockbuster	41.87 Crore
No Entry	Super Hit	44.67 Crore	Veer Zaara	Super Hit	41.52 Crore
Partner	Super Hit	60.69 Crore	Chak De India	Super Hit	66.49 Crore
Dulhan Hum Le Jayenge	Hit	18.69 Crore	Devdas	Hit	41.44 Crore
Baghbaan	Hit	20.60 Crore	Kal Ho Naa Ho	Hit	38.47 Crore
Mujhse Shadi Karogi	Hit	28.97 Crore	Chalte Chalte	Hit	18.95 Crore
Wanted	Hit	60.24 Crore	Main Hoon Naa	Hit	36.02 Crore
-	-	-	Don	Hit	50.19 Crore
Chori Chori Chupke Chupke	Semi Hit	18.34 Crore	Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna	Semi Hit	44.32 Crore
Tere Naam	Semi Hit	14.22 Crore	-	-	-
Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya?	Semi Hit	25.60 Crore	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-	-
Har Dil Jo Pyar Karega	Average	14.77 Crore	Josh	Average	17.44 Crore
Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam	Average	13.30 Crore	Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam	Average	13.30 Crore
Garv	Below Avg.	14.15 Crore	Paheli	Below Avg.	12.72 Crore
Lucky	Below Avg.	15.67 Crore	-	-	-
Chal Mere Bhai	Flop	11.29 Crore	Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani	Flop	10.58 Crore
Kahin Pyar Na Ho Jaye	Flop	6.52 Crore	Hey Ram	Flop	5.18 Crore
Tum Ko Na Bhool Payenge	Flop	10.29 Crore	One Two Ka Four	Flop	6.42 Crore
Yeh Hai Jalwa	Flop	5.28 Crore	Asoka	Flop	11.30 Crore
Dil Ne Jise Apna Kaha	Flop	6.72 Crore	Shakti	Flop	6.50 Crore
Kyoun Ki	Flop	12.62 Crore	Yeh Lamhe Judai Ke	Flop	0.55 Crore
Shadi Karke Phass Geya Yar	Flop	1.88 Crore	Swades	Flop	16.18 Crore
Jaan-e-Mann	Flop	25.02 Crore	Billu	Flop	22.87 Crore
Babul	Flop	17.24 Crore
Salam-e-Ishq	Flop	22.65 Crore	-	-	-
Marigold	Flop	0.90 Crore	-	-	-
God Tussi Great Ho	Flop	12.44 Crore	-	-	-
Yuvraaj	Flop	16.86 Crore	-	-	-
London Dreams	Flop	25.69 Crore	-	-	-
Main Aur Mrs Khanna	Flop	7.39 Crore	-	-	-
TOTAL	-	545.80 Crore	TOTAL	-	721.00 Crore

Salman Khan:

Total Films: 28

All Time Blockbuster: 0 (0%)

Blockbusters (ATBB included): 0 (0%)

Hits:  6

Successful Films: 11 (39.28%)

Unsuccessful Films: 18 (61.72%)

Top Grosser of the year: 1

Average per movie: 19.42 Crore

Shahrukh Khan:

Total Films: 23

All Time Blockbuster: 0 (0%)

Blockbusters (ATBB included): 3 (13.04%)

Hits: 11 (47.83%)

Successful Films: 14 (60.87%)

Unsuccessful Films: 9 (39.13%)

Top Grosser of the year: 3

Average per movie: 31.34 Crore

This decade clearly belongs to Shahrukh Khan.

10's:

Though this decade is not over but we are almost half through this decade. We are aready in the 5th year of this decade. After an disaster decade, no one was expecting Salman Khan to come back strongly, but Salman Khan came with a bang and got a stardom which only a few in the history of Bollywood have ever gotten (Super Stardom Of The Salman Khan). Shahrukh Khan continued his consistent run at the box office. He has infact never had a bad phase in his career. Have a look at this decade so far:

Salman Khan			Shah Rukh Khan
Film	Verdict	Collections	Film	Verdict	Collections
Bajrangi Bhaijaan	ATBB	315.00 Crore
Dabangg	Blockbuster	141.24 Crore	Chennai Express	Blockbuster	207.69 Crore
Ready	Blockbuster	120.72 Crore	-	-	-
Bodyguard	Blockbuster	143.06 Crore	-	-	-
Ek Tha Tiger	Blockbuster	186.14 Crore	-	-	-
Dabangg 2	Blockbuster	149.52 Crore	-	-	-
Kick	Blockbuster	213.26 Crore	-	-	-
-	-	-	HNY	Super Hit	179.00 Crore
-	-	-	My Name Is Khan	Hit	72.82 Crore
-	-	-	Ra.One	Hit	113.94 Crore
-	-	-	Don 2	Hit	106.13 Crore
Jai Ho	Semi Hit	109.52 Crore	Jab Tak Hai Jaan	Hit	101.59 Crore
Veer	Below Avg.	38.14 Crore	Dulha Mil Gaya	Disaster	2.96 Crore
TOTAL	-	1416.60 Crore	TOTAL	-	784.17 Crore

Salman Khan:

Total Films: 9

All Time Blockbuster: 1 

Blockbusters (ATBB included): 7

Hits:  7

Successful Films: 8 (88.88%)

Unsuccessful Films: 1 (11.12%)

Top Grosser of the year: 3

Average per movie: 157.70 Crore

Shahrukh Khan:

Total Films: 7

All Time Blockbuster: 0 

Blockbusters (ATBB included): 1 

Hits: 6 

Successful Films: 6 (85%)

Unsuccessful Films: 1 (15%)

Top Grosser of the year: 0

Average per movie: 112.43 Crore

Salman Khan has just achieved the impossible. He has got 7 blockbuster( 5 in a row). Infact, Salman Khan's box office run in last 3 years has been termed as the second best run ever of any male superstar in Bollywood history, just behind Rajesh Khanna's box office run (Read More Here). Shahrukh Khan was quite behind til August 2013 but he bounced back with Chennai Express. Shahrukh Khan's box office run has been good but the magnitude of the films is much smaller. We wish both superstars the best of luck.

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