Ranked: 15 Bollywood Blockbusters That Sold The Maximum Tickets At Box Office

How should we really adjudge a film of its success with these constantly changing parameters at the box office? While we are being made to witness staggering growth by the year in terms of trade and number of screens, the best way to still identify the success of a film is by determining how many people bothered to see in a theater.

Of course with the growing numbers of cinemas and screens, the footfalls have rapidly increased. But are you aware the record for most footfalls for a Bollywood movie is still held by a movie that released in the early 90’s? It’s funny isn’t it?

Anyway, as we lose our focus in this complex game of 100, 200 and 300 crores, let’s rank these blockbusters based on the real benchmark of their success:

Rank 15 – Kaho Na Pyaar Hai

Tickets Sold: 3,06,00,000

Rank 14 – Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham

Tickets Sold: 3,13,23,000

Rank 13 – 3 Idiots

Tickets Sold: 3,17,35,000

Rank 12 – Sultan

Tickets Sold: 3,23,43,000

Rank 11 – PK

Tickets Sold: 3,50,76,000

Rank 10 – Bajrangi Bhaijaan

Tickets Sold: 3,54,12,000

Rank 9 – Kuch Kuch Hota Hai

Tickets Sold: 3,56,11,000

Rank 8 – Dangal

Tickets Sold: 3,69,32,000

Rank 7 – Border

Tickets Sold: 3,70,21,000

Rank 6 – Raja Hindustani

Tickets Sold: 4,09,56,000

Rank 5 – Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge

Tickets Sold: 4,80,89,000

Rank 4 – Gadar: Ek Prem Katha

Tickets Sold: 5,09,54,000

Rank 3 – Baahubali 2: The Conclusion (Hindi)

Tickets Sold – 5,40,43,000

Rank 2 – Sholay

Tickets Sold: 5,52,34,000

Rank 1 – Hum Aapke Hain Koun!

Tickets Sold: 7,39,67,000

There you have it! Box office figures do not necessarily give us the picture we really need. While Hum Aapke Hain Koun may have been falling quite below in the list of highest grossing biggies, nothing can’t take away the fact that it has been watched by most number of people in theaters.

Box Office Figures < Number Of Footfalls!