6 Akshay Kumar Movies That Made Him A Solid 100 Crore Entity

The only actor to have hit a hat-trick of 100 crore grossers in one calendar year is now sitting on a throne that seems largely enviable from a distance. Akshay Khiladi Kumar has found the kind of pace that an actor could only dream off. What are the possibilities of three Salman Khan starrers earning 100 crores in one calendar year? 100 % maybe! But what are the chances of Salman Khan being able to do three films in one year? Almost negligible surely!

This is where Akshay Kumar scores and he scores bigtime. At a time when stars like Hrithik Roshan and Aamir Khan take a complete year to decide if they want to do a film, Akshay crafts as many as 3-4 films and mints enough money. The actor has had a dream run in 2016 and each of his three films have done a business of over 100 crores. This comes at the time when an ambitious SRK fell flat with Fan and a pedant Hrithik could hardly make 50 with Mohenjo Daro.

With as many as six films in 100 crore club, he is now second to Salman in the list of actors with most films in 100 crore club along with Shah Rukh Khan. While Shah Rukh has Ra.one, Don 2, Jab Tak Hai Jaan, Chennai Express, Happy New Year and Dilwale in the club, let’s take a look at how Akshay Kumar has reached that coveted feat with same number of films in the league.

Here are 6 movies that made Akshay a solid 100 crore entity:

Housefull 2 (2012)

The first of his films to reach that coveted mark, this one was a multi-starrer that mostly banked on its solid comic appeal but relied heavily on Akshay’s star power. The film was his first entrant into the 100 crore club and put him in the major league of contention straightaway.

Rowdy Rathore (2012)

One of the biggest hits of 2012, Rowdy Rathore was a one man show in the looks of Akshay Kumar and set the cash registers on fire. The film was a back to back success after Housefull 2 and implied that Akshay had enough power in him to sail the film on his shoulders alone.

Holiday: A Soldier Is Never Off Duty (2014)

Some really bad choices, some career transformations and some share of pure bad luck, Akshay had to wait for more than a couple of years to get his third 100 crore grosser. With Holiday earning a super hit verdict, the film gave Akshay exactly the kind of momentum he needed at that point of his career. He had started making brave choices in the looks of Special 26 and Baby, hence he truly deserved the box office support all along.

Airlift (2016)

Having made to wait for more than a year for his fourth century, the results in waiting were thoroughly earned. While he did earn some success through films like Baby and Gabbar is Back in 2015, the films couldn’t enter the 100 crore mark. However, with an offbeat film with an undertone of patriotism, Airlift gave him the kind of push he needed. Akshay Kumar had finally become the entity who could warrant success on the name alone.

Housefull 3 (2016)

It probably had to do a lot with Akshay Kumar that despite Housefull 3 being a mediocre film at large, it didn’t have to struggle to earn 100 crores at box office. The film was quite a shift from the mood of Airlift and yet became a smash hit at box office.

Rustom (2016)

The film that has now earned Akshay his much talked about hat-trick in 2016 places itself as one of the most powerful films as it took on a biggie like Mohenjo Daro. The kind of performance Rustom has put on board reflects the solid Akshay Kumar effect at the box office. Despite mixed reviews, heavy opponent and a real-life connect, the film went against all odds to score big.

With the kind of graph Akshay Kumar has projected with a major change in momentum lately, it is safe to assume that after Salman, Aamir and Shah Rukh, Akshay too has become the kind of entity that can guarantee you a 100 crore product come no matter what. With a spree of biggies lined up under his name in months ahead, watch out for Akshay and his mounting box office reach. Khiladi has now truly arrived in full-form!