There was a top twenty star list started here in the second quarter and in the follow up in the third quarter has seen a few changes. The biggest one being the upward trajectory of John Abraham with that killer 20 crore nett opening of Satyamev Jayate. Back this up with another 15-20 crore nett opening and this guy could be challenging the top ten.

 

 

The other change is Shraddha Kapoor making an entry into the top ten with Stree. She was a popular actress before Stree but that has to backed with some sort of result at the box office. Although Stree was driven by the content and horror comedy factor with good music, a top lining actress was a must to take it the level it went to eventually. As with an unknown face it would not have gone this far in terms of reach.

 

 

Tiger Shroff who made the biggest impact this year does not have a release in some time when the need of the hour is a big action film and this guy does not even need an A list or even known director. The action spot can be made his own but the films have to be there and over a year for his next release which is not an out and out action film may not be the best strategy. 

 

 

The next major change can be with Simba and Ranveer Singh and then next year it will be about whether Ranbir Kapoor can break that Khan monopoly and all he needs is to back up Sanju. The below positions are not based on just box office numbers as its difficult to bring in female stars that way as the credit has to be calculated and even male stars (barring Akshay Kumar in last few films) are padded with other elements and are not totally depending on themselves for the numbers. It takes everything into account and reflects that scenario. The positions of the last quarter are in brackets. The previous update can be seen here. The next update will be in Jan / Feb 2019.

 

1. Salman Khan (1)

 

2. Aamir Khan (2)

 

3. Shahrukh Khan (3)

 

4. Akshay Kumar (4)

 

5. Ranbir Kapoor (5)

 

6. Hrithik Roshan (6)

 

7. Tiger Shroff (7)

 

8. Varun Dhawan (8)

 

9. Ajay Devgn (9)

 

10. Ranveer Singh (10)

 

11. Alia Bhatt (11)

 

12. Deepika Padukone (12)

 

13. Kareena Kapoor (13)

 

14. John Abraham (18)

 

15. Katrina Kaif (14)

 

16. Shahid Kapoor (17)

 

17. Arjun Kapoor (15)

 

18. Anushka Sharma (16)

 

19. Shraddha Kapoor (-)

 

20. Kangana Ranaut (19)