This female star has worked in movies that have earned a total of ₹10,000 crore at the box office, more than even big stars like Shah Rukh Khan or Salman Khan.
In the film industry, success is often measured by how much a movie makes at the box office. The more a movie earns, the more valuable the actor is considered. The Khans—Shah Rukh, Salman, and Aamir—have all earned over ₹7000 crore globally through their films. But there’s one actress who has broken the ₹10,000 crore mark.
That actress is Deepika Padukone. Over the past 18 years, her films have grossed ₹10,200 crore globally. This includes ₹8000 crore from her Indian movies and ₹2200 crore from her only Hollywood film, XXX: The Return of Xander Cage.
While Deepika has often shared the screen with male co-stars in successful films (such as Jawan with Shah Rukh Khan and Kalki with Prabhas), she has also had solo hits, like Padmaavat.
Deepika wasn’t always the top-grossing actress. Just two years ago, she wasn’t even in the top 5 of all actors. However, thanks to big releases in 2023 and 2024, she now leads both the male and female actors. In these two years, she appeared in five films, and three of them—Pathaan, Jawan, and Kalki 2898 AD—earned over ₹1000 crore each. Her other two films, Fighter and Singham Again, also made over ₹300 crore each. Because of these hits, Deepika added over ₹4000 crore to her total box office earnings in just two years.
Now, Deepika is far ahead of other actresses like Priyanka Chopra (₹6000 crore) and Katrina Kaif (₹5500 crore), as well as male stars like Shah Rukh Khan (₹9000 crore), Akshay Kumar (₹8300 crore), Salman Khan (₹7500 crore), and Aamir Khan (₹7200 crore).
Deepika’s total might keep growing as she’s expected to appear in Kalki 2 and Brahmastra 2, two big films that could each earn hundreds of crores.