Bollywood 100 Crore Club

Bollywood's 100 Crore Club became talk of the town ever since some Indian films garnered Rs. 100 Crore or more than that at the Indian Box Office. This coveted club includes all those Bollywood films that successfully earns 100 crore at the Indian Box Office, after excluding Entertainment tax into account. The origin of the term ‘100 Crore Club’ dates back to the year 2008, when Amir Khan and Asin Thottumkal starrer ‘Ghajini’ earned more than 100 crores within the span of a few days. As of July 2012, 13 Bollywood films have joined the 100 Crore Club. Aamir Khan's film Ghajini that hit the silver screen in the year 2008 was the first Bollywood film to cross the 100 crore nett collections at the Indian Box Office and is known to lay the foundation of this Exclusive club. His luck favored him one more time and he got an opportunity to make it to the club with 3 Idiots which became the second Hindi film to enter this prestigious club. It did not take much time for Salman Khan to enter the club. He became the second India actor to enter the club with Dabangg, Ready, Bodyguard, Ek Tha Tiger and Dabangg 2. 

The producers of Bodyguard pride as Salman Khan starrer Bodyguard entered this club the fastest in just 7 days of release. Ajay Devgan was the third Bollywood actor who made it to this league with Golmaal 3 and soon followed by Singham and Bol Bachchan. One of the most popular actors of Indian Cinema, Shahrukh Khan managed to get an entry into this league in late 2011 with Ra.One followed by Don 2. The next Indian actor who got the huge honor of being a part of 100 Crore Club is none other than Hrithik Roshan. In the very beginning of 2012 Hrithik Roshan joined the league with one of the most successful movies of his career ‘Agneepath’. Akshay Kumar joined this esteemed club with the release of Sajid Khan directed Housefull 2 and Prabhu Deva directed Rowdy Rathore.

The net collection garnered by high grossing Indian movies does not include Entertainment tax levied on Indian films by various Indian states. While a majority of Indian film-makers work assiduously to make it possible to this most desirable club as soon as possible, many critics and other members from Indian film-fraternity term 100 Crore Club a complete whim. It is quite an uphill task for a common man to understand the significance of the number game and Hundred Crore Club. To simply it further, one can assumes it as a Business model that signifies the market and capital value of the film. For the business point of view, the 100 Crore Club is something that includes Indian films raking in maximum amount at the Indian Box Office. It is important because the total earnings are considered after paying Entertainment tax that can be as high as 30%. Not only this, but the money made overseas is also not taken into consideration. Besides this it does not take into account other revenue streams that flow in from Satellite rights, music and Digital rights also. Some Bollywood experts believe that it is just that the 100 Crore Mark has replaced what the Silver jubilee used to be a few decades ago. Today, a 100 Crore Club is like a milestone and brings a huge honor to actors as well as makers who become part of a film with that kind of stupendous collections. It has perhaps become a trend in Bollywood more than a benchmark. Today, it is aspirations of every single film-maker to be a part of the elite 100 Crore Club. Find below a list containing details on Indian films that have joined the most coveted club of 100 crore.

Year	Film	No. of Days	Film Gross	Protagonists
2008	Ghajini	18	115 crore	Amir Khan, Asin
2009	3 Idiots	9	202 crore	Amir Khan, Kareena Kapoor
2010	Dabangg	10	140 crore	Salman Khan, Sonakshi Sinha
2010	Golmal 3	3	108 crore	Ajay Devgn, Kareena Kapoor
2011	Ready	14	121 crore	Salman Khan, Asin
2011	Singham	37	100 crore	Ajay Devgn, Kajal
2011	Bodyguard	7	141 crore	Salman Khan, Kareena Kapoor
2011	Ra.One	11	115 crore	Shahrukh Khan, Kareena Kapoor
2011	Don 2	16	110 crore	Shahrukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra
2011	Agneepath	11	120 crore	Hritik Roshan, Priyanka Chopra
2012	Housefull 2	17	113 crore	Akshay Kumar, Asin John Abraham
2012	Rowdy Rathore	11	130.35 crore	Akshay Kumar, Sonakshi Sinha
2012	Bol Bachchan	20	100.26 crore	Ajay Devgn, Abhishek Bachchan, Asin
2012	Ek Tha Tiger	6	198	Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif
2012	Barfi!	17	120	Ranbir Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra, Ileana
2012	JabTak Hai Jaan	11	120.65	Shahrukh Khan, Katrina Kaif, Anushka
2012	Son of Sardar	16	105.03	Ajay Devgn, Sonakshi Sinha
2012	Dabangg 2	6	158.50	Salman Khan, Sonakshi Sinha
2013	Race 2	15	102	Saif Ali Khan, Deepika Padukon, John Abraham
2013	YJHD	7	190.03	Ranbir Kapoor, Deepika Padukon