As his current film, Tiger Zinda Hai opens to encouraging reviews and numbers, Bollywood bhai Salman Khan also superior in the Forbes India Celebrity 100 List, which was released today. This is the second time in two years that the actor has grabbed the top slot. Even though his previous film, Tubelight, received a lukewarm response at the box office, Salman Khan has managed to retain his appeal and earned a whopping ₹232.83 crore in 2017.
On the other side, Shah Rukh Khan took over the second position (with ₹170.5 crore), and Indian skipper Virat Kohli (₹100.72), who has been currently making more news due to his secret wedding to Anushka Sharma, was no 3 on the list.
Priyanka Chopra, who made it to the seventh position, is the only woman in the top 10 slot with an earning of ₹68 crore in 2017. However, Deepika Padukone stands at no 11 with ₹59.45 crore. Shuttler PV Sindhu (₹57.25 crore) was the highest money gainer (in percentage terms) this year in the list, as her total earnings soared nearly 17 times following her 2016 Rio Olympics silver medal.
Also, the number of Bollywood actors making to the top 100 is down from 35 to 33 this year, mainly owing to the fewer number of releases for most of the top actors, and a not-so-encouraging year at the box office in terms of collections, barring Dangal, Baahubali 2 and Judwaa 2.