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Akshay Kumar's Airlift leads the list of top grossers in 2016 with a total of Rs. 127 cr in its kitty. Other films to have made it to the list of Bollywood's top grossers until now are Sajid Nadiadwala's Housefull 3, Shah Rukh Khan's Fan, Tiger Shroff-Shraddha Kapoor's Baaghi, Sonam Kapoor's Neerja, Priyanka Chopra's Jai Gangaajal, Sunny Leone's Mastizaade, and few more. Here is the list of top grossers of 2016.
Airlift opening box office collection: Rs 12.35 crore
Akshay Kumar and Nimrat Kaur starrer falls fourth in the list with Rs 12.35 crore. Airlift was this year's first film to enter 100 crore club and that too in 10 days of its release.
Neerja
Strong word of mouth, amazing performance by all the actors and a brilliant story were enough to pull audience to the theatres for this film based on a true story. The film has collected Rs. 71.10 cr till now.
The real-life story of late Neerja Bhanot seems to have impressed the viewers. The movie is also considered Sonam's best performance till date.
Jai Gangaajal
Though the movie didnt match the standards set by its prequel starring Ajay Devgn, Prakash Jha’s Jai Gangaajal fearturing Priyanka Chopra did good business at the box office. The film's collections collected Rs.20.6 cr.
Wazir
This Amitabh-Farhan starrer was the first hit of 2016. The suspense thriller, directed by Bejoy Nambiar collected Rs 41.02 cr.
Mastizaade
Tushhar Kapoor, Vir Das and Sunny Leone starrer sex comedy earned the total lifetime collection of Rs 36.44 cr.
Ghayal Once Again
Sunny Deol made a comeback on the big screen with Ghayal Once Again and stunned everyone with its first week collections. The film took off to a good start and earned Rs. 7.20 cr on the first day itself. The film managed to earn Rs. 56.82 cr worldwide. There was a lot of buzz around the film.
Kyaa Kool Hain Hum 3
Tusshar Kapoor, Aftab Shivdasani, Madana Karimi's film opened to negative reviews from the critics and Ekta Kapoor's superhit franchise was simply rejected by the audiences. The film, which earned Rs. 8.15 crore on its opening day, registered a steep fall in its collections during its first week. The total lifetime collection of the film is Rs 30.25 cr. at the box office.
Fitoor
Katrina Kaif, Aditya Roy Kapoor starrer Fitoor faced competition at the box office from Pulkit Samrat's Sanam Re. Though the latter came out victorious, Fitoor, however managed to earn a decent amount of Rs. 27.54 cr in India and Rs. 43.12 cr worldwide.
Sanam Re
Pulkit Samrat and Yami Gautam spread love on Valentine's Day with their film Sanam Re which was directed by Divya Khosla Kumar. The film earned Rs. 5.04 cr on the first day which was higher than what its contemporary Fitoor earned. The film has earned Rs 27.71 cr.
Saala Khadoos
R Madhavan, Ritika Singh starrer did a lifetime collection of Rs 14.79 cr. Ritika Singh, who is also trained in mixed martial arts, did her Bollywood debut in the film.
