Dabangg 3 just about managed to get 1 crore footfalls despite the failure of the film. This means that Salman Khan had just one miss in the gone decade where only one of his films failed to hit the 1 crore footfall mark. One crore footfalls is basically a real 100 crore nett value at the box office be it 1970 or 2020. Obviously today 1 crore footfalls means much more than 100 crore nett box office and in a few years it will give even more as ticket rates go higher.

 

 

One crore footfalls also means reaching an audience although some films need to reach a bigger audience due to the size of the films and most Salman Khan films come into this category. The one miss was Veer (2010) which was his first release of the decade and became before Dabangg (2010) which established his image of a mass action superstar across India and then films like Bodyguard, Ready and Ek Tha Tiger rubber stamped this image. Veer actually scored in Rajasthan and Bihar but Salman Khan was not the same star at the time of this release as he was a year or two later. 

 

 

Basically just one film under 1 crore footfalls through the whole decade means most of his films got an audience irrelevent of content. If we compare then Aamir Khan had one film which fell under 1 crore footfalls in the 2000-2009 decade but there were just nine releases and Manoj Kumar had one miss in the 1970-1979 decade but only ten films. Limited films had a hand in not missing the 1 crore mark for Aamir Khan and Manoj Kumar. 

 

 

The Salman Khan films of the last decade are also finding big audiences on television in the lockdown period especially the two Tiger films. As far as OTT goes its being said that these B and C grade web series which have foundations based on sex and profanities rather than story and screenplay are the rage in the lock down period but just the price paid for Salman Khan starrers which is around 100 crore is enough to tell what has a bigger audience. Tiger Zinda Hai, Race 3, Bharat and Dabangg 3 have all fetched this price or nearabouts it.

 

 

The footfalls of Salman Khan starrer in the last decade are as follows. There were sixteen releases in total.

 

 

 1. Veer (2010) - 73,47,000

 

2. Dabangg (2010) - 2,50,86,000

 

3. Ready (2011) - 1,84,52,000

 

4. Bodyguard (2011) - 2,21,48,000

 

5. Ek Tha Tiger (2012) - 2,47,39,000

 

6. Dabangg 2 (2012) - 2,05,28,000

 

7. Jai Ho (2014) - 1,43,98,000

 

8. Kick (2015) - 2,41,92,000

 

9. Bajrangi Bhaijaan (2015) - 3,54,17,000

 

10. Prem Ratan Dhan Payo - 2,22,76,000

 

11. Sultan (2016) - 3,20,85,000

 

12. Tubelight (2017) - 1,15,74,000

 

13. Tiger Zinda Hai (2017) - 3,08,89,000

 

14. Race 3 (2018) - 1,58,19,000

 

15. Bharat (2019) - 1,60,68,000

 

16. Dabangg 3 (2019) - 1,01,63,000