: Salman Khan dominated the mid-year box office with this wrestling drama, which, along with , solidified 2016 as the "year of the sports biopic".
The following table summarizes the most successful Hindi films of 2016, providing an index of their commercial reach: Rank Major Cast Worldwide Gross (Approx.) Aamir Khan, Fatima Sana Shaikh ₹2,160 crore Sultan Salman Khan, Anushka Sharma ₹631 crore Ae Dil Hai Mushkil Ranbir Kapoor, Anushka Sharma ₹239 crore Rustom Akshay Kumar, Ileana D'Cruz ₹216 crore M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story Sushant Singh Rajput, Kiara Advani ₹215 crore Airlift Akshay Kumar, Nimrat Kaur ₹209 crore Housefull 3 Akshay Kumar, Abhishek Bachchan ₹194 crore Fan Shah Rukh Khan ₹188 crore Kapoor & Sons Sidharth Malhotra, Fawad Khan ₹143 crore Shivaay Ajay Devgn, Erika Kaar ₹124 crore Critically Acclaimed Highlights index of hindi movies 2016 link
The year was headlined by Aamir Khan's wrestling drama Dangal , which became the highest-grossing Hindi film of all time. Other notable hits included sports biopics and intense social thrillers. : Salman Khan dominated the mid-year box office