Overview

• Ranveer Singh ranks second at $170.7 million, while Shah Rukh Khan holds third with a 21% rise to $145.7 million after a strong box-office year.
• Alia Bhatt places fourth at $116.4 million and Sachin Tendulkar climbs to fifth at $112.2 million, highlighting the enduring pull of cricket icons.
• The aggregate brand value of the top 25 grew about 8.6% year-on-year to exceed $2 billion, underscoring advertisers’ continued reliance on celebrity endorsements.
• Kroll reports Hindi cinema’s domestic box-office share at 39.5% in 2024 versus 47.7% for South Indian films, with OTT platforms contributing more than half of revenues for major releases.
• Ananya Panday enters the top 25 at $35.2 million as Kroll spotlights Gen Z momentum, and the firm credits nostalgia re-releases like Jab We Met, Tumbbad and Ghilli with helping revive theatres.