5. Rustom 

(released August 12)

Featuring Akshay Kumar, Ilena D' Cruz and Lisa Haydon, “Rustom” took inspiration from the scandalous case of KM Nanavati versus the State of Maharashtra. It became a big box office success, earning Rs 127 crore.

4. Airlift 

(released January 22)

Another Akshay Kumar-starrer, “Airlift” was inspired by real life events of the biggest air evacuation carried on by the Indian government from war-struck Kuwait. It impressed viewers on its way to a 129 crore collection at the domestic market and became the first movie of 2016 to enter the coveted Rs 100 crore club. 

3. M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story 

(released September 30)

2016 was certainly the year sports movies performed tremendously well at the box office. Sushant Singh Rajput in the role of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, India's most successful captain in limited-over cricket, swooned audiences. The biopic raked in Rs 129 crore, despite being bashed by many for not being true to the story of Dhoni.

2. Dangal 

(released December 23)

Another sports drama starring another Khan wowed viewers this year. Aamir Khan-starrer “Dangal” is continuing its dream run at the Box Office, after its release at the fag end of the year. It minted close to Rs 190 crore till Thursday (December 29) and is expected to draw in more money in the coming days. The Nitesh Tiwari-directorial showed the story of real life wrestler Mahavir Singh Phogat and how he trained his daughters Geeta and Babita to be world class wrestlers.

1. Sultan  

(released July 6) 

Salman Khan's Eid gift to his fans, a sports drama that chronicled the rise and fall of a wrestler, was the highest-grosser of the year. This Yash Raj banner movie earned Rs 300 crore in the domestic market. Almost everything about the movie was appreciated by critics, from Salman's effort to get into the skin of the character to his chemistry with Anushka Sharma and from the storytelling to the music. The views of the critics were shared by the viewers too.

Other films in the top 10 of the list included Karan Johar's multi-starrer “Ae Dil Hai Mushkil” (featuring Ranbir Kapoor, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Anushka Sharma), franchise comedy “Housefull 3”, Ajay Devgn-starrer action-packed flick “Shivaay”, Shah Rukh Khan's much-hyped “Fan”, and the double debut of two second-gen Bollywood stars Tiger Shroff and Shraddha Kapoor, “Baaghi”. 



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