Ranbir Kapoor's Sanju, Deepika Padukone's Padmaavat, Salman Khan's Race 3 or Rajkummar Rao's Stree - Ranking 15 Highest Grossing Films of 2018 From Most Profitable to The Least!

It is time to look at box office figures from a different angle. Nowadays Rs 100 crore mark should not be a yardstick anymore. It should only be important when the budget of the film is less and therefore the profit margin is more. Otherwise, for a film budgeted at, say Rs 80 crore, just about makes it to Rs 100 crore mark doesn't make it a superhit. Now 2018 has been a very good year for Bollywood, what with the number of box office successes that it has seen this year. Of course, the biggest hit has been Ranbir Kapoor's Sanju followed by Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone and Shahid Kapoor's Padmaavat. Sanju: Rajkumar Hirani Confesses He Manipulated Sanjay Dutt's Life in The Film and Twitter is NOT Impressed!

This was also a year where a Salman Khan film, Race 3, surprisingly underperformed, though it is a hit. Also, a year where an Alia Bhatt, Rajkummar Rao and Kartik Aaryan films made it to Rs 100 crore mark and make itself the most profitable. So like we said in the opening para, when it comes to calculating profits, the highest grossing movie may not end up being the most profitable. So in this special feature, we look at 15 highest grossing films made in Bollywood, calculate their profit margins based on their budgets (as per estimates) and rank them based on their profit margin, from the highest to the lowest. Stree Box Office Collection: This Horror Comedy is Shraddha Kapoor's Highest Grossing Film Till Date; Check Out Her Other Top 5 Highest Grossers!

You will be shocked to see which film gets the top spot and made the highest profit!

#1 - Stree

Budget: Rs 20 crore

BO Earnings: Rs 106.18 crore

Margin Profit percentage: 81.16%

#2 - Sanju

Budget: Rs 100 crore

BO Earnings: Rs 342.53 crore

Margin Profit percentage:  70.8%

#3 - Raazi

Budget: Rs 40 crore

BO Earnings: Rs 123.84 crore

Margin Profit percentage: 67.70%

#4 - Baaghi 2

Budget: Rs 60 crore

BO Earnings: Rs 164.38 crore

Margin Profit percentage: 63.5%

#5 - Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety

Budget: Rs 40 crore

BO Earnings: Rs 108.95 crore

Margin Profit percentage: 63.28%

#6 - Veere Di Wedding

Budget: Rs 46 crore

BO Earnings: Rs 81.39 crore

Margin Profit percentage: 43.48%

#7 - Race 3

Budget: Rs 100 crore

BO Earnings: Rs 166.4 crore

Margin Profit percentage: 39.9%

#8 - Satyameva Jayate

Budget: Rs 50 crore

BO Earnings: Rs 80.50 crore

Margin Profit percentage: 37.89%

#9 - Padmaavat

Budget: Rs 200 crore

BO Earnings: Rs 302.15 crore

Margin Profit percentage: 33.8%

#10 - Parmanu: The Story of Pokhran

Budget: Rs 44 crore

BO Earnings: Rs 65.89 crore

Margin Profit percentage: 33.22%

#1 1 - 102 Not Out

Budget: Rs 35 crore

BO Earnings: Rs 52.045 crore

Margin Profit percentage: 32.75%

#12 - Dhadak

Budget: Rs 40 crore

BO Earnings: Rs 74.19 crore

Margin Profit percentage: 32.6%

#13 - Raid

Budget: Rs 70 crore

BO Earnings: Rs 103.07 crore

Margin Profit percentage: 32.08%

#14 - Gold

Budget: Rs 20 crore

BO Earnings: Rs 104.70 crore

Margin Profit percentage: 18.81%

#15 - Pad Man

Budget: Rs 70 crore

BO Earnings: Rs 81.82 crore

Margin Profit percentage: 14.44%

So are you shocked to learn that Rajkummar Rao and Shraddha Kapoor's Stree has been the most profitable Bollywood film of the year? Share your thoughts in the comments section below.

(The above story first appeared on LatestLY on Sep 17, 2018 04:35 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website latestly.com).