Salman Khan stared in the highest-grossing Bollywood films of nine separate years beginning in 1987 and ending in 2002.
After a brief period of decline in the 2000s , Khan achieved greater stardom in the 2010s by playing the lead role in several successful action films , including Dabangg -LRB- 2010 -RRB- , Bodyguard -LRB- 2011 -RRB- , Ek Tha Tiger -LRB- 2012 -RRB- , Kick -LRB- 2014 -RRB- , Prem Ratan Dhan Payo -LRB- 2015 -RRB- , Bajrangi Bhaijaan -LRB- 2015 -RRB- and Sultan -LRB- 2016 -RRB- all rank among the highest-grossing Bollywood films of all time .	Dabangg	Dabangg	Bodyguard	Bodyguard (2011 Hindi film)	Ek Tha Tiger	Ek Tha Tiger	Kick	Kick (2014 film)	Bajrangi Bhaijaan	Bajrangi Bhaijaan	Sultan	Sultan (2016 film)	highest-grossing Bollywood films of all time	List of highest-grossing Bollywood films
