They have been reported by various sources to command high salary packages up to ₹50 crore (US$7 million) per movie.
They are some of the most famous Indians known overseas, and some of the world's biggest movie stars. They have also earned critical acclaim, between them winning 6 National Film Awards and 26 Filmfare Awards, as well as an Academy Award nomination for Aamir. Shah Rukh Khan frequently appears among the top three wealthiest actors in the world, while Aamir Khan has been the only Eastern actor to be ranked first in the world's highest-earning actors in films, and Salman Khan has been the highest paid celebrity in South Asia several times. The dominance of the three Khans at the Indian box office has been compared to that of the Marvel Cinematic Universe in Hollywood. The three are unrelated, but happen to share the same surname, were all born in 1965, and, due to their longevity and high popularity, are considered as the most successful movie stars in the history of Indian cinema. Most commonly, this involves the Three Khans: Shah Rukh Khan, Aamir Khan and Salman Khan.
The term Khans of Bollywood refers to several actors of Bollywood, the Mumbai-based Hindi language Indian film industry, whose surnames are Khan. Shah Rukh Khan (left), Aamir Khan (middle), and Salman Khan (right)