With his latest success Singh is Kinng, Akshay Kumar has jumped into a pay bracket of Rs 70 crore

Apparently, UTV has signed him for their next project for Rs 70 crores. This puts him above the Khans and Hrithik Roshan.

For over a decade the Khans were ruling the roost in Bollywood. They were the first to break into the crore bracket. Hrithik Roshan joined them after his debut in 2000.

Now Akshay Kumar who has repackaged himself according to the times has skipped ahead of these kings of Bollywood.

“I can’t go into figures, but yes, I can say that we have signed Akshay Kumar for a film that will go on floors in the second half of 2009,” says Founder UTV Rampage, Ram Mirchandani.

His last release Singh is Kinng has earned a record Rs 90 crore over the first week and is set to cross Om Shanti Om’s highest collection of Rs 167crore in worldwide ticket sales.

Bollywood is seeing bigger revenues from the domestic market as well as overseas market. This makes the fat pay cheques of actors like Akshay Kumar worthwhile.