List of highest-grossing Telugu movies
Telugu cinema, consisting primarily of movies in the Telugu language in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. It is popularly called as Tollywood. It is one of the largest movie production centers in India. 1992 film Gharana Mogudu, directed by K. Raghavendra Rao, is the first Telugu film to gross over 10 crore at the box office.
The following is the list of highest grossing Telugu films (including dubbed versions) based on world wide collections (gross and distributors share).
Background color indicates movies playing on in theaters around the world
NOTE: Since Tollywood collection figures have no certain sources, figures are provided on the basis of many sources. Though figures contradicted with some reliable sources in some cases, figures which are cited in most sources are only included.
Worldwide Collections
Gross Collections
Share Collections
The worldwide distributor share figures are given here after adding dubbed versions of Tollywood movies. The distributor shares are net gross [worldwide gross (total tickets sold x ticket rate) -GST] minus theater rentals. The theater rentals vary. Multiplexes give 50% in week one, 42. 5% in week two, 37. 5% in week three and 30% thereafter to the distributor.
Top grossers by year
USA collections
The USA gross figures of Top-20 tollywood movies are given here.
Records
Highest grossing (share) movies by month
Biggest opening day
Biggest opening week
Notes
References
Lists of movies
India-related lists