Here’s how the Telugu film industry (popularly known as Tollywood) fared at the box office in 2023.
FILM NAME |
CAST |
DOMESTIC LIFETIME BOX OFFICE (in nett) |
| Thunivu (Telugu) | Ajith Kumar, Manju Warrier | Rs 3.52 Crore |
| Varisu (Telugu) | Vijay, Rashmika Mandanna | Rs 20.98 Crore |
| Veera Simha Reddy | Balakrishna, Shruti Haasan, Varalaxmi Sarathkumar, Honey Rose | Rs 97.64 Crore |
| Waltair Veerayya | Chiranjeevi, Ravi Teja, Shruti Haasan, Catherine Tresa, Bobby Simha, Prakash Raj | Rs 159.68 Crore |
| Pathaan | Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone, John Abraham | Rs 12.76 Crore |
| Hunt | Sudheer Babu, Srikanth, Bharath | Rs 2.38 Crore |
| Michael | Sundeep Kishan, Vijay Sethupathi, Divyansha Kaushik | Rs 7.53 Crore |
| Writer Padmabhushan | Suhas, Tina Shilparaj, Ashish Vidyarthi, Rohini | Rs 7.69 Crore |
| Amigos | Kalyan Ram, Ashika Ranganath | Rs 8.75 Crore |
| SIR | Dhanush, Samyuktha | Rs 37.12 Crore |
| Vinaro Bhagyamu Vishnu Katha | Kiran Abbavaram, Kashmira Pardeshi | Rs 7.30 Crore |
| Konaseema Thugs | Hridhu Haroon, Anaswara Rajan, Bobby Simha | Rs 0.40 Crore |
| Balagam | Priyadarshi, Kavya Kalyanram | Rs 23.32 Crore |
| Organic Mama Hybrid Alludu | Syed Sohel, Mirnalini Ravi | Rs 0.54 Crore |
| Kabzaa (Telugu) | Upendra Rao, Shriya Saran, Shiva Rajkumar, Sudeep | Rs 2.45 Crore |
| Phalana Abbayi Phalana Ammayi | Naga Shaurya, Malvika Nair | Rs 2.53 Crore |
| Das Ki Dhamki | Vishwak Sen, Nivetha Pethuraj | Rs 17.72 Crore |
| Dasara | Nani, Keerthy Suresh | Rs 75. 81 Crore |
| Viduthalai Part – 1 (Telugu) | Soori, Vijay Sethupathi, Gautham Vasudev Menon | Rs 1.10 Crore |
| Ravanasura | Ravi Teja, Sushanth, Jayaram, Anu Emmanuel, Megha Akash | Rs 17.12 Crore |
| Meter | Kiran Abbavaram, Athulya Ravi | Rs 1.83 Crore |
| Shaakuntalam | Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Dev Mohan, Madhoo | Rs 5.70 Crore |
| Rudhran (Telugu) | Raghava Lawrence, Priya Bhavani Shankar, Sarathkumar | Rs 4.20 Crore |
| Virupaksha | Sai Dharam Tej, Samyuktha | Rs 63.54 Crore |
| Ponniyin Selvan – Part 2 | Vikram, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Karthi, Trisha Krishnan, Jayam Ravi, Sobhita Dhulipala, Aishwarya Lekshmi | Rs 13.09 Crore |
| Agent | Akhil Akkineni, Mammootty, Sakshi Vaidya, Dino Morea | Rs 9.85 Crore |
| 2018 (Telugu) | Tovino Thomas, Kunchacko Boban, Asif Ali, Aparna Balamurli | Rs 9.07 Crore |
| Ramabanam | Gopichand, Dimple Hayathi | Rs 6.82 Crore |
| Ugram | Allari Naresh, Mirnaa Menon | Rs 5.68 Crore |
| The Kerala Story (Telugu) | Adah Sharma, Yogita Bihani, Sonia Balani, Siddhi Idnani | Rs 2.69 Crore |
| Custody | Naga Chaitanya, Krithi Shetty, Arvind Swamy | Rs 8.49 Crore |
| Anni Manchi Sakunamule | Santosh Sobhan, Malvika Nair | Rs 6.93 Crore |
| Pichaikkaran 2 (Telugu) | Vijay Antony, Kavya Thapar, Radha Ravi | Rs 15.91 Crore |
| Simhadri 4K (Re-Release) | Jr NTR, Bhumika Chawla | Rs 3.59 Crore |
| Mem Famous | Sumanth Prabhas, Saarya Laxman | Rs 5.49 Crore |
| Malli Pelli | Naresh, Pavitra Lokesh | Rs 0.10 Crore |
| Ahimsa | Abhiram Daggubati, Geethika Tiwary, Sadha | Rs 1.64 Crore |
| Nenu Student Sir! | Bellamkonda Ganesh, Avantika Dassani | Rs 0.59 Crore |
| Takkar | Siddharth, Divyansha Kaushik, Yogi Babu | Rs 2.08 Crore |
| Adipurush | Prabhas, Kriti Sanon, Saif Ali Khan, Sunny Singh | Rs 133.28 Crore |
| 1920: Horrors Of The Heart (Telugu) | Avika Gor, Rahul Dev | Rs 1.15 Crore |
| Maamannan (Telugu) | Vadivelu, Udhayanidhi Stalin, Fahadh Faasil, Keerthy Suresh | Rs 1.73 Crore |
| Spy | Nikhil Siddharth, Ishwarya Menon, Abhinav Gomatam, Jishhu Sengupta | Rs 14.30 Crore |
| Samajavaragamana | Sree Vishnu, Reba Monica John | Rs 19.32 Crore |
| Rangabali | Naga Shaurya, Yukti Thareja, Shine Tom Chacko | Rs 5.42 Crore |
| Rudrangi | Jagapati Babu, Mamta Mohandas, Vimala Raman | Rs 0.68 Crore |
| Maaveeran | Sivakarthikeyan, Aditi Shankar, Mysskin, Yogi Babu | Rs 3.80 Crore |
| Baby | Anand Devarakonda, Viraj Ashwin, Vaishnavi Chaitanya, Lirisha Kunapareddy | Rs 64.12 Crore |
| Hidimbha | Ashwin Babu, Nandita Swetha | Rs 5.52 Crore |
| Bro | Pawan Kalyan, Sai Dharam Tej, Ketika Sharma, Priya Prakash Varrier | Rs 82.68 Crore |
| Jailer (Telugu) | Rajinikanth, Vinayakan, Vasanth Ravi | Rs 68.06 Crore |
| Bholaa Shankar | Chiranjeevi, Tamannaah, Keerthy Suresh | Rs 30.63 Crore |
| King Of Kotha (Telugu) | Dulquer Salmaan, Shabeer Kallarakkal, Aishwarya Lekshmi, Nyla Usha | Rs 2.56 Crore |
| Gandeevadhari Arjuna | Varun Tej, Sakshi Vaidya | Rs 3.60 Crore |
| Bedurulanka 2012 | Kartikeya Gummakonda, Neha Shetty | Rs 11.97 Crore |
| Sapta Sagaradaache Ello (Side A) (Telugu) | Rakshit Shetty, Rukmini Vasanth | Rs 1.82 Crore |
| Kushi | Vijay Deverakonda, Samantha Ruth Prabhu | Rs 43.88 Crore |
| Jawan (Telugu) | Shah Rukh Khan, Vijay Sethupathi, Nayanthara, Sanya Malhotra, Priyamani | Rs 27.86 Crore |
| Miss Shetty Mr Polishetty | Naveen Polishetty, Anushka Shetty | Rs 28.17 Crore |
| Mark Anthony (Telugu) | Vishal, S. J. Surya, Ritu Varma | Rs 8.01 Crore |
| Skanda | Ram Pothineni, Sreeleela, Saiee Manjrekar | Rs 41.09 Crore |
| Chandramukhi (Telugu) | Raghava Lawrence, Kangana Ranaut, Vadivelu | Rs 8.80 Crore |
| Chithha | Siddharth, Nimisha Sajayan, Sahasra Shree | Rs 4.30 Crore |
| Peddha Kapu: Part 1 | Virat Karrna, Pragathi Srivatsav | Rs 1.29 Crore |
| Mad | Narne Nithin, Sangeeeth Shobhan, Ram Nithin | Rs 18.13 Crore |
| Rules Ranjann | Kiran Abbavaram, Neha Shetty | Rs 1.79 Crore |
| Maama Mascheendra | Sudheer Babu, Harsha Vardhan, Eesha Rebba, Mirnalini Ravi | Rs 0.32 Crore |
| Bhagavanth Kesari | Nandamuri Balakrishna, Kajal Aggarwal, Sree Leela, Arjun Rampal | Rs 84.78 Crore |
| Leo (Telugu) | Vijay, Sanjay Dutt, Arjun, Trisha Krishnan | Rs 41.31 Crore |
| Tiger Nageswara Rao | Ravi Teja, Anupam Kher, Jisshu Sengupta, Nupur Sanon, Gayatri Bhardwaj | Rs 35.72 Crore |
| 12th Fail (Telugu) | Vikrant Massey, Medha Shankar | Rs 0.1 Crore |
| Maa Oori Polimera 2 | Satyam Rajesh, Kamakshi Bhaskarla, Baladitya | Rs 16.50 Crore |
| Keedaa Cola | Rag Mayur, Ravindra Vijay, Brahmanandam | Rs 8.31 Crore |
| Japan (Telugu) | Karthi, Anu Emmanuel, Sunil | Rs 5.16 Crore |
| Jigarthanda Double X (Telugu) | Raghava Lawrence, S. J. Suryah, Nimisha Sajayan | Rs 3.63 Crore |
| Tiger 3 (Telugu) | Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif, Emraan Hashmi | Rs 4.92 Crore |
| Spark L.I.F.E | Vikranth Reddy, Mehreen Pirzada, Rukshar Dhillon | Rs 0.4 Crore |
| Mangalavaaram | Payal Rajput, Nandita Swetha, Divya Pillai, Ravindra Vijay | Rs 16.25 Crore |
| Sapta Sagaradaache Ello (Side B) (Telugu) | Rakshit Shetty, Rukmini Vasanth | Rs 1.70 Crore |
| Aadikeshava | Panja Vaisshnav Tej, Sreeleela, Aparna Das, Joju George, Sadha | Rs 5.26 Crore |
| Kota Bommali PS | Srikanth, Varalaxmi Sarathkumar, Rahul Vijay, Shivani Rajashekar | Rs 5.90 Crore |
| Animal (Telugu) | Ranbir Kapoor, Anil Kapoor, Bobby Deol, Rashmika Mandanna, Tripti Dimri | Rs 44.68 Crore* |
| Calling Sahasra | Sudigali Sudheer, Dollysha, Spandana Palli | Rs 0.68 Crore |
| Hi Nanna | Nani, Mrunal Thakur, Kiara Khanna | Rs 47.05 Crore |
| Extra Ordinary Man | Nithiin, Sreeleela | Rs 9.30 Crore |
| Pindam | Sriram, Kushee Ravi, Easwari Rao | Rs 2.43 Crore |
| Salaar: Cease Fire – Part 1 | Prabhas, Prithviraj Sukumaran, Shruti Haasan | Rs 210.56 Crore* |
| Devil: The British Secret Agent | Nandamuri Kalyan Ram, Samyuktha, Edward Sonnenblick, Elnaaz Norouzi | Rs 14.18 Crore |
| Bubblegum | Roshan Kanakala, Maanasa Choudhary | Rs 2.01 Crore |
Box Office figures source: Sacnilk
(Note- * denotes still running at box office, top 10 highest grossers in bold)
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