2001 To 2023: Highest Grossing Telugu Movies By Year

Highest-Grossing Movie: Narasimha Naidu Narasimha Naidu collected 25 Cr 1st film to collect 25 Cr at the box office. It is the highest-grosser of all time in the Telugu industry at that time.

Year: 2001

Highest-Grossing Movie: Indra Indra broke all the records of Narasimha Naidu and collected 26.5 cr and collected 32cr share at the box office…

Year: 2002

Highest-Grossing Movie: Tagore Okkadu, Tagore & Simhadri, are three movies that made huge money at the box office. One of the best years for Tollywood at the box office. Tagore won over Simhadri by a slight margin.

Year: 2003

Highest-Grossing Movie: Shankar Dada M.B.B.S 2004 belongs to Megastar. His Shankar Dada was the highest-collected movie for the year 2004. This was the third film to cross the 25 Cr mark in Megastar’s career.

Year: 2004

Highest-Grossing Movie: Chatrapathi Chatrapathi wins the box office for the year 2005. This film pushed Prabhas to the top league. It collected Rs 21 crore at the box office.

Year: 2005

Highest-Grossing Movie: Pokiri Mahesh babu’s Pokiri collected 40 Cr and 1st movie in the Telugu industry collected 40 Cr+ share worldwide.

Year: 2006

Highest-Grossing Movie: Yamadonga This is NTR’s new avatar. He gave a solid comeback with Yamadonga. collected more than 28 Cr at the box office and became 2007’s biggest blockbuster.

Year: 2007

Highest-Grossing Movie: Jalsa Jalsa, is a fan celebrated movie. That gave immense joy to the fans and the general audience alike. It collected 28.12 Cr at the box office.

Year: 2008

Highest-Grossing Movie: Magadheera Magadheera is the first film to collect 60 cr and 70 cr in the Telugu film industry. This film became a sensation in the south industry.

Year: 2009

Highest-Grossing Movie: Simha Simha, is the comeback movie of the roaring lion. It collected more than 30 Cr. This was Balayya’s wild attack on the box office.

Year: 2010

Highest-Grossing Movie: Dookudu A sensational comeback for Mahesh Babu. Srinu Vatila & co-presented Mahesh like never before. It broke so many records at the box office. The film grossed ₹101 crores at the worldwide box office.

Year: 2011

Highest-Grossing Movie: Gabbar Singh The movie gave us Pawan Kalyan back. Thanks to Harish Shankar. It became a huge sensational hit at the box office. It grossed over Rs. 100 Cr

Year: 2012

Highest-Grossing Movie: Attarintiki Daredi This is the first Telugu movie to collect a worldwide share of 75 cr.

Year: 2013

Highest-Grossing Movie: Race Gurram It collected 58.5 cr at the box office and become the highest grossing film of 2014.

Year: 2014

Highest-Grossing Movie: Baahubali: The Beginning The year that changed Telugu cinema forever. No one ever thought of a Telugu movie collecting this amount of huge money but Baahubali did it, and look where we are now. It collected a whopping amount of over 500 crores.

Year: 2015

Highest-Grossing Movie: Janatha Garage Janatha garage became the biggest hit in NTR’s career. It collected more than 85 Cr share.

Year: 2016

Highest-Grossing Movie: Baahubali: The Conclusion Just imagine a Telugu movie collecting over 1000 Crores… It grossed over 1800 cr worldwide.

Year: 2017

Highest-Grossing Movie: Rangasthalam Ram Charan’s Rangasthalam is everyone’s love. It became 2018’s biggest hit and collected more than 200 cr at the box office.

Year: 2018

Highest-Grossing Movie: Sahoo Even though the cinema bombed at the box office. But it still collected more than 250 crores at the box office.

Year: 2019

Highest-Grossing Movie: Ala Vaikunthapurramloo Allu Arjun gave a gigantic blockbuster with Ala Vaikunthapurramloo, it became 2020’s highest-grosser. It collected more than 250 cr at the box office.

Year: 2020

Highest-Grossing Movie: Pushpa: The Rise For the second time in a row, Icon Star’s Pushpa was the highest-collected movie for the year 2021. This movie made Allu Arjun reach global stardom.

Year: 2021

Highest-Grossing Movie: RRR RRR, which took Telugu film to the Oscars, became the highest-grossing movie for the year 2022.

Year: 2022

Highest-Grossing Movie: Waltair Veerayya And Chiranjeevi with his mass bomma Waltair Veerayya piled up huge numbers. It will end up collecting more than 250 crores at the box office.

Year: 2023