Top 21 Telugu Movies Which Hold The First Week Records At Box Office

Saaho - the biggest action thriller of the year - marks the first film of Rebel Star Prabhas post the massive success of Baahubali franchise. Helmed by young director Sujeeth, this visual wonder despite mixed reviews, won the love of the audience from all quarters. The film is raking huge bucks right from Day 1 and by the end of the first week, it collected a whopping amount of Rs. 350 Cr (Gross) and Rs. 188.35 Cr (Share) smashing the records of many Non-Baahubali movies at home turf and at International BO as well. Saaho with a lot of twist and turns, high voltage action stunts and spectacular visuals deals with the story of how the protagonist finds the details of the mysterious robbery of 2000 crore rupees.

Superstar Mahesh Babu and Pooja Hegde starrer Maharshi mark the silver jubilee film of Mahesh. Helmed by Vamsi Paidipally, this socio-drama has won accolades from all quarters for bringing the innovative concept like weekend agriculture and the plight of farmers to the limelight. It has taken the box office by storm in the Teluguland and the summer vacation with no competition from other big-ticket films turned out to be an icing on the cake for the film. By the end of the first week, Maharshi grossed 122.91 Cr at the WW box office with a WW distributor share of 76 Cr. 

SS Rajamouli's second part of the epic brothers tale, 'Baahubali' released amidst huge expectations and it hit the bull's eye. With super positive response pouring in right from the first show, the movie attained tremondous success. It grossed a whopping Rs. 509 Cr. in its first weekend with a share of Rs. 270 Cr. in all its versions. A proud moment for the Telugu film makers indeed! 

Rajamouli’s ‘Baahubali: the beginning’ was the biggest blockbuster of 2015 in Indian cinema. The movie not only received acclaims from the critics but also collected a staggering amount at the box office. ‘Baahubali’ opened at the box office with an astounding amount of 75 cr on the first day of its release. By the end of the first week, the movie collected 255 cr which is the highest collection in Tollywood. The total collection of the movie is 602 cr which is the biggest grosser ever in south Indian cinema.

Jr NTR and Pooja Hegde starrer Aravinda Sametha opened to a massive response from the audience. Thanks to the Holiday season and the most awaited combination of Tarak and Trivikram, the film managed to collect huge numbers in its first week. Aravinda Sametha collected a gross amount of Rs. 134 crores with a distributor share of Rs. 82 crores in the first week of its theatrical run. The film stood as the top 4th position of 1st-week grossers of Tollywood.

Ram Charan and Samantha starrer Rangasthalam opened to a super positive response from both critics and the audience. The movie collected a whopping gross of Rs. 43 crores on its opening day and it maintained steady collections for the entire first week. By the end of its first week run in the theatres, Rangasthalam collected a gross of Rs. 127 crores with a share of nearly Rs. 80 crores. Rangasthalam now holds the Non - Baahubali record by beating Khaidi No 150.

Mahesh Babu's political drama Bharat Ane Nenu was the first big blockbuster of summer season 2018. The hype surrounding the film because of Srimanthudu combination getting repeated made the film get a  good opening at the box office. Bharat Ane Nenu grossed Rs. 117 crores while the distributor share stands at Rs. 72 crores.

Megastar Chiranjeevi made a comeback to movies nearly after a decade and we must say he came back with a bang. People thronged the theatres to take a glimpse of Megastar and the collections at the BO itself is the answer to this. 'Khaidi No. 150' grossed Rs. 95 Cr. in its first weekend with a distributor share of Rs. 66 Cr. This proved the potential of Megastar at the BO. 

Janatha Garage started with a bang at the box office by collecting 20.49 cr in just AP and Nizam regions. After the 5 day run, the movie has beaten the 1 week record of ‘Srimanthudu’ by collecting 100 Cr. Even in the second week the collections are strong in all the regions. ‘Janatha Garage’ became the second fastest movie to collect 100 cr after ‘Baahubali: The Beginning’.

Tarak's triple role drama Jai Lava Kusa opened to stupendous response and managed to rake in a gross of Rs. 90 Cr in its first weekend with a distributor share of Rs. 54 Cr. This has managed to climb to the top second grosser in NTR Jr.'s career and collected a gross of Rs. 125 crores by the end of its theatrical run. 

DJ (Duvvada JAgannadham) was the commercial flick Allu Arjun served in the year 2017 and inspite of some mixed reviews, the movie managed set the cash registers ringing. It collected Rs. 64 Cr in the first weekend with a distributor share of of Rs 43.6 Cr is the second highest in Allu Arjun's career. 

Srimanthudu is one of the highest grossers in Mahesh’s career and also in Tollywood. With an opening day collection of 30 cr, the movie has collected a staggering amount of 101 cr in the 7 day run. The life time collection of the movie is 144.4 crores, worldwide.

Pawan Kalyan's Katamarayudu which is the remake of super hit Tamil movie Veeram released on the occasion of Ugadi in 2017. The movie opened to below average reports from the audience on its first day. Thanks to the star power of Pawan Kalyan, the movie managed to gross above Rs. 86 crores in the first week.

After a gap of almost 5 years, Pawan Kalyan and Trivikram Srinivas have united after their industry hit movie Attarintiki Daredi. Due to their successful track record, Agnyaathavaasi registered non-baahubali record collections on its first day but couldn't collect good amounts in its first week. The movie received a negative feedback from the movie lovers right from the day and managed only to collect a gross of Rs. 88 crores by the end of first week.

‘Sardar Gabbar Singh’ started off with a bang collecting 40 cr on the first day. By the end of the first week the movie had collected 73 cr, worldwide. After a week of its theatrical run the collections declined rapidly and by the end of its theatrical run the movie had collected 83 cr worldwide.

Allu Arjun starrer ‘Sarrainodu’ opened at the box office with 14.4 cr on the first day. So far, it is the biggest opening movie in Allu Arjun’s career. By the end of the first week, the movie has collected around 70 cr worldwide. By the end of its run, the movie had collected a gross amount of 127.6 cr.

Ram Charan’s ‘Bruce Lee: The Fighter’, came with a lot of expectations and bagged good collections in the first week. Though the movie had mixed reviews it collected 53.5 cr upon its first 7 days run. By the end of its theatrical run, the movie had collected 60 cr.