Indian cinema relies heavily on box-office numbers irrespective of the content. The more the numbers, the bigger the cinema. Every year fans go frenzy all over the internet about the box-office numbers, but 2020 has spoiled the sport for them, so we don’t have those fan wars over numbers this year, thanks to the pandemic. But it’s not such a bad thing to go back and take a look at the previous years box-office numbers of Telugu cinema. So we just listed all the ‘Highest Grossing Telugu Films’ Year By Year (2000 – 2020) from the start of the 20th century till now. Take a look
1) Year: 2000 – Highest-grossing film: Kalisundam Raa
– It ran for a record 100 days in 103 centres, 175 days in 35 centres and 200 days in 20 centres.
– It broke the records made by Samarasimha Reddy in 1999.
2) Year: 2001 – Highest-grossing film: Narasimha Naidu
– Film created a new record by completing 100 days theatrical run in 105 theatres
– All India record by having 101 shows in just one week.
3) Year: 2002 – Highest-grossing film: Indra
4) Year: 2003 – Highest-grossing film:Tagore
– Collected Rs 45.35 crores in its full run.
5) Year: 2004 – Highest-grossing film: Shankar Dada M.B.B.S.
8) Year: 2007 – Highest-grossing film: Yamadonga
9) Year: 2008 – Highest-grossing film: Jalsa
10) Year: 2009 – Highest-grossing film: Magadheera
– Its 1000-day theatrical run surpassed Chandramukhi (2005) as the longest running South Indian film.
11) Year: 2010 – Highest-grossing film:Simha
12) Year: 2011 – Highest-grossing film: Dookudu
13) Year: 2012 – Highest-grossing film: Gabbar Singh
14) Year: 2013 – Highest-grossing film:Attarintiki Daredi
15) Year: 2014 – Highest-grossing film: Race Gurram
16) Year: 2015 – Highest-grossing film: Baahubali: The Beginning
17) Year: 2016 – Highest-grossing film: Janatha Garage
18) Year: 2017 – Highest-grossing film: Baahubali 2: The Conclusion
19) Year: 2018 – Highest-grossing film: Rangasthalam
20) Year: 2019 – Highest-grossing film: Saaho
– Saaho made ₹130 crore on its opening day worldwide, the second highest-ever for an Indian film
21)Year: 2020 – Highest-grossing film: Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo