2024 has been a great year for Tollywood in terms of box-office records. Films like Kalki 2898 AD, Pushpa 2, Hanuman set the box-office on fire and established several records. At the same time, several medium films like Lucky Baskhar, Saripodaa Sanivaaram and Tillu Square reigned supreme at theatres. Here’s a record round up for Telugu version on 2024 Tollywood movies.
Highest Pre-release business- Pushpa 2 : Pushpa 2 did a massive business worldwide. The total Telugu state business was Rs 194 crores and the film needed to collect 200 Cr in just Telugu states to attain a hit status. Only RRR and Baahubali have managed the kind of run.
Highest opening- Pushpa 2– Pushpa 2 posted an all time record opening in Nizam, UA and Krishna territories. The film collected Rs 106.83 Cr worldwide for Telugu version The film became the second film after RRR to collect Rs 100 crores in Telugu on opening day.
Highest 1st Week – Pushpa 2– Another record the Allu Arjun starrer created was recording highest 1st week collection in Telugu. Pushpa 2 had a record-breaking weekend in Hindi, and a good one in Telugu, Tamil, and Karnataka. Kerala was the only market which disappointed.
Highest grosser- Kalki 2898 AD– Kalki 2898 AD starring Prabhas became a box office blockbuster after the release this year. The film did very good numbers in all the territories and collected more than Rs 500 crores gross in Telugu
Highest share- Pushpa 2 – Adding another feather to its cap, this Sukumar film starring Allu Arjun created wonders at the box office and became the achieved the highest share collected in 2024 with around Rs 295 crores.
Most profitable film- Hanuman– The biggest hit of the year in terms of return on investment was the Teja Sajja starrer Hanuman. The film was released for Sankranti. Not only did it become the eighth highest-grossing Telugu film ever, but it also smashed records overseas, becoming the fifth-highest-grossing Tollywood film ever outside India. The movie ended its run with Rs 294 crores gross worldwide.
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