Talk:List of highest-grossing Telugu films/Archive 1

Contradiction in Gross collections
Hi, I'm Political Cricketer. I found that the references which are showing the gross collections of Dookudu and Magadheera are looking contradict to each other. The article from the Hindu is showing that the film Magadheera's collections are over 1 billion. But the reference which is cited to Dookudu, tells Dookudu is the first Telugu movie to cross 1 billion mark, which contradicts the article in Hindu.

Since Telugu films are not properly mentioned with gross figures, it's better not to keep the section of worldwide gross collections.

Agree with that? PK talk 10:31, 23 November 2014 (UTC)

1 movie is the highest collection in the telugu film industry — Preceding unsigned comment added by 175.101.67.187 (talk) 13:44, 27 June 2015 (UTC)

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New section
In Gross Collections you need to specify a column with No of Languages released. And the information there is wrong. Have a look at this (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_Indian_films) Which had highest gross collections of telugu showing correct information. Attarintiki Daredi has collected more than Magadheera. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Venkateshkancherla7 (talk • contribs) 14:11, 11 May 2016 (UTC)

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Tollywood Highest grossing movies → List of highest-grossing Telugu films – per uniformity with List of highest-grossing Indian films  Vin09 &thinsp; (talk)   10:00, 8 September 2016 (UTC)
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Share collections
In this edit I flagged the Worldwide collections section with importance-section. The scope of this article is "highest-grossing Telugu films". "Share" is absolutely not the same thing as gross, thus, the share values are far beyond the scope of this article. If this article was "Overly-detailed financial data related to Telugu films", then we might have a valid argument for including it, (it would be an idiotic article to conceive of) but this article's scope is clear, and there is no precedent that I am aware of across the Film WikiProject for the inclusion of distributor financials. Further, with no independent auditing of the financial figures, as western films receive with sources like BoxOfficeMojo.com, all the share values are estimates, making their integrity extraordinarily questionable. Wikipedia is being used as a clearinghouse for dubious data. The gross values are already sketchy, but we're expected to vocalise the estimates of a film's every financial micro detail? Pure rubbish. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 17:40, 10 November 2016 (UTC)


 * Since nobody has expressed an opinion in a month, the section was cut here. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 16:59, 10 December 2016 (UTC)

Comments requested - Proposal to cut INRConvert template from this and similar highest-grossing articles
Please participate in the discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Film/Indian cinema task force if you have thoughts about whether or not INRConvert should be removed from highest-grossing Indian film articles. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 03:24, 30 November 2016 (UTC)

Share records
In this edit I deleted the Records section, which contained a table of opening day records organized around distributor share rather than gross. The article title is highest-grossing Telugu films. The scope of the article then, is gross, not nett gross, not nett, not other magical figures. Including share presents an apples-to-oranges comparison between the gross and nett figures. There are other concerns too, like if one film gets tax exempt status and another film doesn't, that's going to affect the distributor share, but it won't actually tell us which film did better in terms of box office sales. Since nobody has previously discussed the inclusion of this content, and the inclusion of this content isn't indicated at MOS:FILM and the content doesn't appear in comparable articles like List of highest-grossing films, I have removed the content. Feel free to seek consensus for inclusion. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 15:42, 22 December 2016 (UTC)

US collections
Why are we focusing on US collections in this article? With no exaggeration, as of this edit the bulk of this article is US gross. Not general international gross, not domestic, but US. Makes no sense. Also, it's seemingly arbitrary, since the cut-off for inclusion was that the films fall into the "one million dollar club". This "club" crap is completely inappropriate for an encyclopedia. We're not drooling fans, we're supposed to be writing an academic resource. The result when we use arbitrary metrics, is you wind up with a table with an arbitrary 23 entries. This needs to be fixed. I'd limit the US values to 10 examples or something. Aaaand, there's not even any gross figures in the summary table at the top of the page. So we have rankings without any useful context. I don't think this article was thought through very clearly. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 16:38, 16 January 2017 (UTC)

Bahubali 2 collections
Bahubali had collected 1657 crores till now. This was referred from most of you tube videos. Jagan rao (talk) 14:46, 28 May 2017 (UTC)

Share is not gross
In this edit I removed a great deal of content, because it was beyond the scope of this article. The article is titled "highest grossing Telugu films". "Share" is not gross. Share is what's left over after subtracting expenses and entertainment taxes, no? So these figures are significantly out of the scope of this article. Further, I removed all the "blockbuster" "super blockbuster" "biggest blockbuster" shit. Wikipedia is a neutral encyclopedia. We're not here to regurgitate promotional, hyperbolic verdicts. There is no objective way to distinguish a "biggest blockbuster" from an an "all-time blockbuster". And personally I'd assume "biggest blockbuster" would be in the #1 spot, not the #4 spot, but hey, that's why I'm not running the Indian film trades. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 15:31, 18 January 2019 (UTC)

Highest-grossing films by year
The Highest-grossing films by year section is problematic. All we have is a list of films and their grosses. We have very few, if any, references that say explicitly "___ was the highest-grossing film of ___ year". For example, the table tells us that Dookudu grossed 101 crore in 2011. How do we know that there weren't other Telugu films that grossed more than that? The references don't explicitly say that. This is problematic and the section should probably be deleted if we can't prove any of these claims. There are other issues as well, including that we are using blogs like Andhraboxoffice.com and in some cases a discussion forum as references. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 16:26, 20 January 2019 (UTC)


 * As far as Telugu box office considered, most reliable tracking is done by those type blogs only. Times of India, India Today etc. blindly following some of these blogs and putting some random articles. These type of articles are less reliable than those blogs PK talk 19:31, 6 February 2019 (UTC)
 * We are under no obligation to adhere to shitty reporting. If a reliable source is using Andhraboxoffice, which doesn't even disclosure what journalists or experts are behind it, we should not be using the reliable source for that purpose. Many "reliable" sources make lazy mistakes and publish crap: Kabali's financial info was a clusterfuck thanks to Indian Express and Financial Express. A little over a week ago I saw India Today citing a random Twitter user about Petta's gross. Awful. Your claim, however, that the blogs are more reliable is baseless, since nobody knows the margin of error these blogs report with, and a faceless blog has no corruption oversight like a publicly-traded newspaper might. A studio could easily pay ABO to publish whatever figures they want. You might personally have faith in their guesstimates, but unless you're actually performing audits and comparing Andhraboxoffice's reporting against actual financial ledgers, your assertion of accuracy is just blind faith, no disrespect intended. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 03:48, 7 February 2019 (UTC)

Sarileru neekuevaru is 2020 Highest grossing flim

Sarileru is January's biggest blockbuster Nagasaiwww (talk) 21:32, 16 August 2021 (UTC)

Maharshi movie collections
Its not the correct collections of movie, even it did not crossed 180 cr mark how you display it as 295 cr .please correct it Edpawan (talk) 19:39, 28 May 2019 (UTC)

Maharshi Worldwide Grossing 260Cr Snipersuresh12 (talk) 11:39, 18 May 2020 (UTC)

Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy made a worldwide gross of Rs. 229 crores and is still counting so please mention in Highest-grossing films Worldwide section.
I find this movie Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy (2019) is missing in Highest-grossing films Worldwide section so please mention it. This is the Source. Ram nareshji (talk) 14:59, 23 October 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 23 January 2020
https://www.ibtimes.co.in/ala-vaikunthapurramuloo-beats-rangasthalam-lifetime-collection-worldwide-box-office-10-days-812108 Ala Vaikunthapurramlo has surpassed Rangasthalam officially. It's total collection is around 220 cr now. Please update. 136.233.9.98 (talk) 05:13, 23 January 2020 (UTC)

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate.

More poor sources
You've made a lot of changes to this article since 21 January and I'm rather concerned at the deviation from community standards that many of your edits have had to the article. In these edits (and probably more), you've introduced some really poor references into the article: oracleglobe.com, pycker.com, Pinkvilla, tollywoodboxoffice.in, telegraphstar.com, etc. It's like you've done zero actual research to see what sorts of references the Wikipedia community considers reliable, (like those at WP:ICTF) and have instead just found high figures published on faceless blogs and faceless websites run by anonymous people. I don't find this suitable, and it's certainly inconsistent with our community standards. See our reliable sourcing guidelines. I think this article should be rolled back to before you started editing, and rebuilt with proper sources. And unfortunately, any changes you've made to the film articles with these poor references should be changed. We only care what mainstream reliable sources with established reputations for fact-checking and accuracy have to say about any subject. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 23:10, 12 February 2020 (UTC)
 * This might be a smart place to start. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 23:58, 12 February 2020 (UTC)
 * I've indefinitely blocked this user, because there were multiple instances of them cherrypicking crappy references and inflating and deflating the data in these crappy references to make some films look better and some films worse. The bulk of what I found was detailed here. In this edit, I revert to a version prior to their disruptive changes. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 01:44, 13 February 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 4 March 2020
ala vaikuntapuram loo movie collections 2406:B400:A3:0:0:0:3:6F9C (talk) 19:25, 4 March 2020 (UTC)
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Semi-protected edit request on 17 March 2020
160.238.72.1 (talk) 09:31, 17 March 2020 (UTC) 2018 Rangasathalam
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Semi-protected edit request on 25 April 2020
ala vaikuntapuram loo is highest collected movie than sarileru neekevvaru 124.123.30.188 (talk) 07:39, 25 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Aasim 09:16, 25 April 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 25 April 2020
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}sarileru neekavaru collections stands at 230 cr and ala vaikuntapuram lo at 265 cr } Deepakreddy27 (talk) 11:31, 25 April 2020 (UTC)

Not sure what you asking, be sure put you edits in a "X to Y format" DarthFlappy (talk) 14:52, 25 April 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 1 May 2020
124.123.30.188 (talk) 14:32, 1 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. GoingBatty (talk) 15:18, 1 May 2020 (UTC)

2021 highest grossing film
As of 24 December 2021, pushpa: The Rise is the highest grossing film (Telugu) it has earned 230cr in 8days and still running successfully in theatres. Please change vakeel Saab, because its collection is 137cr. Pushpa - 230cr 49.15.201.188 (talk) 06:18, 25 December 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 27 December 2021
A few of the box office numbers are much higher than suggested sources(sacnilk and andhra box office), likely because they include other sources of revenue like satellite rights and are not just worldwide gross. Most values are off by a little, while a few like Sarileru Neekevaru is significantly off. Sebmendotamish1114 (talk) 20:01, 27 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 21:40, 27 December 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 30 December 2021
Change Baahubali 2 worldwide from 1810 to 1788 (https://www.sacnilk.com/articles/entertainment/box_office/Baahubali_2_Box_Office_Collection_All_Language_Worldwide?hl=en)

Change Saaho worldwide from 433 to 451 (https://www.sacnilk.com/articles/entertainment/box_office/Saaho_Box_Office_Collection_All_Language_Day_Wise_Worldwide?hl=en)

Change Pushpa worldwide gross from 236 to 244.85 (https://www.sacnilk.com/articles/entertainment/box_office/Pushpa_2020_Box_Office_Collection_Day_Wise_Worldwide?hl=en)

Change Ala Vaikunthapuramulo worldwide gross from 262 to 269.35 (https://www.sacnilk.com/articles/entertainment/box_office/Ala_Vaikunthapurramloo_2020_Box_Office_Collection_Day_Wise_Worldwide?hl=en)

Change Sarileru Neekevare from 260 to 221.7 260 seems to be including other satellite rights(not ww gross) (https://www.sacnilk.com/articles/entertainment/box_office/Sarileru_Neekevvaru_2020_Box_Office_Collection_Day_Wise_Worldwide)

Sye Raa numbers look right.

Rangasthalam looks right.

Maharshi from ranged to 176 (https://www.sacnilk.com/articles/entertainment/box_office/Maharshi_Box_Office_Collection_Telugu_Worldwide?hl=en)

Sources :

I used sacnilk as my main source, but I also included andhraboxoffice which also shows similar numbers. The changes that I requested are for those who have numbers matching neither of these main sources. Both of these sources site relatively the same numbers.

Baahubali 2 - https://www.sacnilk.com/articles/entertainment/box_office/Baahubali_2_Box_Office_Collection_All_Language_Worldwide?hl=en - http://andhraboxoffice.com/info.aspx?id=4112&cid=6&fid=834

Saaho - https://www.sacnilk.com/articles/entertainment/box_office/Saaho_Box_Office_Collection_All_Language_Day_Wise_Worldwide?hl=en - http://andhraboxoffice.com/info.aspx?id=5418&cid=6&fid=6162

Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo - https://www.sacnilk.com/articles/entertainment/box_office/Ala_Vaikunthapurramloo_2020_Box_Office_Collection_Day_Wise_Worldwide?hl=en - http://andhraboxoffice.com/info.aspx?id=5473&cid=6&fid=6261

Sarileru Neekevaru - https://www.sacnilk.com/articles/entertainment/box_office/Sarileru_Neekevvaru_2020_Box_Office_Collection_Day_Wise_Worldwide - http://andhraboxoffice.com/info.aspx?id=5472&cid=6&fid=6262

Sye Raa Narsimha Reddy - https://www.sacnilk.com/articles/entertainment/box_office/Sye_Raa_Narasimha_Reddy_Box_Office_Collection_All_Language_Worldwide?hl=en - http://andhraboxoffice.com/info.aspx?id=5438&cid=6&fid=6187

Pushpa - https://www.sacnilk.com/articles/entertainment/box_office/Pushpa_2020_Box_Office_Collection_Day_Wise_Worldwide?hl=en - http://andhraboxoffice.com/info.aspx?id=4112&cid=6&fid=834

Maharshi - https://www.sacnilk.com/articles/entertainment/box_office/Maharshi_Box_Office_Collection_Telugu_Worldwide?hl=en - http://andhraboxoffice.com/info.aspx?id=5387&cid=6&fid=6106 Sebmendotamish1114 (talk) 17:07, 30 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done:, appreaciate the effort but sacnilk and ABO are not considered reliable sources. Please see WP:ICTFSOURCES for acceptable sources for Indian films. -- Ab207 (talk) 17:49, 30 December 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 15 February 2022
It is a request for noting including Akhanda which grossed Rs 133.20 Cr gross. It hasnt been included in the highest grossing telugu films KafterGVS (talk) 14:25, 15 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 14:39, 15 February 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 25 February 2022
I request you to pls include jai lava kusa and geetha govindham which has grossed 150 crore and 132.8 crore respectively. GVSKARTHIKme (talk) 15:01, 25 February 2022 (UTC)
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Semi-protected edit request on 25 February 2022
Sorry for mentioning wrong geetha govindham is 132 crore GVSKARTHIKme (talk) 15:02, 25 February 2022 (UTC)
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WORLD WIDE OPENING RECORDS
Bahubali 2 first day records is now broken by Prashant neil's KGF chapter 2 created history. Bahubali 2 first day collection is 217cr and KGF CHAPTER 2 first day collection is 441cr. It's not a fanbase report, you can check it on Google and the Instagram Twitter pages of PVR, Rajamouli etc. Please change it. RRR is the highest grosser by opening day. 49.15.202.28 (talk) 10:08, 26 March 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 27 March 2022
1. I would like to edit the highest grossing movies order 2. 2. 5	RRR *	2022	S. S. Rajamouli	DVV Entertainments	₹350 crore	[6]

to 4 RRR * 2022 SS Rajamouli DVV Entertainments ₹371 Crore [4]

3. This is the valid source https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/regional-cinema/story/rrr-box-office-collection-day-2-jr-ntr-ram-charan-s-film-is-unstoppable-1929985-2022-03-27 2406:B400:A9:A601:5D60:9910:4:DF34 (talk) 12:28, 27 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: The request is out of date now Ab207 (talk) 14:24, 1 April 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 1 April 2022
1. Kgf chapter 2 has crossed the 1200Crore mark and it should be mentioned

2.

2	RRR *	2022	DVV Entertainments	₹670 crore

to 710 crore

3. https://telugu.news18.com/news/movies/rrr-rajamouli-ajay-devgn-jr-ntr-ram-charan-alia-bhatts-rrr-movie-1st-week-world-wide-box-office-collections-and-entry-to-700-crore-club-ta-1254594.html 2409:4070:4783:1751:8003:160A:8B2:E3D1 (talk) 13:57, 1 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Pictogram voting wait.svg Already done Ab207 (talk) 14:22, 1 April 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 4 April 2022
1. I would like to edit highest grossing Telugu movies by year. The highest grossing movie of 1998 & 2001 is mentioned wrongly. Needs to be corrected.

2. 1998	Choodalani Vundi	Vyjayanthi Movies to 1998  Suryavamsam        Super Good Films

& 2001	Kushi                       Sri Surya movies to 2001 Narasimha Naidu     Venkata Raman Productions

3. https://www.imdb.com/list/ls022428427/ is the source to refer 2406:B400:A9:A601:AD95:BC8B:74ED:CA71 (talk) 11:57, 4 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. IMDb is not a reliable source, as it is user generated. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 14:57, 4 April 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 14 May 2022
The Kgf chapter 2 hit the 1200 crore box office and it's not been listed here 2402:8100:24EB:CB2A:52A8:3AA8:DD61:8B79 (talk) 05:50, 14 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Victor Schmidt (talk) 06:02, 14 May 2022 (UTC)

Kgf chapter 2 highest grosser
Kgf is the 2nd highest grosser 2402:8100:24EB:CB2A:52A8:3AA8:DD61:8B79 (talk) 05:55, 14 May 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 27 May 2022
Can I edit this page? Cyangoku1234567 (talk) 11:00, 27 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done for now:, hello! This page is currently semi-protected meaning that only autoconfirmed users can edit it. What you can do, aside from waiting to become autoconfirmed yourself, is create another edit request stating exactly what changes you would like. Please do phrase it in the form of "change X to Y" when doing so and, if applicable, provide reliable sources. Welcome and Teahouse may also be of assistance to you. Cheers! — Sirdog (talk) 11:06, 27 May 2022 (UTC)