Industries / Tollywood / 2026
Tollywood hits and flops, 2026
Every Tollywood film released in 2026 with a cost and a gross on record, graded on gross against cost six weeks after release. Blockbuster is three times its cost and up, hit is one and a half, average is one, and anything under one is a flop. 14 of the year's releases have both figures.
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| # | Film | Cost | Took | Return | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Irumudi2026-08-20 | $4M | $29M | 6.7× | Blockbuster |
| 2 |  Maa Inti Bangaram2026-06-18 | $2M | $12M | 5.0× | Blockbuster |
| 3 |  Chennai Love Story2026-07-24 | $2M | $7M | 4.0× | Blockbuster |
| 4 |  The Conversation2026-02-01 | $2M | $5M | 3.1× | Blockbuster |
| 5 |  Anaganaga Oka Raju2026-01-14 | $4M | $12M | 2.9× | Hit |
| 6 |  Couple Friendly2026-02-13 | $925K | $2M | 1.8× | Hit |
| 7 |  Mana ShankaraVaraPrasad Garu2026-01-11 | $22M | $34M | 1.5× | Hit |
| 8 |  Lenin2026-07-10 | $6M | $8M | 1.3× | Average |
| 9 |  Peddi2026-06-03 | $38M | $42M | 1.1× | Average |
| 10 |  Biker2026-04-03 | $5M | $5M | 1.0× | Flop |
| 11 |  Dacoit2026-04-10 | $10M | $6M | 0.7× | Flop |
| 12 |  Ustaad Bhagat Singh2026-03-18 | $17M | $11M | 0.6× | Flop |
| 13 |  The Raja Saab2026-01-09 | $49M | $24M | 0.5× | Flop |
| 14 |  Funky2026-02-13 | $3M | $2M | 0.5× | Flop |
How a verdict is reached
- Blockbuster
- Gross of at least 3× cost and up what the film cost to make.
- Hit
- Gross of at least 1.5× what the film cost to make.
- Average
- Gross of at least 1× what the film cost to make.
- Flop
- Anything that did not return its cost. under 1×.
Budget and gross as reported on TMDB A film is graded 42 days after release, so a run still in cinemas is not called early, and a film with no budget on record cannot be graded at all.