Rajinikanth was previously exclusively known as a national star of India, but all has changed thanks to Rajamouli’s monumental Baahubali film series. After Baahubali, the enthusiasm for South Indian films among cinephiles spread across the country. The movie demonstrated the true intensity of South Indian cinema.
In addition to receiving acclaim from audiences across all of India, films like Baahubali, Baahubali2, K.G.F. Chapter 1, Pushpa-The Rise, etc. also gave us a number of pan-Indian actors like Prabhas, Yash, Allu Arjun, etc.
Prabhas is the only Indian actor to have two films (Baahubali 2 and Saaho) with opening day gross totals of over Rs 100 crore on the Top 10 Highest Telugu Grosser Opening Day Collections list. Four of the actor’s films are among the top 5 highest-opening Telugu films.
And Rajamouli is the only director whose two films, RRR and Baahubali2, have the top two biggest opening weekends in both Tollywood and Indian cinema. Here is the list of 5 telugu action movies that created havoc at the box office of Tollywood on the opening day!
- RRR
Star Cast: JR. NTR, Ram Charan, Ajay Devgn, and Alia Bhatt
Director: S.S. Rajamouli
Release Date: 25 March 2022
Opening Day(Gross): Rs 235 Cr+
- Baahubali 2: The Conclusion
Star Cast: Prabhas, Rana Daggubati, Anushka Shetty, Tamannaah, Ramya Krishna
Director: S.S. Rajamouli
Release Date: 28 April 2017
Opening Day(Gross): Rs 217 Crore
- Saaho
Star Cast: Prabhas, Shraddha Kapoor, Jackie Shroff, Arun Vijay
Director: Sujeeth
Release Date: 30 Aug 2019
Opening Day(Gross): Rs 130 Crore
- Adipurush
Star Cast: Prabhas, Kriti Sanon, Saif Ali Khan
Director: Om Raut
Release Date: 16 June 2023
Opening Day(Gross): Rs 87 Crore
- Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy
Star Cast: Chiranjeevi, Nayanthara, Tamannaah, Sudeep, Jagapathi Babu, Vijay Sethupathi
Director: Surender Reddy
Release Date: 2 October 2019
Opening Day(Gross): Rs 82 Crore
The approximate box-office numbers and the information displayed here are acquired from Latest Telugu News Website – Telugu Action.com.