Bollywood has completely dominated the Indian box office in 2026 so far, but Megastar Chiranjeevi has at least kept Tollywood (TFI) from slipping into irrelevance with Mana Shankara Vara Prasad Garu.
Here are the Highest Grossing Indian Movies of 2026 (Worldwide Gross):
Dhurandhar 2: The Revenge (Hindi) – Rs. 1,848 crores
Border 2 (Hindi) – Rs. 464 crores
Mana Shankara Vara Prasad Garu (Telugu) – Rs. 303.76 crore
Bhooth Bangla (Hindi) – Rs. 235 crores
Vaazha II (Malayalam) – Rs. 234 crores
The Raja Saab (Telugu) – Rs. 208 crores
Released during Sankranti, Chiranjeevi’s Mana Shankara Vara Prasad Garu has emerged as Tollywood’s biggest success story this year. Directed by Anil Ravipudi and featuring Chiranjeevi alongside Nayanthara and Venkatesh, the film crossed Rs. 300 crores through strong family support and an excellent theatrical hold.
Chiranjeevi and Anil Ravipudi protected TFI’s image nationally in a year where Bollywood has steamrolled the competition.
The bigger talking point, however, is Prabhas’ The Raja Saab.
Mounted on a huge budget and backed by enormous expectations, the horror-comedy was expected to comfortably dominate the year. Instead, it managed only Rs. 208 crores worldwide gross and sits outside the top five.
For a star of Prabhas’ stature, that number is not just underwhelming. It is disastrous.
The film opened decently but crashed quickly due to terrible word of mouth. What was expected to become another massive pan-India hit instead ended up dragging TFI lower in the yearly rankings.
Malayalam cinema’s Vaazha II comfortably moved ahead to occupy fifth place ahead of Raja Saab.
The situation could become tougher for The Raja Saab very soon. Suriya’s blockbuster Karuppu has already crossed Rs. 200 crores worldwide, and trade estimates suggest it could finish around Rs. 250 crores, pushing Prabhas’ film down to seventh place.
Now all eyes shift to Ram Charan’s Peddi.
With Tollywood struggling to produce a genuine pan-India box office monster in 2026, minimum expectations from Peddi itself are touching Rs. 400 crores worldwide gross. Anything below that may not feel respectable for Tollywood, which has been suffering through its dullest phase.
As of now, Tollywood touching Dhurandhar 2’s massive Rs. 1,848 crore worldwide gross looks almost impossible in 2026 unless the industry produces an unpredictable box office earthquake.
