The Telugu film industry has witnessed a big transformation in 2018, as the audience started rejecting big ticket commercial entertainers and encouraging content-backed small budget big time.
We bring you the collection details of highest grossing Telugu/Tollywood movies of 2018, their theatical rights price and distributors' eanings and their flop or hit status. This list includes the big ticket or critically-acclaimed films that created a buzz in the media. All the numbers, which are in Rs and crore, are based on various reports and they may not match with the action figures released by their makers.
| Movie | Gross | Earnings | Rights | Recovery [%] |
| Bharat Ane Nenu | 225.00 | 115.00 | 100.00 | 115.00 |
| Rangasthalam | 216.00 | 123.60 | 80.00 | 154.50 |
| Aravinda Sametha | 151.00 | 91.05 | 91.00 | 100.05 * |
| Geetha Govindam | 130.00 | 70.06 | 15.00 | 467.06 * |
| Agnyaathavaasi | 94.60 | 57.50 | 125.00 | 46.00 |
| Naa Peru Surya | 92.00 | 53.70 | 75.00 | 73.00 |
| Mahanati | 83.00 | 45.00 | 20.00 | 225.00 |
| Bhaagamathie | 67.20 | 34.50 | 30.00 | 115.00 |
| Jai Simha | 50.00 | 29.00 | 27.00 | 107.40 |
| Tholi Prema | 45.10 | 23.95 | 23.00 | 104.10 |
| Devadas | 45.00 | 24.10 | 38.00 | 63.42 * |
| Hello Guru Prema Kosame | 35.00 | 20.50 | 24.00 | 85.40 |
| Krishnarjuna Yuddham | 28.60 | 15.20 | 26.00 | 58.50 |
| RX100 | 27.40 | 12.70 | 2.50 | 508.00 |
| NOTA | 25.55 | 12.55 | 25.00 | 50.20 |
| Srinivasa Kalyanam | 25.50 | 13.00 | 27.00 | 48.00 |
| Shailaja Reddy Alludu | 25.00 | 14.20 | 24.00 | 59.16 * |
| U Turn | 25.00 | 9.60 | 16.00 | 60.00 |
| Chalo | 24.00 | 12.30 | 6.00 | 205.00 |
| Goodachari | 23.40 | 10.20 | 5.00 | 204.00 |
| Saakshyam | 22.70 | 12.60 | 25.00 | 50.40 |
| Hello Guru Prema Kosame | 22.50 | 13.95 | 25.00 | 55.80 * |
| Savyasachi | 22.30 | 11.25 | 22.50 | 10.00 * |
| Nela Ticket | 20.10 | 9.85 | 22.00 | 44.80 |
| Pantham | 19.00 | 10.50 | 15.00 | 70.00 |
| Touch Chesi Chudu | 19.00 | 9.35 | 25.00 | 37.40 |
| Amar Akbar Anthony | 18.00 | 8.00 | 22.50 | 35.55 * |
| Chal Mohan Ranga | 17.60 | 8.60 | 20.00 | 43.00 |
| MLA | 17.50 | 9.30 | 11.10 | 83.80 |
| Sammohanam | 15.70 | 6.90 | 8.00 | 86.00 |
| Kirrak Party | 14.40 | 6.75 | 8.00 | 84.40 |
| Awe! | 13.25 | 6.10 | 6.00 | 101.67 |
| Ee Nagaraniki Emaindi | 10.80 | 4.50 | 5.00 | 90.00 |
| Tej I Love You | 8.00 | 4.10 | 16.00 | 25.62 |
* Denotes that the movie is still doing well at the box office and its numbers will vary based on its final run.
