Apart from witnessing some earth shattering blockbusters like Baahubali 2 and Khaidi Number 150, Tollywood faced bitter experiences with huge disasters registered at the box office. Given below are the details of top ten disasters of Tollywood for 2017.
SPYDER: This film did a pre release business Rs.121 crores. Having collected Rs.62 crores in full run, the film incurred 50% losses and threw its investors into rags.
OM NAMO VENKATESAYA: The movie's theatricals were sold out to Rs.45 crores. Sadly, the film minted Rs.10 crores showing stars to its makers and buyers.
PAISA VASOOL: This film did the pre release business of Rs.33 crores. The end result was a disaster with Rs.19 crores share.
NAKSHATRAM: This Krishna Vamsi's directorial stood as a huge disaster with 50% losses.
YUDDHAM SHARANAM: Naga Chaitanya's Yuddham Sharanam did a pre release business for Rs.20 crores but collected only Rs.10 crores share.
MISTER: This Varun Tej starrer film incurred heavy losses at the box office. Srinu Vaitla was the director.
OKKADU MIGILADU: This film's too low box office numbers shocked the cine audience to the core. Manchu Manoj is the hero.
LIE: Nithiin's LIE makers invested huge sum. But the end result was a dud with Rs.9+ crores share.
OXYGEN: This film gave nightmarish experience to Gopichand with utter flop result.
UNGARLA RAMBABU: Sunil's Ungarala Rambabu incurred 40% losses and registered disastrous result at the box office.
NB: Power Star Pawan Kalyan's Katamarayudu did a pre biz Rs.87 crores and collected Rs.64 crores share in full run. As such, it falls into the category of 'flops' instead of 'disasters'. Likewise, Sai Dharam Tej's Winner also joined flops list.
* There were many more disastes produced by small filmmakers which are not mentioned in the above list.