Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo has smashed the box office in Nizam / Andhra and is looking to be the second biggest grosser ever in Nizam / Andhra. The first week has seen the film hit numbers which are second only to Bahubali - The Conclusion. The first week numbers of 120 crore nett in Nizam / Andhra alone are staggering and they have come with a clash against another big Telugu film Sarileru Neekevvaru which itself grossed 90 crore nett apprx in the first week. 

The hero of the film Allu Arjun is gaining fast in the star stakes in the Telugu industry as the film clashed with the Mahesh Babu film Sarileru Neekevvaru and left well behind not only in terms of initial but overall run. Mahesh Babu has probably been regarded as the biggest young star in the industry over some time with the legend Chiranveevi still probably holding the top spot as the initials of Syeraa Narismha Reddy and Khaidi Number one proved. 

There have been five films from the South which have done 200 crore nett plus busines and they are Endhiran, Bahubali - The Beginning, Bahubali - The Conclusion, 2.0 and Saaho at an all India level (only Bahubali - The Conclusion has gone over 200 crore in Nizam /Andhra alone) and Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo looks set to be the sixth. The top first week collections for Telugu films in Andhra / Nizam are as follows. These are figures for Nizam / Andhra only.

1. Bahubali: The Conclusion - 160 crore

2. Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo  - 119 crore

3. Syeraa Narasimha Reddy - 110 crore

4. Saaho - 101 crore

5. Sarileru Neekevvaru - 90 crore