19 Telugu films of 2016 ranked by box office. #1: Janatha Garage (₹150 crore).
| # | Film | Lead | Director | Budget | Box office | Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Janatha Garage | Janatha Garage | Koratala Siva | ₹50 crore | ₹150 crore | 3.00x |
| 2 | Sarainodu | Boyapati Srinu | ₹50 crore | ₹127.6 crore | 2.55x | |
| 3 | Nannaku Prematho | Sukumar | ₹45 crore | ₹87 crore | 1.93x | |
| 4 | Sardar Gabbar Singh | Rakesh Kumar | ₹75 crore | ₹84 crore | 1.12x | |
| 5 | A Aa - Anasuya Ramalingam Vs Anand Vihari | Nithiin | Trivikram Srinivas | ₹25 crore | ₹75.4 crore | 3.02x |
| 6 | Brahmotsavam | Srikanth Addala | ₹75 crore | ₹63.7 crore | 0.85x | |
| 7 | Babu Bangaram | Maruthi Dasari | ₹28 crore | ₹50 crore | 1.79x | |
| 8 | Nenu Sailaja | Kishore Tirumala | ₹40.1 crore | |||
| 9 | Dictator | Sriwass | ₹35.7 crore | |||
| 10 | Gentleman | Mohana Krishna Indraganti | ₹15 crore | ₹32.6 crore | 2.17x | |
| 11 | Pellichoopulu | Tharun Bhascker | ₹60 lakh | ₹30 crore | 50.00x | |
| 12 | Majnu | Virinchi Varma | ₹16 crore | ₹28.4 crore | 1.78x | |
| 13 | Express Raja | Merlapaka Gandhi | ₹28.4 crore | |||
| 14 | Ism | Puri Jagannadh | ₹25 crore | |||
| 15 | Srirastu Subhamastu | Parasuram | ₹7.1 crore | ₹20.2 crore | 2.85x | |
| 16 | Kshanam | Ravikanth Perepu | ₹1.1 crore | ₹12 crore | 11.11x | |
| 17 | Chuttalabbai | Veerabhadram | ₹5 crore | ₹10 crore | 2.00x | |
| Soggade Chinni Nayana | Kalyan Krishna | ₹15 crore | $10 million | |||
| Manamantha | Chandra Sekhar Yelati | $1.5 million |
Figures are shown in the currency they were reported in (Wikipedia, Wikidata or TMDB); no conversion.