By the numbers
- Films: 126 since 1961; 23 in the last ten years (cameos and guest appearances not counted)
- Recent films with figures: 5 of 14 since 2018
- Hits: 2 (1 blockbusters), average: 1, flops: 2 – a hit rate of 40%
- Average return: 1.65x budget; best: Bangarraju 2.64x; weakest: Kuberaa 0.96x
- Biggest hit: Coolie (2025), ₹514 cr
- Born: 1959-08-29
- Awards on Wikidata: 2
| Year | Film | Budget | Box office | Return | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Lenin | ₹50 cr | ₹100 cr | 2.00x | Hit |
| 2025 | Coolie | ₹350 cr | ₹514 cr | 1.47x | Average |
| 2025 | Kuberaa | ₹120 cr | ₹115 cr | 0.96x | Flop |
| 2024 | Naa Saami Ranga | ₹20 cr | – | – | No figures |
| 2022 | Bigg Boss Non-Stop | – | – | – | No figures |
| 2022 | The Ghost | – | – | – | No figures |
| 2022 | Bangarraju | ₹25 cr | ₹66 cr | 2.64x | Blockbuster |
| 2021 | Wild Dog | ₹6.0 cr | ₹7.0 cr | 1.17x | Flop |
| 2020 | Loser | – | – | – | No figures |
| 2019 | Bigg Boss | – | – | – | No figures |
| 2019 | Manmadhudu 2 | ₹30 cr | – | – | No figures |
| 2018 | Rangula Ratnam | – | – | – | No figures |
| 2018 | Devadas | – | ₹48 cr | – | No figures |
| 2018 | Officer | – | – | – | No figures |
What the numbers say
The filmography page lists 126 films from a 1961 debut to the 2026 list, with 23 films in the last decade and a note that 11 appearances are left out. That long record is not matched by recent data. In the table above, only five titles carry budget, gross and a multiple: Wild Dog, Bangarraju, Kuberaa, Coolie and Lenin. Across those five, the page logs 2 hits, 1 blockbuster, 1 average and 2 flops — a 40 percent hit rate. The average multiple is 1.65, and the total reported gross across the recent entries is ₹850.0 crore. The page is dated 27 September 2026.
The hits and the misses
The biggest hit in the table above is Coolie: ₹514.0 crore gross against a ₹350.0 crore budget. That is the scale story, but its 1.47 multiple lands at Average, not blockbuster. The efficiency standout is Bangarraju, the only blockbuster among reported recent titles, with ₹25.0 crore in and ₹66.0 crore out — a 2.64 multiple. The weakest full-data return is Kuberaa: ₹120.0 crore spent, ₹115.0 crore gross, a 0.96 multiple and a Flop verdict that leaves it below budget.
The trend
The recent five average multiple is 1.65; the previous five average is listed as null, so the page does not support a like-for-like five-on-five comparison. What the table above shows instead is a spread around that average. Bangarraju sits at 2.64 and Lenin at 2.0 on the positive side. Wild Dog sits at 1.17, Kuberaa at 0.96 and Coolie at 1.47 at or below the reported average. Several 2018 to 2024 titles — Officer, Loser, The Ghost and Naa Saami Ranga among them — have no multiplier listed. Where a film has no figures, Wikipedia carries none rather than a verdict. The result is less a trend line and more a handful of data points.
What it means for the actor’s next film and the industry
Lenin, the latest reported title, sets the clearest benchmark for what comes next: a ₹50.0 crore budget returning ₹100.0 crore gross, a 2.0 multiple and a Hit verdict. The scorecard suggests the Akkineni brand is being judged on a small, noisy sample — five fully reported films in a 23-film decade — rather than on a continuous 126-film ledger. For platforms, buyers and marketers, that is the operational risk: with 11 appearances left out and most recent titles carrying no multiple, the available data understates the actor’s exposure and leaves the next negotiation running on an incomplete scorecard.
Figures: Nagarjuna filmography on Wikipedia and each film’s page, read on 27 September 2026.
