Vetagadu (Box-office)

Few N.T.R. fans in Nellore formed a syndicate and pipped one of his regular distributors, T. V. S. Films, to distribute Vetagadu in the territory. They went ahead and claimed this as an unprecedented act in Indian Film Industry.

The below advert has Vetagadu in the list of forthcoming releases of T. V. S. Films;

S. No. | Centre | Territory | Theatre

1. Ananthapur | Ceeded | -
2. Ananthapur | Ceeded | Srikantham
3. Ananthapur | Ceeded | Neelam
4. Kurnool | Ceeded | Anandh A.C
5. Kurnool | Ceeded | -
6. Kadapa | Ceeded | Lakshmi Ranga
7. Kadapa | Ceeded | -
8. Adhoni | Ceeded | -
9. Adhoni | Ceeded | -
10. Bellary | Ceeded | Radhika A/C
11. Bellary | Ceeded | -
12. Nandyala | Ceeded | Khaleel
13. Nandhyala | Ceeded | National
14. Proddhuturu | Ceeded | -
15. Markhapuram | Ceeded | -
16. Tirupati | Ceeded | Ramaraj
17. Tirupati | Ceeded | -
18. Chittoor | Ceeded | Srinivasa
19. Chittoor | Ceeded | -
20. Madanapalle | Ceeded | Pancharatna
21. Madanapalle | Ceeded | Usha
22. Railway Koduru | Ceeded | -
23. Hindupuram | Ceeded | Amrutha Mahal
24. Guntakal | Ceeded | -
25. Guntakal | Ceeded | -
26. Kadiri | Ceeded | -
27. Giddalur | Ceeded | -
28. Srikalahasti | Ceeded | -
29. Srikalahasti | Ceeded | -
30. Hospet | Karnataka | -
31. Rajamundry | East | Urvasi
32. Rajamundry | East | Kumari
33. Rajamundry | East | -
34. Kakinada | East | Padmapriya A/C
35. Kakinada | East | -
36. Amalapuram | East | Venkatramana
37. Amalapuram | East | -
38. Guntur | Guntur | Sri Krishna Picture Palace 
39. Guntur | Guntur | Bhaskar Deluxe 
40. Tenali | Guntur| RamaKrishna
41. Tenali | Guntur | -
42. Ongole | Guntur | Navabharat 
43. Ongole | Guntur | RamaKrishna
44. Ongole | Guntur | -
45. Narasaropeta | Guntur | Naagoorvalli
46. Narasaropeta | Guntur | -
47. Chirala | Guntur | Naaz
48. Chirala | Guntur | -
49. Repalle | Guntur | -
50. Nidubrolu | Guntur | -
51. Chilakaluripeta | Guntur | Viswanatha Picture Palace
52. Chilakaluripeta | Guntur | -
53. Bapatla | Guntur | -
54. Pidugurallu | Guntur | -
55. Macherla|Guntur|-
56. Macherla|Guntur|-
57. Sattenapalli | Guntur | ?
58. Gudiwada|Krishna|Balaji
59. Gudiwada|Krishna|- 
60. Vijayawada|Krishna|Sri Durga Kala Mandhir 
61. Vijayawada|Krishna|Sesh Mahal
62. Vijayawada|Krishna|-
63. Machilipatnam|Krishna|Durga Mahal 
64. Machilipatnam|Krishna|Lakshmipur Talkies 
65. Uyyuru|Krishna|-
66. Nellore|Krishna|New Talkies 
67. Nellore|Krishna|Srinivasa Mahal
68. Gudur|Nellore|-
69. Kavali|Nellore|Venkateswara 
70. Hyderabad|Nizam|Sangam 
71. Hyderabad|Nizam|Meera 
72. Hyderabad|Nizam|Kamal 
73. Hyderabad|Nizam|Sobhana
74. Hyderabad|Nizam|- 
75. Secunderabad|Nizam|Rajeswar 
76. Secunderabad|Nizam|Sridevi
77. Secunderabad|Nizam|- 
78. Warangal|Nizam|Ram A/C
79. Warangal|Nizam|-
80. Hanumakonda|Nizam|-
81. Khammam|Nizam|Narthaki A/C 
82. Miryalaguda|Nizam|Srinivasa 
83. Miryalaguda|Nizam|Nataraj
84. Kotthagudem|Nizam|-
85. Karim Nagar|Nizam|-
86. Karim Nagar|Nizam|- 
87. Nizamabad|Nizam|Nataraj Deluxe
88. Jagathyal|Nizam|-
89. Visakhapatnam|Uttharandhra|Sarath 
90. Visakhapatnam|Uttharandhra|Venkateswara 
91. Visakhapatnam | Uttharandhra | Leela Mahal
92. Vizianagaram | Uttharandhra | - 
93. Vizianagaram|Uttharandhra|Sri Jagannatha
94. Anakapalle | Uttharandhra | -
95. Anakapalle | Uttharandhra | Sri Surya Mahal
96. Srikakulam | Uttharandhra | -
97. Srikakulam|Uttharandhra|-
98. Srungavarapukota|Uttharandhra| Venkatrama 
99. Eluru|West|? 
100. Eluru|West|SatyaKrishna 
101. Bhimavaram|West|? 
102. Bhimavaram|West|RamaKrishna Picture Palace 
103. Nidudavolu|West|Narendra 
104. Tanuku|West|VenkataKrishna
105. Tanuku|West|-
106. Tatipaka|West|-
107. Palakollu|West|-
108. Palakollu|West|-
109. Tuni|West|Lakshmi Narayana 
110. Tadepalligudem|West|Venkatrama Talkies
111. Tadepalligudem|West|-
112. Narsapuram|West|-
113. Bangalore|Karnataka|-
114. Bangalore|Karnataka|-
115. Bangalore|Karnataka|-
116. Bangalor|Karnataka|-
117. Bangalore|Karnataka|-
118. Bangalore|Karnataka|-
119. Bangalore|Karnataka|-
120. Bangalore|Karnataka|-
121. Bangalore|Karnataka|-
122. Bangalore|Karnataka|-
123. Bangalore|Karnataka|-
124. Bangalore|Karnataka|- 
125. Sholapur|Maharashtra|-
126. Raighad|Maharashtra|Jyothy Picture Palace
127. Berhampur|Orissa|-
128. Madras|Tamil Nadu|-
129. Madras|Tamil Nadu|-
130. Madras|Tamil Nadu|-
131. Madras|Tamil Nadu|-
132. Thiruvattheyoor|Tamil Nadu|-
133. Pallavaram|Tamil Nadu|-
134. Chengalputt|Tamil Nadu|-
135. Pondicherry|Tamil Nadu|-
136. Salem|Tamil Nadu|-
137. Salem|Tamil Nadu|-
138. Erode|Tamil Nadu|-
139. Polachy|Tamil Nadu|-
140. Thiruvanelli|Tamil Nadu|-
141. Palaghat|Tamil Nadu|-
142. Katpadi|Tamil Nadu|-
143. Coimbatore|Tamil Nadu|-
144. Thiruvannamalai|Tamil Nadu|-

Nidadhavolu: Krishna is the only hero to have three direct releases – Iddharu Aaadhyulee, Dongalaku Sawaal & Burripalem Bulloodu — in this center in 1979. Vetagadu is the only other film to release directly here.

Berhampur: Vetagadu & Joodhagadu are the only films to have the distinction here.

Vetagadu's 1st week collections advert as it collected 69,500 in 1 week

Kondaveeti Simham vs Vetagadu in Kakinada: Vetagadu creates a new record in Kakinada: The film interestingly collected INR 2,33,034 for 28 days in the same theatre almost three years before Kondaveeti Simham at PadmaPriya A/C Kakinada. The former’s collections was a town record while the latter movie revenues was a record for the two distribution territories – East and West.

The first movie in the history of Tollywood to have celebrated 50 days in 40 centres in its first release.

50 Days Gross: INR 96.71 lakhs

Vetagadu 100 days centres:

1. Vijayawada,
2. Vizag,
3. Guntur,
4. Rajahmundry,
5. Kakinada,
6. Nellore,
7. Srikakulam,
8. Bhimavaram,
9. Palakollu,
10. Machilipatnam,
11. Tenali,
12. Ongole,
13. Narasaropeta (5 days gap),
14. Tirupathi,
15. Chittoor,
16. Madanapalli,
17. Kadapa,
18. Hyderabad,
19. Secunderabad,
20. Warangal,
21. Khammam,
22. Nizamabad,
23. Bangalore.

Vetagadu in Nartaki theatre was one of the nine movies that completed their direct 100 days run in Khammam from January 1971 to July 1983

100 days function details of Vetagadu;

Vetagadu ran for 140 days at Sarat theatre in Vizag and was replaced with Srungara Ramudu;

Vetagadu is one of the 15+ movies of NTR to have grossed one crore or above and 30+ among old generation actors before Slab system

It was one of the 8+ films of NTR and 12+ of others to have grossed 2 crores and above before slab system.

It came closer to have grossed 3 crores and above before slab system.