Disclaimer: Box office figures from 2003 are based on archived trade reports and industry estimates, as real-time tracking systems were not available. Figures may vary slightly across sources, but the analysis above represents the widely accepted data from major Telugu film trade circles.
When analyzing the , it is interesting to compare it with other releases of 2003. The year saw big-ticket films like Okkadu (Mahesh Babu) and Simhadri (Jr. NTR). While ANOTA may not have reached the industry-hit status of Okkadu , its collections were on par with or exceeded many other medium-budget films released that year. It proved that content-driven execution could yield high returns even without the star power of the top-tier "Big Four" heroes of that generation. amma nanna o tamila ammayi box office collection