S/O Satyamurthy grossed 20.5 crore on its first day at the global box office, the third-highest opening-day gross in the history of Telugu cinema. The film also had the best opening-day gross of Arjun's film career, breaking records set by 2014's
Race Gurram (his previous film),
Temper and
Gopala Gopala. Trade analyst Trinath told IANS that the film grossed 33.5 crore in two days at the global box office, the biggest opening of the year to date.
S/O Satyamurthy earned 26.92 crore in three days at the global box office. By the end of its first weekend, the film earned 30.31 crore and was the highest-grossing Telugu film of the year to date. Gross earnings for the film's first weekend were 48.3 crore.
S/O Satyamurthy netted about 3.5 crore and grossed 5 crore on its fifth day at the global box office, bringing its five-day global gross and net to 49.24 crore and 35.74 crore. By then, the film had recovered 60 per cent of its cost and was third on the list of Telugu films with all-time top first-week worldwide openings, behind
Attarintiki Daredi (2013) and
Yevadu (2014).
S/O Satyamurthy earnings dropped sharply on its seventh day, and its seven-day global earnings stood at 57.9 crore gross and 36.94 crore net. The film crossed the 40-
crore (400-million) mark on its eighth day, netting 43.24 crore and grossing more than 60 crore in eight days (recouping over 80 per cent of its cost). In eleven days, it netted a total of 42.55 crore and grossed 66.85 crore at the global box office. With consistent weekday performance, the film's fifteen-day global total gross and net figures were 71.35 crore and 45.05 crore. During its third week,
S/O Satyamurthy lost a large number of screens to new releases
Dohchay,
Kai Raja Kai,
Aloukika and
Avengers: Age of Ultron. The film still performed decently, grossing 5.05 crore and netting 2.17 crore in three days for an eighteen-day global total gross and net of 77.5 crore and 46.92 crore (surpassing the lifetime records of
Naayak (2013),
Racha (2012),
Temper,
Eega (2012),
Govindudu Andarivadele and
Gopala Gopala). It was the tenth-highest-grossing Telugu film of all time at the global box office. At the end of three weeks,
S/O Satyamurthy grossed over 80 crore. Trade analyst Trinath told IANS that the film's three-week global net was over 50 crore, the seventh-highest-grossing Telugu film of all time at the global box office.
S/O Satyamurthy grossed 90.5 crore and netted a total of 51.9 crore at the global box office during its full run; of this, 50.75 crore was earned by the Telugu version. Arjun was the first Telugu actor with two consecutive films crossing the 50-crore mark at the global box office.
Bangalore Mirror called
S/O Satyamurthy a
blockbuster, grossing 92 crore and netting over 60 crore at the global box office during its run.
India The film grossed 11.89 crore at the
Andhra Pradesh and
Telangana box office, 4.35 crore in Karnataka and 60
lakh in the rest of India on its first day. Early trends suggested that
S/O Satyamurthy would net 8.5 crore in Andhra Pradesh, and the official tally was 9.37 crore; it was the fourth-highest opening-day grossing Telugu film in the state, behind
Attarintiki Daredi,
Aagadu and
Temper. The film earned more than 2.9 crore at the Bangalore box office, with an 80-percent occupancy for two days (the highest of Arjun's films to date).
S/O Satyamurthy earned 7.2 crore in two days at the Karnataka box office. It earned 5.15 crore and 4 crore on its second and third days in Andhra Pradesh/Telangana, bringing its three-day total to 18.42 crore. It earned approximately 2.5 crore in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and elsewhere in North India in three days. By the end of its first weekend,
S/O Satyamurthy netted 20.71 crore, 3.5 crore and 1 crore in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and the rest of India respectively. Its first-weekend gross in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana was 31.5 crore and 6.6 crore, 1.2 crore, and 60 lakh in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and the rest of India respectively.
S/O Satyamurthy performed well on its fifth day, earning 2.16 crore in Andhra Pradesh for a five-day total of 22.87 crore. The film's sixth-day Andhra Pradesh earnings were 2.38 crore, bringing its six-day total in the state to 25.25 crore.
S/O Satyamurthy was the sixth-highest first-week earning Telugu film in Andhra Pradesh, at 26.24 crore. The film earned 3.9 crore and 1.2 crore in Karnataka and the rest of India in its first week. Its Karnataka gross was 4.75 crore, the highest ever for a Telugu film in the state. It was the fourth Arjun film to net 1 crore in the Nizam region, after
Julai,
Iddarammayilatho (2013) and
Race Gurram. In eighteen days, the film netted 33.72 crore, 5.45 crore, 63 lakh and 72 lakh in AP/Nizam, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and the rest of India respectively. During its run
S/O Satyamurthy netted 37.65 crore, 5.8 crore, 63 lakh and 72 lakh in AP/Nizam, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and the rest of India respectively, 14.05 crore in the Nizam region alone.
Overseas S/O Satyamurthy grossed 3.75 crore on its first day at the overseas box office. According to
Taran Adarsh, the film earned $347,267 on its Wednesday premiere in the United States and was the second-highest US premiere grosser (behind
Aagadu). It earned $136,168 on Thursday, bringing its two-day US box-office total to $483,435 (about 3.01 crore).
S/O Satyamurthy earned $233,870 on Friday, bringing its three-day US box-office total to $720,984 (about 4.49 crore). The film passed the million-dollar mark on Sunday, the second Telugu film of 2015 to do so (after
Temper). Gross overseas receipts for the first weekend were 8.46 crore, with net earnings of 5.1 crore. The film continued a good run on the international market despite a drop in collections in India, earning 5.6 crore in eight days.
S/O Satyamurthy lost 60 per cent of its screens after the release of
OK Bangaram, but (according to Taran Adarsh) earned $1,235,073 by 19 April 2015. It broke the lifetime records of
Temper,
Gopala Gopala and
Govindudu Andarivadele in 11 days, and was the ninth-highest-grossing Telugu film of all time at the US box office. The film earned a distributor share of 5.2 crore in the US and 70 lakh at the remaining overseas box offices during its run.
Critical response S/O Satyamurthy received generally positive reviews from critics. According to Sangeetha Devi Dundoo of
The Hindu, "We've seen enough films with characters placed in the villain's den. Thankfully, the drama is lively and fun moments come through Ali and Brahmanandam. Allu Arjun shoulders the film with his remarkable performance and seems to be getting better with each film. The film's biggest undoing is its length. A trimmer version would be far more engaging". Pranitha Jonnalagedda of
The Hans India wrote, "No denying that there are moments of crazy laughter, witty remarks and some thought-provoking words, but Trivikram's benchmark is set so high that the writing of this film doesn't excite us enough. All said and done, if you are a lover of a Telugu cinema who enjoys watching the hero being the Good Samaritan and fancy a few tear-jerking moments, this film is definitely for you!" Madhavi Tata of
Outlook India gave the film three out of five stars, writing that Trivikram's screenplay "has too many sub-plots, but the dialogues sparkle, especially when mouthed by veteran actors". Tata called the film's humour a "big draw", with the best saved for Brahmanandam. Hemanth Kumar of
The Times of India gave
S/O Satyamurthy three out of five stars, writing that the film "works well as an idea, and leaves you with enough questions and thoughts to reflect upon your own life, but as a cinematic experience, it leaves a lot to be desired". Suresh Kavirayani of
Deccan Chronicle gave
S/O Satyamurthy 2.5 out of five stars: "Trivikram has continued the
Attarintiki Daredi trend of rich-kid-giving-up-luxuries in this film too. But, the hallmark of the director is missing from this movie. The punch dialogues associated with his films are missing and the screenplay is so-so". Karthik Keramalu of
CNN-IBN also gave the film 2.5 out of five stars, calling it an "inconsistent drama with over-the-top action and a grand message" and adding: "If only the screenplay had matched the quality of Allu Arjun's style, which is impeccably taken care of, Trivikram would have won the
S/O Satyamurthy lottery".
IANS gave
S/O Satyamurthy two out of five stars: "While all the quintessential Trivikram trademark moments can be found in
S/O Satyamurthy, what you miss is the magic he created in his career's best film
Athadu", adding that the film is a "predictable and sloppy family drama with a few high and mostly low moments". == Accolades ==