Ranbir Kapoor and Yash’s Ramayana has crossed the ₹200 crore mark at the Indian box office within four days of its release, with strong weekend collections helping the Nitesh Tiwari-directed epic recover from a slower Friday.
The film’s domestic net collection reached approximately ₹225 crore by 8 PM on Sunday, November 8, putting it within striking distance of a major Diwali box office record.
According to figures reported, Ramayana earned around ₹43 crore net in India on Sunday by 8 PM. The collection came despite Diwali celebrations affecting theatre footfalls in parts of the country.
The movie will soon be inching closer to the net collections record on Diwali day that has been established by Tiger 3 starring Salman Khan, who had earned ₹44.50 crore on Diwali day in 2023.
Released across the globe on November 5, Ramayana had managed to earn ₹64.85 crore net in India on its opening day, making it the fourth-best opening for any Bollywood movie ever. Although its earning dropped to approximately ₹48 crore on Friday, it managed to make a remarkable recovery on Saturday.
Ramayana earned close to ₹70 crore net on its third day, taking its domestic earnings after three days to approximately ₹183 crore. Its earnings on Sunday helped push the movie past ₹200 crore.
The improvement was also reflected in its worldwide numbers. According to box office tracker Sacnilk, Ramayana grossed ₹83.45 crore in India on Saturday, representing a 45.3% increase over Friday’s domestic gross of ₹57.30 crore.
Overseas markets contributed another ₹68.50 crore on Saturday, taking the film’s cumulative international gross to ₹165.75 crore. Its worldwide gross reached approximately ₹384 crore after three days.
Despite the strong overall performance, the film has seen an uneven response across its different language versions.
The Hindi version has accounted for much of its domestic business, while the Kannada version has struggled to gain momentum despite Yash playing Ravana. The Kannada release collected ₹7.50 crore on its opening day and continued to show relatively limited growth.
The Telugu version has performed comparatively well, while Tamil and Malayalam contributions have remained modest.
However, another notable performance milestone for Ramayana in terms of box office numbers is that of the Adipurush, which is the other film based on the Ramayana and starring Prabhas. Although Adipurush managed to make ₹86.75 crore on its opening day, which is better than that of Ramayana, the current release has been showing more consistency over the opening weekend.
Adipurush made approximately ₹237 crore net collections in India in its first four days. By Sunday evening, Ramayana had made around ₹225 crore collections.
Produced by Namit Malhotra’s Prime Focus Studios in collaboration with DNEG and Yash’s Monster Mind Creations, Ramayana features Ranbir Kapoor as Lord Rama, Sai Pallavi as Sita, Yash as Ravana and Ravie Dubey as Lakshman.
The film is the first instalment of a planned two-part adaptation of the Hindu epic, with the second chapter scheduled for release during Diwali 2028.
For now, the film’s fourth-day performance has placed it close to two important box office milestones: surpassing Adipurush’s four-day domestic collection and potentially setting a new record for earnings on Diwali itself. Whether it achieves either benchmark will depend on the final Sunday figures.
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