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Ramayana has officially made its grand theatrical debut, braving the historically quiet mid-week, pre-Diwali festive period to record what could be a monumental response at the box office.
The Ranbir Kapoor, Yash and Sai Pallavi starrer managed a final Day 1 advance booking total of ₹50.08 crore gross in India (₹42.96 crore excluding block seats) according to trade tracker Sacnilk.
This initial interest has translated into 14.05 lakh tickets sold across 26,615 scheduled shows at an average ticket price of ₹357, with the country's leading national cinema chains—PVR Inox and Cinepolis—contributing 3.25 lakh tickets in Hindi to the massive opening total.
The Hindi language version of filmmaker Nitesh Tiwari's Ramayana is spearheading this box office charge, capturing 75 percent of the overall gross with ₹37.52 crore from 21,550 shows, while the South Indian dubbed versions added healthy support, led by Kannada at ₹5.40 crore, Telugu at ₹4.65 crore, Tamil at ₹1.75 crore, and Malayalam at ₹77.20 lakh, reported Sacnilk.
The National Capital Region (NCR) proved to be the most lucrative market by bringing in a ₹5.55 crore gross, closely followed by Mumbai at ₹4.42 crore and Bengaluru at ₹2.88 crore.
Building upon this advance booking momentum and strong morning theatrical turnouts, trade projections point toward a historic first day for the pre-Diwali period.
Early industry estimates suggest that Ramayana is securely on track to deliver an opening day Hindi nett collection of around ₹60 crore, which could go higher depending on the walk-ins. When accounting for the dubbed versions, the total all-language India nett estimate stands between ₹70 crore to ₹75 crore, a number which could also touch ₹80 crore mark depending on positive word of mouth.
Internationally, the film is performing like a true blockbuster, bolstered by pre-sales that crossed the ₹111 crore mark a day prior to release. The epic drama is projected to gross over ₹150 crore worldwide on Day 1.
Envisioned as a two-part epic, Ramayana has released worldwide in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam across India.