Ramayana box office collection day 1 (updated live): Ranbir Kapoor, Yash film takes a huge start, mints ₹32 crore by afternoon to beat Dhurandhar
Here's the latest box office buzz making the rounds:
The biggest and grandest Indian movie has arrived in theatres in magnificent style. Nitesh Tiwari’s Ramayana rolled out worldwide on Thursday, November 5, ahead of the Diwali weekend in India. The ₹ 1600-crore rupees Part One is the most expensive Indian movie ever made. Advance bookings indicated a strong start, and positive reviews have ensured that. Ramayana has taken off at the ticket-window on its opening day.
Adding to this, Ranbir Kapoor plays Lord Rama in Nitesh Tiwari's Ramayana. Ramayana advance bookings set records Advance bookings for Ramayana opened on Dussehra, 15 days before rollout. After a disagreement between the exhibitors and distributors was sorted out last week, the pre-sales began in full flow. By the time of its rollout, Ramayana had already sold tickets worth ₹ 200 crore rupees worldwide. Of this, over ₹ 120 crore rupees was in India alone. The opening day accounted for ₹ 45 crore rupees in gross in India. All the signs pointed to a massive day one for Ramayana.
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Notably, Ramayana is seeing houseful shows even on Thursday morning in many parts of India. While the advance bookings did not reach the monumental levels that Dhurandhar 2 had earlier this year, the movie is still on course for a record-breaking opening. By 4 PM on rollout day, Ramayana had collected ₹ 32.81 crore rupees net in India. This is largely on the back of some good performance by the Hindi version. Despite Yash ’s presence as Ravana, the Kannada version has started slowly, contributing only ₹ 3.91 crore rupees so far. Of the other versions, Telugu has fared well, while Malayalam and Tamil are just filling the ranks.
As per the latest buzz, But this meant that by the afternoon, Ramayana had surpassed Dhurandhar's full-day 1 collection. The Ranveer Singh movie opened at ₹ 28 crore rupees last year.
In further updates, Given its solid advance booking, Ramayana was certain to cross the ₹ 70 crore rupees net mark on opening day. This means the movie will cross the opening-day hauls of blockbusters such as Pathaan ( ₹ 57 crore rupees), Animal ( ₹ 63 crore rupees), and Drishyam 2 ( ₹ 62 crore rupees). It should also beat Shah Rukh Khan’s Jawan ( ₹ 75 crore rupees). But the real target for Ramayana will be the all-time day-one record, set by Ranveer Singh’s Dhurandhar 2, which minted ₹ 102 crore rupees on its opening day earlier this year.
On top of that, Produced by Namit Malhotra’s Prime Focus Studios in collaboration with DNEG and Yash’s Monster Mind Creations, Ramayana is planned as a two-part movie. The movie stars Ranbir Kapoor as Lord Rama, Sai Pallavi as Sita, Yash as Ravana, Ravie Dubey as Lakshman, and Sunny Deol as Lord Hanuman. The first rolled out worldwide on November 5, 2026, while the second part is set for Diwali 2028.
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Source: Hindustan Times