Ramayana box office collection day 8: Ranbir Kapoor, Yash film remains steady, crosses ₹560 crore to beat Pathaan, Animal lifetime hauls
Here's the latest box office buzz making the rounds:
Ramayana Part 1 rolled out in theatres on November 5. The Nitesh Tiwari movie stars Ranbir Kapoor as Lord Rama and Yash as Ravana. Even with the Diwali festivities behind it, the movie showed no signs of slowing down at the ticket-window as theatres returned to regular weekday schedules. Ramayana has surpassed the lifetime collection of big-budget blockbusters such as Animal and Pathaan.
Adding to this, Ranbir Kapoor as Lord Rama in Ramayana. Ramayana ticket-window update Ramayana began with houseful shows on day 1, netting ₹ 64.85 crore rupees net in India on its opening day. The figure was low given the movie’s scale, but it was still the fourth-highest opening in Bollywood history. But the movie recovered mightily on Monday and Tuesday, when the Ranbir Kapoor and Yash-starrer went on to shatter records. The movie collected ₹ 107 crore rupees net on Monday and ₹ 94 crore rupees net on Tuesday, both the highest in Indian cinema history. Before Ramayana, the record for the biggest Monday on a holiday belonged to Salman Khan’s Tiger 3, which collected ₹ 58 crore rupees on its first Monday, the day of Diwali 2023.
Meanwhile, Ramayana entered the elite 500-crore rupees club on Wednesday. The latest update on Sacnilk states that Ramayana collected ₹ 53.55 crore rupees on Thursday, bringing the net earnings to ₹ 564.65 crore rupees . It has now surpassed the lifetime hauls of Shah Rukh Khan's Pathaan (which stood at ₹ 544.28 crore rupees) and Ranbir Kapoor's previous theatrical rollout Animal (which stood at ₹ 556.36 crore rupees).
Notably, Directed by Nitesh Tiwari, Ramayana is a two-part cinematic adaptation of the ancient Indian epic. Ranbir Kapoor plays Lord Rama, Sai Pallavi portrays Sita and Yash plays Ravana. The cast also includes Sunny Deol as Hanuman and Ravi Dubey as Lakshman. The movie is produced by Namit Malhotra and Yash, with music by AR Rahman and Hans Zimmer. The first rolled out worldwide on November 5, 2026, while the second part is set for Diwali 2028.
As per the latest buzz, Ramayana is the latest adaptation of Valmiki's epic, one of the world's oldest pieces of literature. It tells the story of Lord Rama, the incarnation of Lord Vishnu (played by Ranbir Kapoor), and his battle against the asura king Ravana (played by Yash) after the latter abducts his wife, Sita (played by Sai Pallavi). Surpanakha is Ravana's sister. Her insult at the hands of Rama's brother Lakshman leads to the Rama-Ravana war.
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Source: Hindustan Times