Ramayana crosses ₹1000 crore at the box office in 8 days, Ranbir Kapoor, Yash-starrer is the third fastest Indian film to do so
Here's the latest box office buzz making the rounds:
Barely a week after its rollout in theatres, Nitesh Tiwari’s Ramayana has entered the 1000-crore rupees club. On Thursday, the Ranbir Kapoor and Yash-starrer crossed ₹ 1000 crore rupees in worldwide gross on the back of a strong opening weekend, followed by all-time record-setting weekdays. Ramayana is only the third Indian movie to reach the ₹ 1000-crore rupees mark in its opening weekend and also the third fastest to the milestone.
Adding to this, Ramayana rolled out worldwide on November 5. Ramayana’s journey to ₹ 1000 crore rupees Ramayana opened in theatres on November 5, three days before Diwali. It had a good, but not great, start, earning ₹ 128 crore rupees worldwide on its opening day. Positive reviews and early reactions led to positive word of mouth, helping the movie take off overseas. At home, however, the movie was curtailed by the Diwali festivities. Regardless, Ramayana managed ₹ 507 crore rupees in its four-day opening weekend.
Meanwhile, The real mayhem began on Monday as the movie capitalised on the Govardhan Puja and Bhai Dooj breaks to rack up back-to-back ₹ 150-crore rupees days. Ramayana then continued the trend with an exceptionally strong Wednesday, ending with ₹ 935 crore rupees gross in seven days. The movie finishes its extended eight-day opening week. The movie then added ₹ 29 crore rupees in advance bookings for Thursday in India and about $1.5 million overseas, bringing the haul to around ₹ 980 crore rupees as Thursday began. According to trade estimates, Ramayana had crossed the ₹ 1000 crore rupees mark on the back of Thursday spot bookings by late afternoon, entering the club in its eighth day in theatres.
Notably, Baahubali The Conclusion was the first Indian movie to reach the ₹ 1000 crore rupees mark in May 2017, just over a week after its rollout. Dangal joined it later that month, propelled by its belated rollout in China. Since then, eight other Indian films have grossed over ₹ 1000 crore rupees worldwide, with Ramayana becoming the 11th overall. However, Ramayana is the third-fastest to reach the mark, doing so in eight days.
As per the latest buzz, This is bettered only by Pushpa 2: The Rule and Dhurandhar: The Revenge, both of which reached the mark in seven days. Ramayana beat the pace set by Baahubali 2 (10 days), RRR (16 days) and KGF Chapter 2 (18 days). It was way ahead of the pace of Shah Rukh Khan’s two 1000-crore rupees hits - Jawan (18 days) and Pathaan (27 days).
In further updates, Produced by Namit Malhotra’s Prime Focus Studios in collaboration with DNEG and Yash’s Monster Mind Creations, Ramayana is the first of a two-part movie. Directed by Nitesh Tiwari, the movie stars Ranbir Kapoor as Lord Rama, Sai Pallavi as Sita, Yash as Ravana, and Ravie Dubey as Lakshman. The first part is running in theatres, while the second part is set for a Diwali 2028 rollout.
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Source: Hindustan Times