Ramayana box office collection day 9: Ranbir Kapoor and Yash-starrer crosses ₹600 crore, beats lifetime haul of Chhaava
Here's the latest box office buzz making the rounds:
Nitesh Tiwari’s Ramayana , starring Ranbir Kapoor , Yash and Sai Pallavi, rolled out in theatres on November 5. The movie did great business on its opening day, setting a new record for a pre-Diwali rollout in India. After a dip, the movie showed a sharp growth over the extended Diwali holiday period. It crossed ₹ 500 crore rupees within 6 days of rollout.
Adding to this, Ranbir Kapoor portrays Ram in the movie Ramayana Ramayana ticket-window update Advance bookings for Ramayana opened on Dussehra, 15 days before rollout. By the time of its rollout, the movie had already sold tickets worth ₹ 200 crore rupees worldwide. The movie went on to collect ₹ 64.85 crore rupees in India on its first day of rollout, becoming the fourth-highest opening in Bollywood history. Friday saw a dip, and the movie collected only ₹ 48.05 crore rupees. The movie picked up on Saturday with a haul of ₹ 69.80 crore rupees. The movie then collected ₹ 107 crore rupees net on Monday and ₹ 94 crore rupees net on Tuesday, both the highest in Indian cinema history.
Meanwhile, Ramayana entered the elite 500-crore rupees club on Wednesday. The latest update from Sacnilk states that Ramayana collected ₹ 39.67 crore rupees, taking its ticket-window earnings to ₹ 604.27 crore rupees . The movie has seen a dip again but maintained momentum after the Diwali holidays, crossing the ₹ 600 crore rupees mark. It remains to be seen how the movie performs on its second weekend, and is able to improve more to cross the ₹ 700 crore rupees mark.
Notably, Ramayana has now surpassed the lifetime haul of Chhaava , starring Vicky Kaushal and rolled out last year, which stood at ₹ 601.57 crore rupees. Previously, it had crossed 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).
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 and his battle against the asura king Ravana after the latter abducts his wife, Sita.
In further updates, 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