Ramayana crosses Rs 500 crore net in India in its first week

TL;DR in 30 sec

• Ramayana earned an estimated Rs 511.10 crore net in India in its first seven days, according to the trade tracker Sacnilk.
• Its estimated worldwide gross after the first week is Rs 934.55 crore, including Rs 323.50 crore from overseas, Sacnilk’s figures show.
• The Hindi version brought in Rs 394.00 crore net of the India total, according to Sacnilk.
• Bollywood Hungama’s estimate is lower, at Rs 490.20 crore net, NewsX reported.

What happened

Ramayana, directed by Nitesh Tiwari, reached cinemas on 5 November, The Daily Jagran reported. Ranbir Kapoor plays Rama, Sai Pallavi plays Sita and Yash plays Ravana, the paper said.

The first week ended on Wednesday, 11 November. Here are Sacnilk’s day-by-day estimates of the film’s net earnings in India:

• Day 1 (5 November): Rs 64.85 crore
• Day 2 (6 November): Rs 48.05 crore
• Day 3 (7 November): Rs 69.80 crore
• Day 4 (8 November): Rs 56.15 crore
• Day 5 (9 November): Rs 107.50 crore
• Day 6 (10 November): Rs 94.10 crore
• Day 7 (11 November): Rs 70.65 crore

That adds up to Rs 511.10 crore net, or Rs 611.05 crore gross, according to Sacnilk. Gross is what ticket buyers paid; net is what is left after taxes.

Day 5 and day 6 fell on the Govardhan Puja and Bhai Dooj holidays, Great Andhra reported. Day 7 was a working day. Earnings fell by about 24.9% from day 6, NewsX said, yet the day 7 figure was still about 9% higher than the opening day, according to The Daily Jagran.

Why it matters for India 🇮🇳

The film released in five languages: Hindi, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam, according to The Daily Jagran. Sacnilk’s first-week estimates by language are Rs 394.00 crore net for Hindi, Rs 45.70 crore for Kannada, Rs 35.75 crore for Telugu, Rs 20.00 crore for Tamil and Rs 15.65 crore for Malayalam.

The film is earning abroad too. About Rs 25 crore of its day 7 earnings came from overseas, NewsX reported. The film needs Rs 65.45 crore more to reach Rs 1,000 crore worldwide, according to NewsX, which used Sacnilk’s figures.

Background

The film is produced by Namit Malhotra and Yash, with Prime Focus Studios, Monster Mind Creations and DNEG as the production companies, according to The Daily Jagran. It released in 2-D, 3-D, IMAX and premium large formats, the paper reported.

On its first day, it played in 25,200 shows across India, The Hollywood Reporter India reported, citing Sacnilk.

According to the publication, that was the biggest opening day for a film released just before Diwali, ahead of Salman Khan’s Tiger 3, and the biggest opening of Ranbir Kapoor’s career. It also noted that the film opened lower than Adipurush, which earned Rs 86.75 crore net on its first day in 2023.

The film is planned in two parts, and the second part is set for release at Diwali 2028, according to NewsX.

Different perspectives

Every figure here is a trade estimate, and the trackers don’t agree. On their own websites, Sacnilk puts day 7 at Rs 70.65 crore net and Bollywood Hungama puts it at Rs 66.74 crore. For the whole first week, NewsX reported Bollywood Hungama’s estimate as Rs 490.20 crore net, against Sacnilk’s Rs 511.10 crore.

The sources carry no official first-week figures from the producers.

Reports on the opening differ in tone too. The Hollywood Reporter India listed the records the film set on its first day. But it also said trade experts found that walk-in audiences were lower than advance bookings had suggested.

The sources carry no budget figure from the producers either. Great Andhra reported that the budget is reportedly Rs 1,600 crore, without naming a source for the figure.

Open questions 🤔

• Will the producers release their own box-office figures for the first week?
• Will Ramayana cross Rs 1,000 crore worldwide, and how soon?
• What did the film cost to make, according to its producers?

What to watch next

The film’s second part is scheduled for release at Diwali 2028, according to NewsX.