Ramayana has crossed Rs 400 crore net in India in just six days. The Nitesh Tiwari epic, starring Ranbir Kapoor, Yash and Sai Pallavi, added Rs 94.10 crore net on its first Tuesday to take its six-day India net collection to Rs 440.45 crore, according to trade tracker Sacnilk.
The worldwide gross now stands at Rs 823.50 crore, with India gross at Rs 526.50 crore and overseas collections at Rs 297 crore. It is a run that has rewritten the record books almost daily since the film released on November 5.
The film’s first Monday had already made history. Ramayana collected Rs 107.50 crore net on Monday, its fifth day, registering a 91.5 per cent jump over Sunday and recording the highest first Monday collection ever in India. The sixth day held up remarkably well, falling just 12.5 per cent from that extraordinary Monday.
Advance booking had pointed to the strong Tuesday. The film sold 13.18 lakh tickets across more than 25,000 shows for Day 6, generating Rs 49.53 crore in advance booking gross. Hindi has led the charge, contributing Rs 336 crore of the six-day India net, with Kannada, Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam versions adding the rest.
The overseas story is equally strong. Ramayana became the highest first-Monday grosser in North America, earning around 1.37 million dollars and beating the previous benchmark set by Dhurandhar 2 by more than 20 per cent, even while competing with a major Hollywood release.
The scale of the film has always been part of the story. Made on a reported budget of Rs 1,300 to 1,500 crore including promotion, Ramayana is among the most expensive Indian films ever produced, and trade watchers say it needs around Rs 1,600 to 1,700 crore worldwide to break even. At its current pace, that target no longer looks out of reach.
For the industry, the film’s run is a reminder of what a theatrical event can still do. After a year of uneven box office fortunes, a single film has filled cinemas across languages, age groups and regions — and the second part, already announced for Diwali 2028, now carries expectations of its own.
The record-breaking run has also been a family affair at the box office. Advance booking for the coming days remains strong, with theatres in several cities adding shows to meet demand, and trade analysts now expect the film to cross Rs 500 crore net in India within its first week. Few films in Indian cinema history have sustained this pace beyond the opening weekend, and Ramayana is doing it on weekdays — traditionally the weakest days for any release.
