QUICK TAKE | Ranbir Kapoor’s Ramayana Opens at ₹175.25 Crore in Hindi. Seven Things to Know
1. How big was Ramayana’s opening weekend?
Ramayana: Part One collected ₹175.25 crore nett from its Hindi version in India between Thursday, November 5 and Sunday, November 8, according to trade analyst Taran Adarsh. The Thursday release gave the film a four-day opening weekend.
2. Which day brought in the most money?
The Hindi version opened at ₹47 crore on Thursday and slipped to ₹38.25 crore on Friday. Saturday brought in ₹53 crore, the strongest day of the opening stretch. Sunday fell to ₹37 crore, about 30% below Saturday. Adarsh attributed the dip largely to Lakshmi Puja and Diwali celebrations.
3. What exactly is the ‘pre-Diwali record’?
That’s how Adarsh described the opening business for a film released in the run-up to Diwali. The ₹175.25 crore figure itself includes Sunday, which was Diwali. The Hindi version earned ₹138.25 crore through Saturday, before the main festival day.
4. How much did the film make across languages and overseas?
Sacnilk put the four-day total at ₹238.85 crore nett across languages in India and ₹499.20 crore gross worldwide. Bollywood Hungama’s India opening-weekend estimate was ₹230.32 crore. The Hindi figure, the all-language India nett and the worldwide gross measure different slices of ticket sales.
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5. Did ticket sales pick up on Monday?
Early figures point that way. Bollywood Hungama reported ₹59.88 crore in India nett in its Monday afternoon update across languages, already above its own Sunday estimate of ₹54.21 crore. The Monday figure was provisional.
6. Who plays whom in Ramayana?
Nitesh Tiwari directs Ranbir Kapoor as Rama, Sai Pallavi as Sita and Yash as Ravana. Sunny Deol plays Hanuman and Ravie Dubey plays Lakshman. Producer Namit Malhotra’s Prime Focus Studios released the film in six languages, including English.
7. When is Part Two coming?
Prime Focus originally announced the second film for 2027. Recent reports have pointed to Diwali 2028, but the studio’s November 5 launch announcement for Part One gave no updated date for the sequel.