Ramayana: Part One delivered another huge day at the Indian box office on Tuesday, collecting Rs 94.10 crore net in India on its sixth day, according to trade tracker Sacnilk. The figure is a 12.5 percent drop from Monday’s record Rs 107.50 crore, a modest fall for a film coming off a big holiday, and it takes the six-day India net total to Rs 440.45 crore.
The Hindi version remains the engine of the run. Sacnilk reports the Hindi version earned Rs 76 crore on Tuesday from 19,845 shows, with the Kannada version contributing Rs 7.75 crore, Telugu Rs 4 crore, Tamil Rs 3.60 crore and Malayalam Rs 2.75 crore. Across 24,344 shows in India, occupancy stood at 55.3 percent, according to the tracker.
Tuesday is the second-biggest day so far
Tuesday has emerged as the film’s second-biggest single day at the Indian box office, behind only Monday’s Rs 103.47 crore to Rs 107.50 crore, depending on the tracker. Bollywood Hungama calculates that the film collected Rs 193.14 crore net across Monday and Tuesday alone, a two-day haul few Indian films have ever approached.
The worldwide picture is equally strong. Sacnilk puts the worldwide gross after six days at Rs 823.50 crore, made up of Rs 526.50 crore gross in India and Rs 297 crore overseas. Pinkvilla’s estimate is lower, at Rs 433.50 crore net in India, while BoxOfficeIndia24 puts the worldwide gross at Rs 797.36 crore. The gap between trackers reflects different counting methods, including whether 3D charges are included, and none of the figures are independently audited.
What the run means for Bollywood
The Nitesh Tiwari-directed epic, starring Ranbir Kapoor and Yash, opened on November 5 and has now passed the Rs 400 crore net mark in India in six days. It already holds the biggest first Monday in Bollywood history, and its Monday-to-Tuesday hold suggests the film is playing well beyond its opening weekend audience.
The film’s next test is the working week, when collections typically fall, followed by its overseas expansion. Advance bookings for Thursday, November 12, were already running, with TrackTollywood reporting Rs 17.72 crore in advance gross for that day’s shows. If the weekday hold continues, Ramayana will enter its second weekend as one of the biggest Indian films of all time by domestic net collections.
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