Ramayana Part 1 had a slow start, but it has finally found its feet during the extended Diwali weekend.
The Nitesh Tiwari film crossed Rs 500 crore worldwide in its four-day run after hitting the theatres on November 5, with a global gross of Rs 507 crore.
The Ranbir Kapoor and Yash-starrer opened to good reviews on Thursday, but footfalls didn’t pick up quickly.
It earned Rs 128 crore worldwide on day one. Two things disappointed. The Kannada version netted only Rs 7.50 crore despite Yash being in it, and overseas collections didn’t cross $6 million even with a release on 50,000 screens.
Word of mouth changed that over the weekend. Saturday was the film’s biggest day, and Sunday stayed strong even though Diwali kept many people away from theatres in India. In four days, it has made Rs 239 crore net (Rs 285 crore gross) in India.
Overseas is still the weak spot. Sony Pictures gave the film a release on 59,000 screens, almost six times the size of any big Indian release.
Yet it opened to $12.2 million in North America and just over $11 million elsewhere. That makes $23.7 million internationally in four days.
Ramayana trailed Adipurush, the other recent big-budget take on Valmiki’s epic, for its first three days at the global box office. Then Sunday flipped it.
Namit Malhotra’s production held its momentum and crossed Rs 400 crore and Rs 500 crore on day four, while Adipurush crashed on its fourth day to under Rs 20 crore on the back of bad word of mouth.
Adipurush finished at Rs 393 crore globally, well below its budget. Ramayana has already gone past that total in four days. With the post-Diwali holidays ahead, collections are expected to climb further.
Produced by Namit Malhotra’s Prime Focus Studios with DNEG and Yash’s Monster Mind Creations, Ramayana is the first of two parts. It stars Ranbir Kapoor as Lord Rama, Sai Pallavi as Sita, Yash as Ravana and Ravie Dubey as Lakshman.
Part One released worldwide on November 5, 2026, and Part Two is set for Diwali 2028.