Ramayana box office collection day 1: Rs 64.85 crore net in India
Ranbir Kapoor and Yash's Ramayana Part 1 opened to about Rs 64.85 crore net in India on Thursday. The language split, Friday's bookings, and Diwali ahead.
Ramayana Part 1 earned about Rs 64.85 crore net in India on its opening day, Thursday, 5 November, according to trade tracker Sacnilk’s final Day 1 figures. That is about Rs 77.50 crore gross, from roughly 25.26 lakh tickets sold. Nitesh Tiwari’s epic stars Ranbir Kapoor as Ram, Sai Pallavi as Sita and Yash as Ravan.
The number landed at the top of trade forecasts, which had put the all-language opening at about Rs 58 crore to Rs 65 crore. Early tallies on Thursday evening had shown about Rs 55 crore by 8 PM, and late shows pushed it up. We rounded up the first reviews and reactions on release day.
Ramayana day 1 collection by language
| Version | Day 1 net (India) |
|---|---|
| Hindi | Rs 47.50 crore |
| Kannada | Rs 7.25 crore |
| Telugu | Rs 6.00 crore |
| Tamil | Rs 2.60 crore |
| Malayalam | Rs 1.50 crore |
| Total | Rs 64.85 crore |
The Kannada figure is unusually high for a Hindi-led film, a sign of Yash’s pull in Karnataka, where the KGF films made him a star.
What about Day 2 and the weekend?
Advance bookings for Friday, 6 November, had reached about Rs 30.63 crore gross by 6 AM, before walk-in sales. Friday is also Dhanteras, and the main Diwali day of Lakshmi Puja falls on Sunday, 8 November. Holidays can lift ticket sales, but family celebrations can also keep people at home on the festival day itself, so Saturday and Monday may tell more.
Overseas totals had not been confirmed when we published, so a reliable worldwide figure is not yet available.
Why the number matters
Ramayana is one of the most expensive Indian films ever made, planned as two parts, with the second due in 2027. A big opening on a working Thursday is a good start, but a film of that scale needs a long run, not just a strong first day. How it holds after the festival weekend is the real test.
In Pakistan, Indian films are not released in cinemas, but the trailer and songs have been widely watched here, and its box office numbers have been trending in Google searches across the Gulf this week.
