Ramayana opens to ₹64.85 crore in India, among Hindi cinema’s biggest first days

Ramayana, director Nitesh Tiwari’s big-budget retelling of the epic, has opened to ₹64.85 crore net in India on its first day, according to the box office tracker Sacnilk, putting it among the biggest opening days for a Hindi film. The film stars Ranbir Kapoor as Ram, Sai Pallavi as Sita and Yash as Ravana.

The film released on Thursday, 5 November, ahead of Diwali. Sacnilk puts its first-day gross in India at ₹77.50 crore and its worldwide gross at about ₹127.50 crore, including an estimated ₹50 crore from overseas. Other tallies differ: one report gives a worldwide opening of ₹155 crore. The Week reported that the Hindi version’s first-day net, about ₹47.50 crore, was the highest for a pre-Diwali Bollywood release, ahead of the openings of Border 2 and Mirzapur; ETV Bharat noted that it had passed the opening of Ranveer Singh’s Dhurandhar. Advance bookings for the first day were about ₹45 crore gross.

Why it matters

Ramayana, planned in two parts, is one of the most expensive films made in India, and the industry has been watching its opening closely. Its timing helps: there are few major Hindi releases competing this Diwali, while the regional releases include the Tamil film Mookuthi Amman 2.

What’s next

The first weekend, which includes the Diwali holiday, will show whether the film can sustain its opening. Early box office figures are estimates from trackers and are often revised.