Ranbir Kapoor, Yash’s ‘Ramayana’ Becomes Third-Fastest Indian Film To Achieve This Mind-Boggling Feat
Ranbir Kapoor, Sai Pallavi and Yash’s ‘Ramayana: Part 1’ crosses Rs 1,000 crore worldwide in just eight days, becoming the third-fastest Indian film to achieve the milestone.
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Nitesh Tiwari’s magnum opus ‘Ramayana: Part 1’ is officially on a record-shattering rampage at the global box office. Barely eight days after hitting theatres worldwide on November 5, the Ranbir Kapoor, Sai Pallavi, and Yash-led epic has stormed into the coveted Rs 1,000 crore club. With this historic feat, ‘Ramayana’ has become only the 11th Indian film ever to cross the four-digit mark globally – and the third-fastest in the history of Indian cinema to do so.
Only two Indian blockbusters have reached the Rs 1,000 crore milestone quicker: Allu Arjun’s ‘Pushpa 2: The Rule’ (Rs 1,742 crore final gross) and ‘Dhurandhar: The Revenge’ (Rs 1,853 crore final gross), both of which achieved the feat in seven days. Completing the landmark in just eight days, ‘Ramayana’ has comfortably outpaced some of Indian cinema's biggest juggernauts, including ‘Baahubali 2: The Conclusion’ (10 days), ‘RRR’ (16 days), ‘KGF: Chapter 2’ (18 days), ‘Jawan’ (18 days), ‘Dhurandhar’ (21 days), ‘Kalki 2898 AD’ (25 days), and ‘Pathaan’ (27 days), alongside Aamir Khan's ‘Dangal’. The milestone also gives Ranbir Kapoor the first Rs 1,000 crore grosser of his career, comfortably eclipsing the lifetime global haul of ‘Animal’.
How ‘Ramayana’ Conquered Global Box Office In 8 Days
Releasing three days ahead of Diwali, ‘Ramayana’ got off to a solid start, minting Rs 64.85 crore net in India (the fourth-highest opening in Bollywood history) and Rs 128 crore worldwide on Day 1. While pre-Diwali festivities and Laxmi Puja celebrations slightly curtailed domestic footfalls over the initial days – with the film collecting Rs 48.05 crore net on Friday, Rs 69.80 crore on Saturday, and Rs 56.15 crore on Sunday – strong word-of-mouth kept the momentum alive, pushing its four-day opening weekend to Rs 507 crore globally.
The real box office mayhem began on Monday (Day 5). Capitalising on the post-Diwali Govardhan Puja and Bhai Dooj holidays, the film went into overdrive, racking up back-to-back Rs 150-crore-plus days globally. In India, ‘Ramayana’ registered its maiden century on Monday with a massive Rs 107.50 crore net across 23,911 shows (shattering Salman Khan’s ‘Tiger 3’ Diwali Monday record of Rs 58 crore and beating ‘Pushpa 2’ to enter the top five highest Hindi single-day net earners), followed by Rs 94.10 crore net on Tuesday and Rs 70.65 crore net on Wednesday.
Trade analyst Taran Adarsh hailed the film as an "unstoppable force," noting on social media that ‘Ramayana’ achieved the rare distinction of recording the highest-ever single-day business for three consecutive days – Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. He also pointed out that the film matched Shah Rukh Khan’s ‘Jawan’ to become the fastest to cross the Rs 300 crore net mark in Hindi.
Entering Thursday (Day 8) with Rs 935-945 crore in its kitty, boosted by Rs 29 crore in domestic advance bookings and USD 1.5 million overseas, ‘Ramayana’ breached the Rs 1,000 crore mark by late afternoon through spot bookings. By the end of its extended eight-day opening week, the film’s worldwide gross stood at a staggering Rs 1,033.55 crore. This includes Rs 675.05 crore in domestic gross and Rs 358.50 crore overseas (with Day 8 contributing Rs 25 crore from international markets).
At the domestic box office, ‘Ramayana’ added Rs 53.50 crore net across 24,042 shows on Thursday (Day 8), taking its eight-day India net total to Rs 564.60 crore. In doing so, it officially surpassed the lifetime domestic net collections of both Shah Rukh Khan’s ‘Pathaan’ (Rs 544.28 crore) and Ranbir Kapoor’s ‘Animal’ (Rs 556.36 crore) within a single week.
On Day 8, the Hindi version led the charge with Rs 43 crore (from 19,464 shows), followed by Kannada with Rs 3.25 crore (922 shows), Malayalam with Rs 2.80 crore (977 shows), Telugu with Rs 2.30 crore (1,783 shows), and Tamil with Rs 2.15 crore (896 shows). Across its eight-day domestic net run so far, Hindi accounts for 77.4 per cent of the business (Rs 437.85 crore), while the dubbed and regional versions have contributed substantially: Kannada at Rs 48.98 crore (8.7 per cent), Telugu at Rs 38.07 crore (6.7 per cent), Tamil at Rs 22.16 crore (3.9 per cent), and Malayalam at Rs 18.45 crore (3.3 per cent).
Entering Week 2 on Friday (Day 9, November 13), the film shows no signs of slowing down. Supported by Rs 23.45 crore in Day 9 advance bookings across 24,073 shows, early morning live estimates from Sacnilk had already added Rs 91 lakh net (Rs 85 lakh in Hindi, Rs 3 lakh in Kannada, Rs 2 lakh in Telugu, and Rs 1 lakh in Tamil), pushing the running India net total to Rs 565.51 crore and India gross to Rs 676.12 crore. Moreover, over 22,393 shows are already listed for Saturday (Day 10), with Rs 26.39 crore booked in advance.
Mounted on an unprecedented budget of Rs 4,000 crore across its two-part canvas and promoted globally – including a special pre-release screening in Los Angeles on October 27 – ‘Ramayana’ is produced by Namit Malhotra’s Prime Focus Studios in collaboration with DNEG and Yash’s Monster Mind Creations.
With a monumental score by Oscar winners A.R. Rahman and Hans Zimmer, the film also stars Sunny Deol as Hanuman, Lara Dutta as Kaikeyi, Arun Govil, Kajal Aggarwal, and Vivek Oberoi. While ‘Ramayana: Part 1’ continues its historic theatrical run, the sequel is already slated for a grand Diwali 2028 release.
