Ramayana Crosses ₹660 Crore Worldwide After Record-Breaking Monday

Director Nitesh Tiwari's mythological film Ramayana crossed ₹663 crore at the worldwide box office after five days in theatres, powered by a record-breaking Monday following Diwali.

Box Office Numbers

On Monday, its fifth day of release, the film earned ₹107.50 crore net in India, becoming only the second Hindi film to net over ₹100 crore domestically in a single day. This brought its total domestic net collections to ₹346 crore, or ₹413 crore gross. The post-Diwali holiday boost helped push worldwide earnings to ₹663 crore. Internationally, distributed by Sony Pictures across 59,000 screens, the movie has collected $26.7 million overseas. With this surge, Ramayana entered the list of the 25 highest-grossing Indian films ever, jumping 13 spots in a single day and overtaking lifetime hauls of blockbusters like Rajinikanth's Jailer at ₹605 crore, Salman Khan's Sultan at ₹621 crore, and SS Rajamouli's Baahubali The Beginning at ₹650 crore.

Cast and Crew

Produced by Namit Malhotra's Prime Focus Studios alongside DNEG and Yash's Monster Mind Creations, the film is the first installment of a two-part project. The movie stars Ranbir Kapoor as Lord Rama, Sai Pallavi as Sita, Yash as Ravana, and Ravie Dubey as Lakshman. The first part released worldwide on November 5, 2026, and the second part is scheduled for Diwali 2028. Meanwhile, it faces concurrent box office competition from Suriya's action comedy Scene, which has crossed ₹149 crore globally.

Context

Major festival releases in India traditionally experience massive surges in ticket sales during the holiday periods immediately following festival days like Diwali. High-budget cinematic adaptations of traditional epics rely heavily on extended holiday weekends to recover massive production costs.