Ranbir Kapoor and Yash’s Ramayana: Rise of a Legend shattered a major ticket-booking benchmark on BookMyShow, pulling in 1,11,830 ticket sales within a single hour on Monday, November 9.
The Nitesh Tiwari-directed mythological drama capitalized on an extended Diwali holiday stretch to outpace hourly booking records set earlier by Dhurandhar 2 and Pushpa 2. The milestone followed a lucrative Diwali Sunday where the film collected Rs 56.15 crore nett in India from 21,770 shows.
The Film Nears Rs 500-Crore Worldwide Gross After Four Days
Within its first four days in cinemas following its November 5 release, the two-part epic’s India nett collection reached Rs 238.85 crore, while its worldwide gross stood at Rs 499.20 crore. Industry tracker Sacnilk noted that the production neared the Rs 500-crore threshold after four days. Trade analysts anticipated that advance bookings for the fifth day would push single-day collections past the Rs 100 crore mark.
Today #RamayanaMovie is doing a huge business, irrespective, whether producers are buying tickets or not. The film has collected net Rs. 44Cr till 4pm, all over India from all languages. Means Monday business can be ₹70-80Cr!
In North America, the film opened on Thursday and pulled in about $8.6 million across the US and Canada by the end of its first weekend. Worldwide, the film’s international numbers crossed $55.6 million. Backed by a US$500 million budget, the feature released in Australia, the UK and US.
BookMyShow Hourly Booking Records
The Monday morning surge on BookMyShow saw ticket sales jump 67 per cent from 54,760 during the corresponding hour on Sunday. The hourly peak of 1,11,830 tickets cleared past earlier records held by Dhurandhar 2 at 1,09,170 tickets and Jawan at 86,000 tickets.
| Film | Tickets Sold in an Hour |
|---|---|
| Ramayana: Rise of a Legend | 1,11,830 |
| Dhurandhar 2 | 1,09,170 |
| Jawan | 86,000 |
Ram Gopal Varma Reviews the Ensemble Cast Performances
Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma shared an extensive review of the project on social media, emphasizing that The #Ramayana is not a devotional film. It is a devotional force.
Varma singled out Ranbir Kapoor’s portrayal of Rama following Sita’s abduction, Yash’s performance as Ravana, and Anupam Kher’s sequence as Jatayu.
The ensemble cast features Ranbir Kapoor as Rama, Sai Pallavi as Sita, Yash as Ravana, and Ravie Dubey as Lakshman, alongside Lara Dutta, Arun Govil, Sheeba Chadha, Kunal Kapoor, Shobana, Rakul Preet Singh, Vivek Oberoi, Anupam Kher and Kajal Aggarwal under Nitesh Tiwari’s direction. The second instalment of the two-part franchise is scheduled for release during Diwali 2028.
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BIGGEST EVER *PRE-DIWALI* BUSINESS… #Ramayana [#Hindi version] scores a fabulous ₹ 175 cr+ during the *pre-Diwali* period, across its *extended* opening weekend [Thursday to Sunday]. Saturday turned out to be the best-performing day of the extended weekend, while Sunday… pic.twitter.com/MMxW7lxFsr
‘RAMAYANA’ SETS A NEW BENCHMARK – OVERTAKES ‘DHURANDHAR 2’ & ‘PUSHPA 2’ ON BMS… #Ramayana has sold a phenomenal 127.06k tickets in the last *one hour* on #BMS – the HIGHEST EVER! 🏹🏹🏹 pic.twitter.com/dyCQftW93Q