Ramayana – Part I, starring Ranbir Kapoor and Yash, has created history at the Indian box office by collecting a staggering Rs. 103.47 crores nett on its fifth day, Monday, November 9. The Nitesh Tiwari-directed mythological epic has delivered its biggest single-day collection despite Monday technically being its first weekday. With this phenomenal performance, the film has taken its five-day domestic total to Rs. 333.79 crores nett across all languages.
The numbers are extraordinary, particularly because the film has registered its first Rs. 100 crore day on Monday rather than during its opening weekend.
Ramayana opened at Rs. 62.47 crores on Thursday, November 5, before declining to Rs. 45.84 crores on Friday. It bounced back strongly on Saturday with Rs. 67.80 crores, followed by Rs. 54.21 crores on Sunday, which coincided with Diwali and Lakshmi Puja. However, what happened on Monday was nothing short of a box office explosion.
The film witnessed a staggering 90.87% jump over Sunday’s collections. Even more remarkably, Monday’s business was approximately 52.61% higher than Saturday, which had previously been the film’s biggest day. The biggest contributor to Monday’s phenomenal performance was the Hindi version, which collected a staggering Rs. 85.20 crores nett. Hindi alone accounted for approximately 82.34% of the film’s total Monday business, underlining the massive response from Hindi-speaking audiences. The Kannada version emerged as the second-biggest contributor with Rs. 6.92 crores, followed by Telugu at Rs. 5.50 crores. Tamil collected Rs. 3.45 crores, while Malayalam contributed Rs. 2.40 crores.
Day – India NETT (INR cr.)
Day 1 – Rs. 62.47 cr.
Day 2 – Rs. 45.84 cr.
Day 3 – Rs. 67.80 cr.
Day 4 – Rs. 54.21 cr.
Day 5 – Rs. 103.47 cr.
Total – Rs. 333.79 cr.
In fact, Monday’s Rs. 103.47 crore business is greater than the combined collections of Friday and Sunday, which stood at Rs. 100.05 crores. For now, the verdict from the box office is clear: Ramayana’s biggest day arrived when few films would ordinarily expect it — on a Monday!
