'Ramayana' India collection falls; global gross at ₹1,030cr
What's the story
The mythological drama Ramayana: Rise of a Legend, directed by Nitesh Tiwari and starring Ranbir Kapoor, Sai Pallavi, and Yash, has crossed the ₹1,000cr worldwide gross mark within eight days of its theatrical release. With this achievement, it becomes the 11th Indian film to join this elite club. However, the movie's domestic earnings fell again on Thursday (November 12).
Box office success
'Ramayana' continues to break box office records
The film's worldwide gross has reached a staggering ₹1,033.55cr, with its India gross standing at ₹675.05cr. The domestic net collection has touched ₹564.6cr, while overseas markets have contributed ₹358.5cr to the total earnings.
This achievement comes after the film's extended opening week and places it among the biggest commercial successes in Indian cinema history alongside films like Dangal, Baahubali 2, Pushpa 2, and Dhurandhar 2.
Domestic dip
Domestic earnings see a significant decline
On Thursday, Ramayana: Rise of a Legend earned ₹53.5cr net across 24,042 shows in India. This represents a significant 24.3% drop compared to Wednesday's collection of ₹70.65cr.
The corresponding domestic gross stood at ₹64cr, with an average revenue of ₹22,316 per show based on 23,996 shows.
Its eighth-day earnings contributed 9.5% to the cumulative India net collection despite the decline in domestic earnings.
Language performance
Looking at the film's performance across different language versions
The Hindi version of Ramayana: Rise of a Legend continued to dominate the domestic market, earning ₹43cr from 19,464 shows on Thursday with an occupancy rate of 33%.
Kannada followed with ₹3.25cr from 922 shows and an occupancy rate of 36.4%.
Malayalam collected ₹2.8cr through 977 shows but registered the highest occupancy among all language versions at 60%.
Telugu earned ₹2.3cr from 1,783 shows with an occupancy rate of only 23.1%.
Tamil contributed ₹2.15cr across 896 shows, recording 44.8% occupancy.