'Ramayana' dips on Day 7; global collection nears ₹1,000cr
What's the story
Nitesh Tiwari's Ramayana: Rise of a Legend, starring Ranbir Kapoor and Yash, is inching toward the ₹1,000cr worldwide milestone within its first week of release. The mythological drama continued its strong box office performance on Wednesday despite a dip in domestic collections. The film's worldwide gross collection has reached ₹934.55cr with significant contributions from both Indian and overseas markets.
Collection details
'Ramayana' rakes in ₹71cr net in India on Wednesday
On Wednesday, the film raked in ₹70.65cr in India net revenue across 24,239 shows.
The Hindi version contributed ₹58cr from 19,715 screenings while Kannada added ₹4.5cr through 922 shows.
Malayalam and Telugu versions each generated ₹2.75cr from respective show counts of 870 and 1,847, while Tamil added another ₹2.65cr from its 885 screenings.
This brings the total India net collection to ₹511.1cr with a domestic gross total of ₹611.05cr, according to Sacnilk.
Collection trend
A look at the daily breakdown of film's domestic collection
The film opened with ₹64.85cr on Thursday, November 5, and collected ₹48.05cr on Friday.
Saturday saw a jump to ₹69.8cr while Sunday brought in another ₹56.15cr.
Monday was the biggest day yet for the film's domestic collection with earnings of ₹107.5cr followed by Tuesday with ₹94.1cr and Wednesday at ₹70.65cr, bringing the total to an impressive ₹511.1cr from India alone after seven days!
Occupancy rates
Language-wise overall theatrical occupancy
Among the five language versions of Ramayana, Malayalam has recorded the highest overall theatrical occupancy at 68%.
Tamil follows with 55.4%, Kannada at 47.4%, Hindi theaters reported 43.3%, and Telugu recorded 25%.
The difference between Malayalam and Telugu stood at a whopping 43%!
Revenue breakdown
Language-wise contribution to India net collection
The Hindi version of Ramayana remains the biggest contributor to its India net earnings, accounting for ₹394cr or 77.1% of the total.
Kannada has generated ₹45.7cr (8.9%), Telugu contributed ₹35.75cr, while Tamil added ₹20cr to this figure, with Malayalam completing this language-wise breakdown at ₹15.65cr!
The domestic market accounts for 65.4% of worldwide gross, with overseas territories contributing the remaining 34.6%.