‘Ramayana’ earnings rise further on day three, worldwide gross Rs 375.5 crore in 3 days
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Nitesh Tiwari’s much-discussed film ‘Ramayana’, starring Ranbir Kapoor and Sai Pallavi, has maintained its run of success at the box office since its release. Its business in the Indian market grew further on day three compared with the opening day.
In the first three days the film’s net earnings in India stood at a total of Rs 182.7 crore. Including the international market, its total gross worldwide is Rs 375.5 crore — nearly Rs 400 crore.
Earnings dipped temporarily last Friday. But on Saturday, the third day, they rose dramatically again. According to Sacnilk figures, the film’s net earnings in India on Saturday were Rs 69.8 crore.
A large part of this came from the Hindi version — Rs 53 crore alone from 19,927 shows across the country. The Kannada version earned Rs 6.3 crore, Telugu Rs 6 crore and Malayalam Rs 2 crore.
Competing with Avengers and other international films, the film has also made an impact outside India. In three days its gross earnings abroad were Rs 157.25 crore.
The film’s collection was Rs 64.85 crore on the first day and Rs 48.05 crore on the second day (Friday).
Noted Bollywood film analyst (trade analyst) Taran Adarsh explained the reason for Friday’s drop. In his view, just before Diwali audiences are usually busy with shopping and family preparations, so Friday’s shows were somewhat less crowded. But audience turnout began to return to normal from the evening.
Taran Adarsh wrote on social media, ‘All eyes are now on the Saturday and Sunday holidays. However, Sunday evening shows may be somewhat slack because of Lakshmi Puja. Once the main festival holidays begin, there is a strong possibility of the business graph leaping sharply between Monday and Wednesday.’
Although it could not match the opening-day earnings (Rs 86.75 crore) of ‘Adipurush’, the controversial Prabhas film released in 2023, ‘Ramayana’ edged past it on day-three earnings.
Despite criticism over its VFX and dialogue, ‘Adipurush’ earned Rs 69.1 crore in India on its third day; ‘Ramayana’ earned Rs 69.8 crore on its third day.
The film, made on a budget of about Rs 4,000 crore, is being regarded as the biggest and most ambitious project in the history of Indian cinema. A massive worldwide promotional campaign was run before its release, and a special red carpet premiere was held in Los Angeles.
In the film directed by Nitesh Tiwari, Ranbir Kapoor and Sai Pallavi play Ram and Sita. Other important roles are played by Yash, Sunny Deol, Ravi Dubey and Lara Dutta.
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Original report: Ajker Patrika
