Nitesh Tiwari’s Ramayana Part 1 was released in theatres on November 5, receiving mixed reviews and decent box-office numbers. The film, which had a lower opening than Om Raut’s Prabhas, Kriti Sanon, and Saif Ali Khan-starrer Adipurush, seemed to recover on its second day. The Ranbir Kapoor , Sai Pallavi, and Yash-starrer has now overtaken the previous Ramayana adaptation.
Ramayana grossed ₹ 127.50 crore on its opening day, compared to Adipurush’s ₹ 128 crore, despite the latter not having as wide an opening as the Nitesh film. bringing in ₹ 48.05 crore net versus the ₹ 64.85 crore opening, the film managed to outpace Adipurush in worldwide collections While the film saw a dip in collections in India on its second day. Ramayana collected ₹ 35 crore from overseas on its second day, taking its overseas gross to ₹ 86.25 crore, according to the trade website Sacnilk. Adding to that, the ₹ 134.80 crore gross collection from India in two days takes its two-day worldwide haul to ₹ 221.05 crore. Adipurush had grossed ₹ 215.78 crore worldwide in two days. Ramayana, however, had a much wider release than Adipurush , with 23,316 shows in India alone, compared to 16,120 for the latter film. The Ranveer Singh-starrer had grossed ₹ 358.86 crore in two days. It is also behind Ranbir’s previous film, Animal, with Sandeep Reddy Vanga, which grossed ₹ 236.01 crore in two days.
Compared to other juggernauts, despite the difference in genre, Ramayana is lagging behind Aditya Dhar’s Dhurandhar: The Revenge. But with the film now entering its first weekend, and Sunday being Diwali, it remains to be seen how much it collects before facing a weekday slump.
