Ramayana: Part 1 refused to slow down on Diwali itself. Nitesh Tiwari’s epic collected ₹56.15 crore net in India on Sunday, its fourth day in cinemas, taking its domestic net total to ₹238.85 crore — and its worldwide gross to ₹499.20 crore, a whisker short of the ₹500-crore mark.
The Sunday number is historic in its own right: it is the highest collection ever recorded by a Bollywood film on Diwali day, beating the previous record held by Salman Khan’s Tiger 3. The feat is all the more remarkable because Diwali evening is traditionally one of the weakest windows for cinemas, with families at home for Lakshmi Puja. Ramayana defied that trend, holding at more than 21,700 shows across India.
The four-day run has been a story of momentum. The film opened on Thursday, November 5 with ₹64.85 crore net in India, dipped to ₹48.05 crore on Friday, then roared back with ₹69.80 crore on Saturday — a day that also delivered its biggest single day globally at ₹151.77 crore worldwide. Sunday’s ₹56.15 crore kept the streak alive, with the Hindi version contributing around ₹40 crore.
Overseas, the film has been just as dominant, grossing ₹222 crore in four days, including a strong showing in North America and a record IMAX contribution. The worldwide total of ₹499.20 crore already makes Ramayana the second-highest-grossing Indian film of the year worldwide in its opening weekend alone, and live Monday tracking suggests the ₹500-crore milestone will fall on day five.
The real test now begins: Monday kicks off the post-Diwali holiday stretch, with advance booking already pointing to another huge day. The film also expands to Hong Kong on November 12. For now, though, Ranbir Kapoor’s Rama and Yash’s Ravana have delivered the Diwali the trade had been waiting for — and the epic’s march toward the record books is only getting started.
