Ramayana Banks ₹3.13 Crore in 24 Hours of Advance Booking

Ramayana has started banking money well before the first show. Advance booking for Nitesh Tiwari’s two-part adaptation opened on Dussehra, October 20, and within 24 hours the film collected ₹3.13 crore, according to Sacnilk. That is an early temperature check for one of Indian cinema’s most ambitious releases, which arrives in theatres on November 5.

Opening sales on Dussehra was a deliberate choice: it put the film in front of audiences during a high-intent cultural moment. The early response suggests Ramayana is being treated as a must-watch theatrical event, not a film that can wait for streaming.

86,187 tickets in a single day

The first-day advance sale moved 86,187 tickets across 3,537 shows in 104 cities. Overall occupancy on those early shows is around 11%, a figure that should climb as more screens and formats open closer to release.

Premium demand is already visible. The PVR Phoenix Palladium IMAX screening in Mumbai, priced at ₹2,770, is sold out, while a show priced at ₹1,550 is nearly full. In New Delhi, some morning shows, including 7:10 am screenings, have only a few seats left.

Hindi leads, Kannada signals Yash’s pull

The Hindi version is doing most of the work, contributing about 95% of the advance gross through 3,474 shows. Kannada-language shows add roughly ₹25 lakh from 61 screens, an early sign of Yash’s drawing power in Karnataka. Tamil and Telugu bookings have not opened yet, so the current number is not the complete picture.

• ₹3.13 crore: first 24 hours of advance booking, excluding blocked seats
• 86,187 tickets across 3,537 shows in 104 cities
• Hindi version: around 95% of the advance gross
• Kannada market: about ₹25 lakh from 61 shows
• Mumbai’s ₹2,770 IMAX show: sold out

The benchmark is Dhurandhar

Ramayana’s start looks strong, but the year’s high-water mark remains Ranveer Singh’s Dhurandhar: The Revenge, which collected ₹7.80 crore in its first 24 hours of advance booking for opening day, excluding blocked seats. Ramayana’s ₹3.13 crore puts it behind that pace for now.

The gap may narrow quickly. With 15 days until release, more shows are likely to open, and the Tamil and Telugu markets are still untapped. The cast, which includes Ranbir Kapoor as Lord Ram, Sai Pallavi as Sita, Yash as Ravana and Sunny Deol as Hanuman, plus music by Hans Zimmer and AR Rahman, positions Ramayana as an event release rather than a routine weekend title.

Advance booking is often the first honest signal of how a big-ticket film will land. A fast start does not guarantee a record total, but it does show which audiences are willing to commit early and pay a premium for the best seats. For the industry, the next check-in is whether Ramayana can keep this momentum and challenge Dhurandhar’s dominance as November 5 approaches.

Source: Hindustan Times

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