Ramayana: Part One, Nitesh Tiwari’s two-part screen version of the Hindu epic, took an estimated ₹48.10 crore ($5.1m) net in India on Friday 13 November, its ninth day, according to the tracker Sacnilk. That takes its India total to ₹612.70 crore ($65.0m) net, or ₹732.50 crore ($77.7m) gross, and its worldwide gross to ₹1,111 crore ($117.9m).
The Friday is the number that matters. It is fractionally above the ₹48.05 crore the film took on its first Friday, 6 November, so the second week opened without a drop on a like-for-like day. Sacnilk and Koimoi both call it the biggest second Friday for any Indian film, ahead of the ₹41.75 crore of Dhurandhar 2: The Revenge in March. In Hindi alone, Dhurandhar 2 still leads, ₹37.50 crore to ₹36.50 crore; the four southern-language versions make the difference. For a film that runs 3 hours 15 minutes, it suggests the run no longer depends on holiday crowds.
Key facts
- India, day 9 (Friday 13 November): an estimated ₹48.10 crore ($5.1m) net from 22,993 shows, 10.1% below Thursday and 0.1% above the first Friday (Sacnilk)
- India, nine days: ₹612.70 crore ($65.0m) net and ₹732.50 crore ($77.7m) gross; about 23.9 million admissions, Sacnilk estimates
- Worldwide: ₹1,111 crore ($117.9m) gross, of which ₹378.50 crore ($40.2m), or 34%, from outside India
- Pace: ₹103 crore behind Dhurandhar 2‘s ₹715.92 crore after nine days, or about ₹60 crore without the ₹43 crore that film took on the eve of release
- Studio check: Sony and Prime Focus Studios put the worldwide gross at $101.9m on 11 November, close to Sacnilk’s $100.2m for the same seven days
How the two Fridays compare
Released in India as Ramayana: Part One and abroad as Ramayana: Rise of a Legend, the film is produced by Namit Malhotra’s Prime Focus Studios with DNEG and Yash’s Monster Mind Creations. Ranbir Kapoor plays Rama, Sai Pallavi Sita and Yash Ravana.
Its first week ran eight days, Thursday to Thursday, and brought in ₹564.60 crore net. The festival calendar set its shape. The first Friday, two days before Diwali on Sunday 8 November, was the softest day of the week; the Monday after Diwali was the biggest, at ₹107.50 crore. Moviegoing in India rose once the religious part of the holiday was over, Deadline reported.
That is the caveat. The like-for-like comparison flatters the hold, because the first Friday fell just before the festival. Dhurandhar 2, released in March, fell 48% from its first Friday (₹80.72 crore) to its second, on Sacnilk’s figures. Ramayana has the stronger second Friday but the smaller total. After nine days it trails Ranveer Singh’s action sequel by ₹103 crore net, a gap that narrows to about ₹60 crore if the ₹43 crore Dhurandhar 2 took on the eve of its official release is left out.
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Where the money comes from
| Measure | Figure | Source |
|---|---|---|
| India net, 9 days | ₹612.70 crore ($65.0m) | Sacnilk |
| India gross, 9 days | ₹732.50 crore ($77.7m) | Sacnilk |
| Outside India, 9 days | ₹378.50 crore ($40.2m) | Sacnilk, rough estimate |
| Worldwide gross, 9 days | ₹1,111 crore ($117.9m) | Sacnilk |
| Worldwide, to 11 November | $101.9m | Sony and Prime Focus Studios, via Deadline |
Hindi supplies 77% of the India net, ₹473.50 crore. Kannada (₹51.95 crore), Telugu (₹40.65 crore), Tamil (₹24.90 crore) and Malayalam (₹21.70 crore) supply the rest. Karnataka, Yash’s home state, where his Monster Mind Creations distributes the film, is the strongest southern market: on Friday it grossed ₹7.15 crore, twice the figure for Tamil Nadu. Sacnilk’s admissions estimate implies an average gross ticket of about ₹307 ($3.26), best read as an order of magnitude.
The studio and the tracker are unusually close. Sony, which releases the film in North America and other markets, and Prime Focus put the worldwide gross at $101.9m on 11 November, with $67.1m from India, Deadline reported. Sacnilk’s totals for the same seven days come to ₹944.55 crore ($100.2m), with ₹611.05 crore ($64.8m) from India. Outside India the two almost match; in India the producers’ figure is about 3.5% higher.
The trackers differ more. Koimoi puts the India net at ₹630.18 crore after nine days, ₹17.48 crore above Sacnilk, and ranks the film ninth on its list of Indian releases. Even on Sacnilk’s lower figure, it has passed the lifetime India totals of Chhaava, Animal and Pathaan, India Today notes.
What comes next
The second weekend is the next test. By 15:03 IST on Saturday, Sacnilk’s live count for day 10 had reached ₹26.49 crore from the shows reported so far; the final figure comes overnight. The film also opens the BRICS strand at the International Film Festival of India in Goa later this month, and the second part, which introduces Sunny Deol’s Hanuman, is dated for Diwali 2028.
Our earlier reports cover the film’s two-day worldwide start and its No. 1 opening in the UK and Ireland; more is on our India box office page. Conversions use the European Central Bank reference rates for 13 November (₹94.24 to the dollar, cross-calculated from the euro).
Our reading
A record second Friday matters less than the shape it reveals. Ramayana opened smaller than Dhurandhar 2 and is still behind it, but its weekday business is holding at the point where event films usually start to fall away. For exhibitors, that means a film that keeps its screens into a third week. For Prime Focus, which still has a second part to sell, a long run in India builds the audience for 2028 more surely than a fast one. The budget has not been disclosed, so these numbers say nothing yet about profit.
Sources
- Sacnilk, Ramayana box office collection day 9 (updated 14 November 2026, 10:41 IST)
- Sacnilk, Ramayana day-wise collections, language split and footfalls
- Sacnilk, Dhurandhar 2: The Revenge box office collection day 9 (27 March 2026)
- Koimoi, Ramayana box office collection day 9, 14 November 2026
- Deadline, Ramayana: Rise of a Legend passes $100m at the global box office (studio figures), 12 November 2026
- India Today, Ramayana passes Chhaava's India total on day 9, 14 November 2026
- NDTV Profit, Ramayana day 9 box office and second part dated for Diwali 2028, 14 November 2026
- Sacnilk, Ramayana box office collection day 10 (live estimate, 14 November 2026, 15:03 IST)
- European Central Bank, euro foreign exchange reference rates, 13 November 2026