‘s most costly release, Ramayana Part One, will be wrapping up its first weekend at the box office on Sunday, November 8. The film collected about ₹39.58 crore net by 6.00 pm on Day 4, across 16,365 domestic shows. While these are live data and are subject to change, the film remains far from its break-even point. Let’s decode its earnings so far.
On day 4, ‘s Hindi version contributed the largest share with ₹27.19 crore. It is followed by the Kannada dubbed version at ₹5.42 crore, Telugu at ₹4.57 crore and Tamil at ₹2.40 crore. The final figures of the day will be revealed after night shows.
With this, Ramayana’s total India net collection has climbed to ₹222.28 crore now.
In terms of occupancy, the Tamil version recorded the highest figure at 85.4%, followed by Kannada at 74% and Telugu at 60.4%. The Hindi version, despite accounting for the largest share of earnings, registered an occupancy of 29.1% due to the highest number of shows.
The difference between Tamil and Hindi occupancy is 56.3 percentage points. In simple terms, Ramayana in Hindi continues to dominate in theatres across India, raking in a total of ₹152.18 crore, or 68.5% of its total net earnings till now.
At the domestic box office, Ramayana opened with ₹64.85 crore net on November 5. It earned ₹48.05 crore on Day 2. Collections improved on Saturday, hitting 45.3% growth with ₹69.80 crore.
With Sunday’s latest estimate, the film is inching towards the ₹250 crore mark with 88,577 shows.
On the worldwide front, Ramayana, which received a positive response from critics, grossed ₹384 crore by the end of Day 3. The day 4 worldwide collections are awaited.
The two-part franchise helmed by , is built on a massive budget of ₹4,000 crore. Considering the investment, Ramayana Part One will need to generate ₹2,000 crore to recover its production cost.
Ramayana needs another ₹1,616 crore to break even. However, this will be estimated through gross theatrical and other revenue streams, such as digital and television rights.
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