The much-awaited Ramayana, which is set to release on November 5, has sold ₹5.97 crore in advance bookings for Day 1, according to Sacnilk.
Without taking the block seats into account, the Ranbir Kapoor starrer has collected ₹4.09 crore for the opening day, 15 days ahead of the movie's release, reports Sacnilk.
The Delhi-NCR is the top city, recording an advance booking worth ₹1.63 crore, which is 27 per cent of the gross. Mumbai comes second with ₹1.18 crore collections and Pune at a distant third with ₹33.81 lakh. The top 10 cities hold 76 per cent of the gross.
When it comes to states, Maharashtra leads with 29 per cent of the gross, booking tickets worth ₹1.72 crore.
The top state for Ramayana Day 1 (Thu 5 Nov) is Maharashtra with ₹1.72 Cr (29% of the gross). It is followed by Gujarat with a booking of ₹44.54 lakh. Around 91 per cent of the gross booking amount is held by the top 10 states.
This comes a day after Ramayana grossed $1.12 million in advance booking for all show dates across the US, Canada, the UK and Australia, according to Films Discourse.
The film will also have paid premiere across India on November 4, a day before its official release.
Directed by Nitesh Tiwari and produced by Namit Malhotra, Ramayana features Ranbir Kapoor as Lord Ram, Sai Pallavi as Sita Devi, Ravie Dubey as Lakshmana and Yash as Ravana. The movie will also have a sequel, which will release during Diwali 2027.
