The Ranbir Kapoor-starrer Ramayana: Rise of a Legend opened in theatres on Thursday aiming for a massive Diwali box office collection, pulling in ₹48.34 crore in India gross and ₹40.97 crore net on its first day. Directed by Nitish Tiwari and released worldwide in multiple languages and premium formats like IMAX, the film was led by strong Hindi show earnings along with substantial contributions from regional markets. Although it faces tough competition from records set by Dhurandhar 2: The Revenge, the film's robust advance bookings exceeding ₹50 crore set a solid foundation for its festive theatrical run.

The Ranbir Kapoor-starrer Ramayana: Rise of a Legend opened in theatres on Thursday aiming for a massive Diwali box office collection, pulling in ₹48.34 crore in India gross and ₹40.97 crore net on its first day. Directed by Nitish Tiwari and released worldwide in multiple languages and premium formats like IMAX, the film was led by strong Hindi show earnings along with substantial contributions from regional markets. Although it faces tough competition from records set by Dhurandhar 2: The Revenge, the film's robust advance bookings exceeding ₹50 crore set a solid foundation for its festive theatrical run.

The Ranbir Kapoor-starrer Ramayana: Rise of a Legend opened in theatres on Thursday aiming for a massive Diwali box office collection, pulling in ₹48.34 crore in India gross and ₹40.97 crore net on its first day. Directed by Nitish Tiwari and released worldwide in multiple languages and premium formats like IMAX, the film was led by strong Hindi show earnings along with substantial contributions from regional markets. Although it faces tough competition from records set by Dhurandhar 2: The Revenge, the film's robust advance bookings exceeding ₹50 crore set a solid foundation for its festive theatrical run.

The Ranbir Kapoor-starrer Ramayana: Rise of a Legend on Thursday opened in theatres, looking to earn one of the biggest opening collections in the Diwali release window.

The Nitish Tiwari film has already earned ₹48.34 crore in India gross, while the India net collection stands at ₹40.97 crore so far on its opening day, as it aims for ₹160 crore, as per data from box office tracker Sacnilk.

The Hindi shows lead the charge, with ₹29.28 crore from 14,590 shows, and Kannada shows coming far behind with ₹5.19 crore across 926 shows. Telugu shows stand at ₹4 crore from 1,305 shows, Tamil shows at ₹1.64 crore from 699 shows and Malayalam shows at ₹86 lakh from 396 shows.

This puts it a long way away from the opening day collection of Dhurandhar 2: The Revenge, which earned ₹102.55 crore net on its opening day, as well as an India gross of ₹172.63 crore.

This made it the first Bollywood film to cross the ₹100-crore mark on its opening day. To beat this opening-day record, Ramayana: Part 1 will have to earn more than 61.58 crore in India net collection alone over the remainder of its opening day.

A key indicator of this is the film's advance booking collection, with its opening-day pre-release bookings alone crossing the ₹50-crore mark to reach ₹50.08 crore gross (including blocked seats) and ₹42.96 crore (excluding blocked seats), as per Sacnilk.

Overall advance booking in India stood at ₹130.12 crore with block seats (and ₹105.12 crore without) before its Thursday release.

The film is released worldwide on Thursday in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam across multiple premium theatrical formats, including IMAX.

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