Nitesh Tiwari’s epic "Ramayana" has recorded an impressive performance across South India on Day 3 (Saturday), with its dubbed versions attracting strong audiences despite having significantly fewer shows than the Hindi version. With Yash and Sai Pallavi adding to the film’s regional appeal, the

Nitesh Tiwari’s epic "Ramayana" has recorded an impressive performance across South India on Day 3 (Saturday), with its dubbed versions attracting strong audiences despite having significantly fewer shows than the Hindi version. With Yash and Sai Pallavi adding to the film’s regional appeal, the

Nitesh Tiwari’s epic "Ramayana" has recorded an impressive performance across South India on Day 3 (Saturday), with its dubbed versions attracting strong audiences despite having significantly fewer shows than the Hindi version. With Yash and Sai Pallavi adding to the film’s regional appeal, the

Nitesh Tiwari’s epic "Ramayana" has recorded an impressive performance across South India on Day 3 (Saturday), with its dubbed versions attracting strong audiences despite having significantly fewer shows than the Hindi version. With Yash and Sai Pallavi adding to the film’s regional appeal, the Southern markets have delivered encouraging numbers, particularly in terms of theatre occupancy.

According to Sacnilk’s box office report, the four dubbed versions collected a combined ₹16.80 crore net in South India on Saturday across 3,766 tracked shows. The Malayalam version recorded the highest occupancy at 83%, with an average of 593 shows. The Tamil version followed closely with 78.5% occupancy across 680 shows, collecting ₹2.50 crore.

The Kannada version emerged as the biggest Southern contributor in terms of collections, earning ₹6.30 crore from 907 shows at 66.5% occupancy. The Telugu version collected ₹6 crore across 1,586 shows, recording an occupancy rate of 58%. Together, the four markets achieved an estimated weighted average occupancy of 71.5%.

However, the numbers draw two different pictures when the North and South Indian markets are compared. The Hindi version remains the film’s biggest revenue driver by a considerable margin. It collected ₹53 crore on Day 3 alone, despite recording a comparatively modest occupancy of 36.3% across nearly 20,000 shows.

This points to a clear difference in the markets. While the Southern dubbed versions are attracting audiences in fewer screenings, the Hindi version is generating much larger collections through its extensive theatrical reach.

Over its first three days, the film reportedly collected ₹182.70 crore net domestically. The Hindi belt contributed ₹136 crore, accounting for about 74.4% of the total collections. Maharashtra, Delhi-NCR and Uttar Pradesh have been among the key markets supporting this performance.

The four Southern states, meanwhile, contributed a combined ₹46.70 crore during the same period, representing roughly a quarter of the domestic total.

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