Ramayana: Part One has set several records in its opening week and now one more "first" has been added to the kitty. The Namit Malhotra production is now the first Bollywood movie to net ₹100 crore jointly from dubbed versions in Kannada, Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam.
Reports suggest that the Hindu epic's pan-India appeal has helped the movie conquer the southern theatres. While Telugu and Tamil dubbed versions usually lead among South Indian languages for Bollywood movies, Ramayana has Kannada as the top southern contributor. This is mainly attributed to Yash's popularity in Karnataka.
Out of the total ₹474.81 crore net domestic collection, Ramayana: Part One brought in ₹109.54 from South Indian dubbed versions. This means the dubbed versions together makes up 23.07 per cent of the total net collection.
This is already more than what South Indian dubbed versions of major Bollywood releases raked in during their lifetime. These include Dhurandhar 2, War 2, Jawan and Animal.
Kannada topped the dubbed versions with ₹43.32 crore, followed by ₹34.16 crore from Telugu, ₹18.5 crore from Tamil and ₹14.01 crore from Malayalam.
The Ranbir Kapoor starrer already holds several other records, including the second Bollywood movie to net ₹100 crore in India in a single day after Dhurandhar 2.
The movie also has the top worldwide IMAX opening ($6 million) and India IMAX opening ($2 million) for an Indian movie. It topped the hourly sales on BookMyShow, selling over 1.4 lakh tickets. The highest first-Monday sales on BookMyShow is now under Ramayana's name with a sale of 16.6 lakh tickets.
Ramayana is the top pre-Diwali opener in Bollywood with ₹64.85 crore in net domestic earnings and the top pre-Diwali worldwide opener with ₹128.75 crore.
