'Ramayana' STUNS again: Creates first-week box office history with three consecutive weekday records
The film directed by Nitesh Tiwari achieved unprecedented success by setting all-time collections records for Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. On its fifth day, the movie earned an astounding ninety-five crore rupees to break previous Monday benchmarks
"Ramayana" (also: "Ramayana: Part 1" and "Ramayana: Rise of a Legend") has created a historic milestone in Indian Hindi cinema by setting all-time box office records for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday collections. The film achieved this remarkable feat by becoming the highest-grossing Hindi film on
"Ramayana" (also: "Ramayana: Part 1" and "Ramayana: Rise of a Legend") has created a historic milestone in Indian Hindi cinema by setting all-time box office records for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday collections. The film achieved this remarkable feat by becoming the highest-grossing Hindi film on
"Ramayana" (also: "Ramayana: Part 1" and "Ramayana: Rise of a Legend") has created a historic milestone in Indian Hindi cinema by setting all-time box office records for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday collections. The film achieved this remarkable feat by becoming the highest-grossing Hindi film on
"Ramayana" (also: "Ramayana: Part 1" and "Ramayana: Rise of a Legend") has created a historic milestone in Indian Hindi cinema by setting all-time box office records for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday collections.
The film achieved this remarkable feat by becoming the highest-grossing Hindi film on each of these three weekdays, one after another.
In box office tracking, single-day records are measured by comparing a film's earnings on a particular day of the week with the highest collections previously recorded on that same day.
For example, a film's Monday earnings are compared with the biggest Monday collections of all earlier releases.
"Ramayana", directed by Nitesh Tiwari and produced by Namit Malhotra, delivered an extraordinary performance across three consecutive weekdays.
On Monday, its fifth day in theatres, the film earned ₹95 crore, breaking the previous record of approximately ₹60 crore.
On Tuesday, Day 6, it collected ₹78.21 crore, surpassing the earlier benchmark of around ₹55 crore.
The film continued its impressive run on Wednesday, Day 7, earning ₹61.10 crore and setting another all-time record.
What makes this achievement particularly special is the film's ability to maintain such strong collections during the weekdays. Normally, cinema ticket sales fall significantly after the opening weekend, with Monday often marking the beginning of a decline.
However, "Ramayana" benefited from the festive period around Diwali and Bhai Dooj, when more people were available to visit theatres, notes trade analyst Taran Adarsh. This helped the film maintain extraordinary audience numbers well beyond its opening weekend.
The records broken by "Ramayana" were held by some of Hindi cinema's biggest blockbusters. "Dhurandhar 2: The Revenge" and "Tiger 3" were reportedly among the previous Monday record-holders, while "Gadar 2" held the Tuesday benchmark with approximately ₹55 crore. For Wednesday, "Pathaan" held the record with ₹55 crore, followed by "War" with ₹53.35 crore.
One of the most remarkable aspects of "Ramayana" is that it surpassed the opening-day collections of "Pathaan" and "War" on its seventh day in theatres. Both films had enjoyed massive opening-day excitement, yet "Ramayana" managed to collect even more on a regular weekday.