"Ramayana" (Ramayana Part 1: Rise of a Legend) has been doing extraordinary business domestically and internationally post-Diwali weekend. It has outperformed both "Dhurandhar" and "Dhurandhar 2: The Revenge" in overseas collections after just seven days.
The film has earned a total international gross of around ₹323.50 crore, setting an all-time record for the highest seven-day overseas collection by an Indian film.
On Day 7, "Ramayana", with ₹934.55 crore in worldwide gross, also surpassed the lifetime worldwide gross of Ranbir Kapoor’s previous biggest blockbuster, "Animal", which landed somewhere between ₹915.00 crore – ₹917.82 crore.
"Ramayana" has also overtaken the lifetime overseas collection of "Animal", while rapidly approaching the Sandeep Reddy Vanga movie's final domestic net collection (over ₹550 crore), after just one week.
"Ramayana" registered its domestic net collection at over ₹510 crore on Day 7. It is expected to easily beat "Animal" in domestic net total on Day 8.
On its seventh day, "Ramayana" collected ₹25 crore from overseas markets, per Sacnilk estimates. This figure is more than double the amount earned by "Dhurandhar 2" on its corresponding day at the box office.
The Ranbir Kapoor-starrer has also surpassed the lifetime overseas collection of the first "Dhurandhar", which earned ₹293.03 crore. The only film ahead of it is "Dhurandhar 2", with a lifetime international gross of ₹475.93 crore.
One major reason behind the strong overseas performance of "Ramayana" is its release across more than 100 countries. In comparison, both "Dhurandhar" films were banned in six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries.This limited their access to an important market with a large Indian audience.
"Ramayana", meanwhile, earned approximately ₹25.30 crore from the Gulf region during its opening 4-day extended weekend alone.
The film is now around 68 to 74 per cent of the way towards beating the "Dhurandhar 2" lifetime overseas record. It needs another ₹152.43 crore to match that total. If its strong daily collections continue, it could break the record during its second weekend.
The worldwide challenge, however, is much bigger. "Ramayana" has crossed roughly half of the "Dhurandhar 2" lifetime global collection. It still needs between ₹878.84 crore and ₹917.89 crore more to match or surpass the worldwide total.
Its performance in domestic Hindi and regional markets over the next two to three weeks will be crucial in deciding whether it can set a new worldwide record.
