"Ramayana: Rise of a Legend" (or "Ramayana: Part 1") has made history at the UK and Ireland box office, becoming the fastest-grossing Indian film in the territory. Within just seven days of its release, the film crossed the opening-week record set by "Dhurandhar: The Revenge" (also known as

"Ramayana: Rise of a Legend" (or "Ramayana: Part 1") has made history at the UK and Ireland box office, becoming the fastest-grossing Indian film in the territory. Within just seven days of its release, the film crossed the opening-week record set by "Dhurandhar: The Revenge" (also known as

"Ramayana: Rise of a Legend" (or "Ramayana: Part 1") has made history at the UK and Ireland box office, becoming the fastest-grossing Indian film in the territory. Within just seven days of its release, the film crossed the opening-week record set by "Dhurandhar: The Revenge" (also known as

"Ramayana: Rise of a Legend" (or "Ramayana: Part 1") has made history at the UK and Ireland box office, becoming the fastest-grossing Indian film in the territory.

Within just seven days of its release, the film crossed the opening-week record set by "Dhurandhar: The Revenge" (also known as Dhurandhar 2), marking a major achievement for Indian cinema.

Distributed by Sony Pictures, "Ramayana" collected £2.14 million, including preview screenings, during its opening weekend across 361 cinemas.

The Ranbir Kapoor-starrer, also became the first Indian film to reach the No. 1 position on the official UK and Ireland weekend box office chart.

Directed by Nitesh Tiwari, the film continued its strong run in the following days. By Wednesday, its seventh day in cinemas, it had earned approximately £2.90 million ($3.85 million), according to reported figures.

This was enough to beat the £2.75 million opening-week collection of "Dhurandhar 2", which had reached that figure over eight days. As a result, "Ramayana" broke the previous opening-week record even before completing its ninth day.

Despite this remarkable start, the film still has some way to go before becoming the highest-grossing Indian film of all time in the UK and Ireland. That title currently belongs to "Dhurandhar 2", which has collected between £4.4 million and £4.5 million during its theatrical run.

Former top performers in the territory include Shah Rukh Khan's "Pathaan", with a lifetime collection of approximately £4.38 million.

The superstar's "Jawan" follows with £3.12 million, while "Dhoom 3" earned around £2.71 million. "Dhoom 3" held the Indian box office record in the UK for nearly a decade. 

"Ramayana" is currently fast-approaching the "Jawan" lifetime collection and expected to eventually challenge the lifetime record held by "Dhurandhar: The Revenge" in the territory if it continues to demonstrate the current strong momentum.

"Ramayana" has already surpassed the lifetime collections of other popular Indian films that have performed strongly in the UK and Ireland: Salman Khan's "Bajrangi Bhaijaan (£2.66 million), SRK's "My Name Is Khan", (£2.63 million), and Aamir Khan's "Dangal" (£2.56 million).

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