Ramayana Part 1 earns ₹112.90 crore net in India in two days

Ramayana Part 1 has earned a net ₹112.90 crore at the Indian box office in its first two days, according to the trade site Sacnilk. The film, directed by Nitesh Tiwari, was released in cinemas on Thursday, 5 November.

On its second day, the film collected a net ₹48.05 crore from 23,316 shows across India. Hindi shows contributed ₹35.50 crore, and Kannada shows added ₹5.15 crore. Telugu shows brought in ₹4.75 crore, Tamil shows ₹1.50 crore and Malayalam shows ₹1.15 crore. Its day-two gross collection was ₹57.30 crore.

The opening day brought in a net ₹64.85 crore. Across both days, the film's gross total in India is ₹134.80 crore. Collections fell 25.9% between day one and day two. Sacnilk also said the number of shows and overall occupancy were slightly lower on the second day.

The film and its cast

The epic is co-written by Shridhar Raghavan and Nitesh Tiwari, and is produced by Namit Malhotra and Yash. Ranbir Kapoor plays Lord Rama, Yash plays Ravana and Sai Pallavi plays Goddess Sita. Sunny Deol plays Lord Hanuman and Ravie Dubey plays Lakshmana. The cast also includes Anupam Kher, Kajal Aggarwal, Rakul Preet Singh, Vivek Oberoi and Arun Govil.

Fans have praised the film's scale and its retelling of the Indian epic, and theatres are reporting strong footfalls. The figures come from trade tracking data and have not been confirmed by the producers.

It is not yet clear how the film will perform over its full run. The first-week totals will show whether the second-day dip continues.