Ramayana beats Dhurandhar 2, Pushpa 2 with 1.11 lakh BookMyShow tickets in an hour

Ramayana: Rise of a Legend has set a new record during the extended Diwali holiday, registering 1,11,830 ticket sales on BookMyShow within an hour on its fifth day in cinemas. The Ranbir Kapoor and Yash-starrer surpassed the previous hourly benchmarks set by Ranveer Singh’s Dhurandhar 2 and Allu Arjun's Pushpa 2 despite entering theatres with considerably lower advance bookings than both films for its opening day.The surge followed a strong Diwali Sunday, when Ramayana collected Rs 56.15 crore nett in India, breaking the Diwali jink at the Indian box office. Its four-day India nett collection reached Rs 238.85 crore, while its worldwide gross stood at Rs 499.20 crore, leaving it just short of the Rs 500-crore mark in four days.According to the latest BookMyShow tracking reported by the trade website Sacnilk, Ramayana became the first film to cross 1.10 lakh ticket sales within an hour on Monday, November 9, in the available records since August 2023. Its peak of 1,11,830 tickets placed it ahead of Dhurandhar 2, which recorded 1,09,170, and Pushpa 2, which reached 1,07,650.Dhurandhar 2 had previously overtaken Pushpa 2 during its opening-day booking rush in March 2026. Does this mean that Ramayana has surpassed Dhurandhar 2 in the overall Book My Show booking? No, there's a difference. While Dhurandhar 2 remains substantially ahead in cumulative BookMyShow bookings, Ramayana has now registered the highest immediate hourly demand among the three films. The films have drawn audiences for different reasons. Pushpa 2 and Dhurandhar 2 benefited from established franchises and action-led presentations, while Ramayana is based on a story familiar to generations of Indian households.Ramayana also maintained more than one million daily bookings on BookMyShow during each of its first four days, becoming only the sixth Indian film to achieve such a streak. The record developed quickly on Monday morning. Between 9 am and 10 am, Ramayana sold about 91,500 tickets, up from 54,760 during the corresponding hour on Sunday. This marked a 67 per cent increase as the extended Diwali holiday boosted demand.During the rise, the film first crossed Jawan’s previous hourly benchmark of 86,000 tickets before moving past the records held by Pushpa 2 and Dhurandhar 2.Ramayana: Rise of a Legend – Hourly BookMyShow Ticket SalesFilmTickets Sold in an HourRamayana: Rise of a Legend1,11,830Dhurandhar 21,09,170Pushpa 21,07,650Jawan86,000Diwali Sunday takes worldwide total near Rs 500 croreAccording to industry tracking site Sacnilk, Ramayana earned Rs 56.15 crore nett in India on Sunday. The collection took its four-day India nett total to Rs 238.85 crore, ahead of the Rs 237 crore collected by the Prabhas-starrer Adipurush over the same period.Ramayana’s domestic gross reached Rs 285.20 crore after four days. With an overseas gross of Rs 214 crore, its worldwide collection stood at Rs 499.20 crore.By 9 pm on Sunday, the film had passed the previous Diwali-day Bollywood record held by Salman Khan’s Tiger 3, which collected Rs 44.50 crore nett in 2023 on the big festive day. Rohit Shetty’s Singham Again earned Rs 43.50 crore on Diwali in 2024, while Ayushmann Khurrana’s Thamma collected Rs 24 crore on the festival day last year.Ramayana’s Rs 56.15-crore Sunday collection came from 21,770 shows across India, with an estimated 23.53 lakh tickets sold. The Hindi version contributed Rs 36.75 crore from 17,755 shows.The Kannada version earned Rs 7.25 crore, followed by Telugu at Rs 6.25 crore. The Tamil and Malayalam versions collected Rs 3.15 crore and Rs 2.75 crore, respectively.Despite Yash playing Ravana, the Kannada version has not built significant momentum after opening at Rs 7.50 crore. The Telugu version has performed better, while Tamil and Malayalam continue to contribute smaller shares of the overall business.Four-day collection of RamayanaThe film’s day-wise India gross collection was Rs 77.50 crore on the first day, Rs 57.30 crore on the second, Rs 83.45 crore on the third and Rs 66.95 crore on the fourth. Its four-day domestic gross total was Rs 285.20 crore.Given its scale and reported status as the most expensive Indian film made so far, Ramayana carried substantial expectations into its release. Its first-day collection of Rs 64.85 crore gross was the fourth-highest opening for a Bollywood film, putting it ahead of Pathaan (Rs 57 crore), Animal (Rs 63 crore) and Drishyam 2 (Rs 62 crore).It remained behind Adipurush, which opened at Rs 86.75 crore. The gap continued through the second and third days, but the extended weekend helped Ramayana move ahead of Adipurush’s four-day domestic total on Sunday.A two-part adaptationProduced by Namit Malhotra’s Prime Focus Studios in collaboration with DNEG and Yash’s Monster Mind Creations, Ramayana is planned as a two-part cinematic adaptation of the epic. Ranbir Kapoor plays Lord Rama, Sai Pallavi stars as Goddes Sita, Yash plays Ravana and Ravie Dubey portrays Lakshman.The first part was released in cinemas worldwide on November 5, while the second instalment is scheduled for Diwali 2028.- Ends