Ramayana box office Day 4: Film is Rs 500 crore strong after smashing Diwali record

Nitesh Tiwari’s Ramayana: Rise of a Legend had a big Diwali Sunday at the box office, collecting Rs 56.15 crore nett in India on the festival day. The film, which opened three days before Diwali, had already created a record for a pre-festival release. But Sunday was arguably its biggest test. After a strong, if not quite explosive, opening, the makers would have been looking for a significant jump on the day. Instead, the film delivered something more noteworthy: the biggest Diwali-day collection for a Bollywood film in recent years.By 9 pm on Sunday, Ramayana had comfortably gone past the previous Diwali-day record held by Salman Khan’s Tiger 3, which collected Rs 44.50 crore nett in 2023. Rohit Shetty’s Singham Again followed with Rs 43.50 crore in 2024, while Ayushmann Khurrana’s Thaama earned Rs 24 crore on Diwali last year.According to industry tracking site, Sacnilk, the Sunday haul also pushed the film past the four-day India nett collection of Adipurush. The Prabhas-starrer, another big-screen adaptation of the epic, had collected Rs 237 crore in its first four days. Ramayana finished its fourth day with Rs 238.85 crore nett, edging ahead of it.The film's domestic gross now stands at Rs 285.20 crore. Add its overseas gross of Rs 214 crore, and its worldwide collection reached Rs 499.20 crore, putting it just shy of the Rs 500 crore mark within four days. Ramayana's Diwali-day collection across languagesThe film's Rs 56.15 crore Sunday collection came from 21,770 shows across the country, with an estimated 23.53 lakh tickets sold. The Hindi version did most of the heavy lifting, bringing in Rs 36.75 crore from 17,755 shows.The Kannada version contributed 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 hasn't quite found the audience response one might have expected. It opened at Rs 7.50 crore and has struggled to build momentum since. The Telugu version has fared better, while the Tamil and Malayalam versions continue to account for smaller portions of the overall business.See Ramayana Day-wise (gross collection) here:Day-wiseIndia gross collectionDay 1Rs 77.50 croreDay 2Rs 57.30 croreDay 3Rs 83.45 croreDay 4Rs 66.95 croreTotal (Gross)Rs 285.20 croreHow Ramayana fared against other big openersGiven its scale and reported status as the most expensive Indian film made so far, Ramayana had enormous expectations riding on its opening. Its first-day collection of Rs 64.85 crore 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 was still behind Adipurush, which had opened at Rs 86.75 crore. That gap remained on the second and third days, but the extended weekend helped Ramayana pull ahead on Sunday. The film has now crossed its predecessor's four-day domestic total, even if the margin is a relatively narrow one.Produced 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 Sita, Yash takes on the role of Ravana, and Ravie Dubey plays Lakshman. The first part arrived in cinemas worldwide on November 5, 2026, with the second instalment scheduled for Diwali 2028.- Ends