Ramayana Creates History: First Bollywood Film To Gross Rs 100 Crore Worldwide For 7 Straight Days

Ramayana – Part I has done what no Bollywood film has done before. The Nitesh Tiwari-directed epic, starring Ranbir Kapoor and Yash, has grossed more than Rs 100 crore worldwide on each of its first seven days in cinemas, from its opening on Thursday, November 5, through Wednesday, November 11, according to Bollywood Hungama.

The day-wise worldwide figures tell the story of a run with no weak link. The film opened at Rs 125.52 crore globally, followed by Rs 100.38 crore on Friday, Rs 151.77 crore on Saturday and Rs 121.32 crore on Sunday, which coincided with Diwali and Lakshmi Puja. Monday delivered a staggering Rs 158.38 crore worldwide, the film’s biggest single day, and Tuesday added Rs 141.95 crore. Wednesday was the tightest call: the film grossed Rs 100.10 crore worldwide, keeping the streak alive by just Rs 10 lakh, with India contributing Rs 79.45 crore gross and overseas markets Rs 20.65 crore.

Overseas audiences have been central to the record. On Friday, for instance, the film collected Rs 54.57 crore gross in India and Rs 45.80 crore overseas, and without that international contribution the streak would not have survived its second day. In India, the film’s seventh-day net collection stood at Rs 70.65 crore, taking its India nett total to Rs 511.1 crore and its India gross to Rs 611.05 crore, as per Sacnilk, with a worldwide total of Rs 934.55 crore after seven days.

The film also crossed the Rs 500 crore mark in India within its first week, and by Thursday evening its Day 8 collections had pushed it past Rs 520 crore. With advance bookings for the second weekend already running strong, Ramayana now looks set to chase the Rs 550 crore mark in India and the Rs 1,000 crore worldwide milestone in the coming days.

Source: Bollywood Hungama