Director Nitesh Tiwari's Ramayana: Part 1 has earned more than 1000 crore from theatres worldwide, the makers of the film announced on Friday. "From Bharat to the world, the journey continues. Thank you for all the love," they wrote in the caption for the post. Data from the box office tracker Sacnilk, which mentions 1,033.55 as the Ramayana box office collection after eight days of its release, also corroborates the official claim from the makers.
With this milestone, it has become the highest-grossing film in Ranbir Kapoor's career. Previously, the record belonged to Ranbir's last release, 2023's Animal, directed by Sandeep Reddy Vanga.
According to Sacnilk data, the film has earned 680.30 crore from theatres in India alone.
Ramayana is produced by Namit Malhotra of Prime Focus Studios alongside actor Yash himself, who has backed it through his Monster Mind Creations banner. Reportedly, the two-part project is made on a budget of around 4000 crore.
It could take an industry record for a two-part film for the makers to get back what they have invested in the project to ensure that they earn a profit from it. The highest-grossing two-film franchise in the history of Indian cinema is still Aditya Dhar's Dhurandhar, and even it has only earned a cumulative worldwide box office collection of around 3200 crore. Unless the makers of Ramayana bag a major OTT deal and repeat the success of the first part with the second one, they are staring at a loss.
In fact, there has been much discourse among social media influencers about Namit Malhotra's bold decision to back such a big-budget project, knowing the massive financial risk involved. The second part of the film is set for a Diwali 2028 release in theatres.
