Nitesh Tiwari Ramayana Part 1 Surpasses Rs 1,000 Crore Worldwide in Eight Days
Director Nitesh Tiwari's mythological production Ramayana: Rise of a Legend crossed the 1,000 crore rupee worldwide gross milestone on its eighth day in theatrical distribution. According to box office figures reported by The Times of India, the film's cumulative global gross reached 1,033.55 crore rupees, making it the 11th Indian feature film to enter the commercial threshold. The production stars Ranbir Kapoor alongside Sai Pallavi and Yash, joining historic cinematic performers including Dangal, Baahubali 2, Pushpa 2, and Dhurandhar 2. Domestic Indian receipts contributed 675.05 crore rupees in gross collections, while overseas territories generated 358.50 crore rupees. By its seventh day in theatres, the film had already gathered 935 crore rupees worldwide gross, positioning it directly on the threshold of the milestone.
The domestic Indian performance represents 65.3% of the worldwide gross total, with international territories providing the remaining 34.7% of box office revenue. In net domestic terms, the production reached 564.60 crore rupees across India by Thursday, November 12. On its eighth day in theatres, the film collected 53.50 crore rupees net across 24,042 screenings nationwide, representing a 24.3% decline compared with Wednesday's collections. Overseas box office markets added 25 crore rupees on Thursday to lift the project past the four-figure commercial milestone. The commercial trajectory places the directorial venture among the fastest Indian cinematic releases to breach the four-digit threshold. Ramayana took about $6 million from IMAX screens worldwide, representing roughly 11% of its opening, according to Little Schmidt Productions. On its opening day, Ramayana earned Rs 33.89 crore net from the Hindi version, Rs 4.41 crore from the Telugu version, and Rs 1.82 crore from the Tamil version at the Indian box office, according to NDTV Profit. Prime Focus Studios partnered with Sony Pictures to handle global distribution for Ramayana across international markets outside India, according to Screen Daily. Director Nitesh Tiwari previously helmed Dangal, which was the first Indian film to enter the ₹1,000-crore club worldwide and accumulated ₹2,070.30 crore in lifetime worldwide haul, according to The Week.
Producer Namit Malhotra addressed the commercial scope of the two-part mythological adaptation, noting that the combined production budget was originally outlined at 500 million dollars. Speaking with BBC Asian Network, Malhotra stated that if the first film does not achieve required financial milestones, the upcoming second installment will compensate. The producer indicated that currency fluctuations expanded the prospective cost of both films to approximately 4,696 crore rupees. He remarked that evaluating artistic projects solely by individual dollars and cents diminishes the cultural ambition of presenting Indian epics globally. Malhotra highlighted that the enterprise was conceived to showcase Indian heritage on a global canvas. Sony Pictures released Ramayana on 1,433 screens in North America, where the film took about $12.2 million over its extended opening, according to Little Schmidt Productions.
Cinematographer Pankaj Kumar revealed to The Hollywood Reporter India that approximately 60% of filming for Ramayana Part 2 has already been completed. Kumar, who lensed the cinematic project alongside Mahesh Limaye, stated that extensive motion-capture work and visual effects remain to be executed. The sequel will feature extensive computer-generated imagery for mythological figures, including Hanuman portrayed by Sunny Deol and the vanar sena army. The first film concluded with a brief glimpse of Hanuman without fully disclosing his visual appearance. The makers have scheduled the theatrical release of Ramayana Part 2 during the Diwali 2028 holiday window. Ramayana: Part 1 is scheduled to open theatrically in Brazil and Italy on 19 November 2026, Poland on 20 November 2026, and across much of Latin America from 26 November 2026, according to Little Schmidt Productions.