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The much-awaited mega budget film ‘Ramayana: Part 1’ directed by Nitish Tiwari is earning like a tsunami at the box office. On Tuesday, the sixth day of its release, the film has set a new record at the Indian box office and overseas and has destroyed the records of Aditya Dhar’s blockbuster film ‘Dhurandhar 2: The Revenge’. Audiences are flocking to theaters to watch this mythological saga starring Ranbir Kapoor (Lord Ram), Sai Pallavi (Mata Sita) and Yash (Raavan). Heavy occupancy was seen in theaters even on the sixth day, due to which the film has registered record breaking collections in India and across the world. With this historic performance, ‘Ramayana’ has made its place in the worldwide top-20 list of all-time highest grosser Indian films in a very short time.
According to preliminary data from Sacnilk, ‘Ramayana: Part 1’ earned Rs 94.10 crore nett from 24,344 screens across the country on the sixth day. In this, a net collection of Rs 76 crore has been revealed from 19,845 shows of Hindi language alone. The film continued its success in the South languages too, where the Kannada version made a business of Rs 7.75 crore, Telugu version made Rs 4.00 crore, Tamil made Rs 3.60 crore and Malayalam made Rs 2.75 crore. With this, the total net collection of the film in India has crossed Rs 440.45 crore and the total gross collection has crossed Rs 526.50 crore. Crossing the Rs 400 crore mark at the domestic box office in just 6 days is being considered a rare milestone in the history of Indian cinema.
The blockbuster spy thriller ‘Dhurandhar 2’, released earlier this year, had collected a nett of Rs 56.60 crore on its first Tuesday (6th day). At the same time, ‘Ramayan’ has left behind this record of ‘Dhurandhar 2’ by a huge margin by collecting Rs 94.10 crore on the sixth day. Earlier on Monday too, ‘Ramayana’ had created history by earning a bumper amount of Rs 107.50 crore. In this way, the film has surprised all the trade analysts of the industry by collecting around Rs 100 crore in two back-to-back days. Looking at the crowd of spectators in the theatres, it is believed that the film will make many more big records in the coming weekend.
Including overseas and domestic collections, the worldwide gross collection of ‘Ramayana: Part 1’ has reached Rs 823.50 crore in 6 days. By joining the Rs 800 crore club in such a short time, this film has destroyed the lifetime collection records of big films like Aamir Khan’s ‘PK’ (792 crore), Rajinikanth’s ‘2.0’ (691 crore) and ‘Gadar 2’ (686 crore). With this, this film has been ranked 17th in the list of top-20 highest grossing films worldwide in the history of Indian cinema. Trade experts predict that at the speed with which audiences are flocking to theatres, ‘Ramayana’ will very soon become one of the fastest films to join the Rs 1,000 crore club.