Ramayana beats Pushpa 2, Dhurandhar 2: How Diwali holiday helped Ranbir Kapoor's film overtake two box-office blockbusters

Ever since Nitesh Tiwari's Ramayana was announced, the film has been generating buzz among audiences. The much-awaited epic finally arrived in theatres on November 5 and has now made its mark at the box office. Produced by Namit Malhotra, Ramayana: Rise of a Legend stars Ranbir Kapoor, Yash and Sai Pallavi in lead roles. After a decent opening, the film has surpassed the hourly ticket-booking records of two major blockbusters, Dhurandhar 2 and Pushpa 2.

Ramayana beats Pushpa 2 and Dhurandhar 2 on BookMyShow

Ramayana has set a new record on BookMyShow by selling 1,11,830 tickets in a single hour on its fifth day in theatres. According to the platform's tracking, reported by trade website Sacnilk, the film achieved this milestone on Monday, November 9. It is the first film in the available records since August 2023 to cross 1.10 lakh ticket sales within an hour.

With this, the Ranbir Kapoor and Yash-starrer moved ahead of Ranveer Singh's Dhurandhar 2, which recorded 1,09,170 ticket sales in an hour, and Allu Arjun's Pushpa 2, which registered 1,07,650. Shah Rukh Khan's Jawan previously held the benchmark with 86,000 tickets.




Moreover, Ramayana managed to achieve this despite beginning its theatrical run with lower advance bookings than the two blockbusters. The extended Diwali holiday appears to have played an important role in bringing more audiences to theatres.

However, this does not mean that Ramayana has beaten Dhurandhar 2 in overall BookMyShow bookings. The Ranveer Singh-starrer continues to lead in cumulative ticket sales, while Ramayana currently holds the record for the highest number of tickets sold within an hour.

How Diwali holiday boosted Ramayana's bookings

The film's booking numbers saw a sharp rise on Monday morning. Between 9 am and 10 am, Ramayana sold approximately 91,500 tickets on BookMyShow, compared with 54,760 during the same hour on Sunday. This marked a 67% jump in bookings as the extended Diwali holiday brought more moviegoers to theatres.

The film also maintained more than one million daily bookings on BookMyShow during each of its first four days. It is reportedly only the sixth Indian film to achieve this feat.

Ramayana box office collection

According to early estimates by Sacnilk.com, Ramayana earned its first century on day 5. The film collected a net of Rs 107.5 crore across 23,911 shows. Now, the total net collection stands at Rs 346.35 crore and India gross collection Rs 413.90 crore.

On the other hand, Ramayana worldwide collection stands at Rs 663.90 crore. Ranbir Kapoor's film also broke Salman Khan's Tiger 3 record for the highest Diwali-day collection by a Bollywood film. While Tiger 3 earned Rs 44.50 crore nett in 2023, Singham Again collected Rs 43.50 crore in 2024, and Ayushmann Khurrana's Thamma earned Rs 24 crore on Diwali last year. Stay tuned to see how it performs over the second week.