Ramayana box office collection day 8: Ranbir Kapoor's film dominates Diwali box office, inches closer to Rs 1,000 crore worldwide

Nitesh Tiwari's Ramayana is unstoppable. The film arrived in theatres on November 5, and ever since,e it has taken over the box office. Backed by Namit Malhotra, Ramayana Part 1 features Ranbir Kapoor, Yash, Sai Pallavi and Ravie Dubey in lead roles. Amid the massive craze, the epic saga is just 66 crore away from entering Rs 1000 crore worldwide in just seven days

Ramayana box office collection day 7

According to early estimates by Sacnilk.com, on day 7, Ramayana collected Rs 70.65 crore net in India across 24,239 shows. The Hindi version contributed the biggest share at Rs 58 crore, followed by Kannada at Rs 4.50 crore. The film earned Rs 2.75 crore each from its Malayalam and Telugu versions, while the Tamil version collected Rs 2.65 crore. With this, its total India collection stands at Rs 511.10 crore net and Rs 611.05 crore gross.





In overseas markets, the film earned Rs 25 crore on day 7, taking its total overseas gross collection to Rs 323.50 crore. This brings Ramayana's worldwide gross collection to Rs 934.55 crore so far.

Ramayana has broken several records at the box office, both domestic and worldwide, by beating Pushpa 2, Dhurandhar 2, Adipurush and Gadar 2.

More about Ramayana

Nitesh Tiwari's Ramayana: Rise of a Legend, starring Ranbir Kapoor, Yash and Sai Pallavi, has reportedly entered the race for the 99th Academy Awards. According to an NDTV report, the film has been submitted for Oscar consideration, giving another Indian production a chance to compete at the prestigious awards.



This is as Marathi film Gondhal is all set to represent India in the International Feature Film category. India's official Oscar entry does not mean other Indian films cannot compete, however. Other categories are open to independent productions that meet the Academy’s eligibility rules.

For those who don’t know, for a film to be eligible in the main Oscar categories, it has to have a commercial theatrical release for seven consecutive days in an eligible US city. They include Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Chicago, Dallas-Fort Worth and Atlanta. Once the screening requirement is fulfilled, the filmmaker or distributor must submit the forms and production information to the Academy.

Stay tuned to see how it performs over the weekend.