Ramayan Falls Short of Expectations in Opening Day Collections

Nitesh Tiwari's Ramayan was the biggest and most anticipated film of the year. It stars Ranbir Kapoor as Lord Rama. The film's buzz reached the seventh sky even before its release and got a great start after its theatrical release on 5 November 2026. The film could not beat the opening day collection of Prabhas'Adipurush (2023), based on the 2023 Ramayana, on the first day of its release. Here's how many crores Ramayan fell behind Adipurush in terms of collections. According to trade tracking portal Sanilk, Ramayan opened at ₹25,200 crore (net) at the Indian box office. The film had a total of 25,200 shows in different languages, out of which the highest gross was from the Hindi version, which was ₹7.25 crore and ₹6 crore, from the Kannada and Telugu versions, while its Tamil version collected ₹2.60 crore and ₹1.50 crore on the first day of its release. The film's opening day gross was ₹50 crore (net) in India.