Nitesh Tiwari’s Ramayana: Part One, starring Ranbir Kapoor as Lord Ram, has crossed ₹76.49 crore in gross advance bookings across all days on sale in India ahead of its November 5 theatrical release. The film has sold 19.53 lakh tickets across 62,901 shows, reflecting substantial advance sales across several major markets. The total includes blocked seats. Excluding blocked seats, the film’s gross advance booking stands at ₹60.69 crore, with 15.35 lakh tickets booked.
The overall occupancy across all days on sale stands at 14 per cent, while the figure excluding blocked seats is 11 per cent. The film has recorded 112 housefull shows, of which 26 are fully sold out. The latest figures cover advance bookings across all days currently on sale rather than opening-day sales alone.
Maharashtra is the leading state in terms of gross advance booking, contributing ₹15.25 crore, including blocked seats. The figure stands at ₹11.38 crore without blocked seats. The state has sold 2.79 lakh tickets across 11,838 shows, with occupancy at 11 per cent, or 7 per cent excluding blocked seats. Maharashtra accounts for approximately 20 per cent of the film’s total gross advance booking.
Karnataka is the second-largest market, with gross advance bookings of ₹11.06 crore, including blocked seats, and ₹9.73 crore excluding them. The state has registered 2.27 lakh tickets across 3,003 shows. Its occupancy stands at 25 per cent, falling to 22 per cent when blocked seats are excluded. Delhi follows closely with ₹11.01 crore in gross advance bookings, including blocked seats, and ₹8.65 crore excluding them. The market has recorded 1.68 lakh tickets across 6,415 shows, with occupancy at 14 per cent, or 10 per cent excluding blocked seats.
Gujarat has recorded ₹5.80 crore in gross advance bookings, including blocked seats, and ₹3.88 crore excluding them. The state has sold 1.27 lakh tickets across 12,043 shows. Its occupancy currently stands at 6 per cent, or 4 per cent without blocked seats. Despite the comparatively lower occupancy, Gujarat has recorded the highest number of shows among the ten leading states in the supplied breakdown. It has also registered 38 housefull shows, the highest count among these markets.
Telangana has contributed ₹5.79 crore in gross advance bookings, including blocked seats, and ₹4.94 crore excluding them. The state has sold 2.85 lakh tickets across 2,219 shows, with occupancy at 28 per cent, or 24 per cent excluding blocked seats. Its ticket sales are the highest among the ten states listed. Telangana has also recorded 26 housefull shows, the second-highest figure in the state-wise breakdown.
Uttar Pradesh has registered ₹3.74 crore in gross advance bookings, including blocked seats, and ₹2.84 crore excluding them. The state has sold 1.14 lakh tickets across 3,858 shows, with occupancy at 13 per cent, or 10 per cent excluding blocked seats. West Bengal follows with ₹3.53 crore, including blocked seats, and ₹2.93 crore excluding them. It has recorded 97,055 tickets across 2,271 shows, with occupancy at 16 per cent, or 13 per cent without blocked seats. West Bengal has also registered 12 housefull shows.
Rajasthan has contributed ₹2.91 crore in gross advance bookings, including blocked seats, and ₹2.43 crore excluding blocked seats. The state has sold 81,672 tickets across 2,609 shows, with occupancy at 14 per cent, or 11 per cent excluding blocked seats. Tamil Nadu has recorded ₹2.49 crore, including blocked seats, and ₹2.16 crore excluding them. Its 1.01 lakh tickets have been booked across 1,091 shows. The state has registered an occupancy of 30 per cent, or 25 per cent excluding blocked seats, the highest among the ten states listed. Odisha completes the top ten with ₹2.13 crore in gross advance bookings, including blocked seats, and ₹1.83 crore excluding them. The state has sold 60,088 tickets across 1,838 shows, with occupancy at 16 per cent, or 14 per cent without blocked seats. The ten leading states together account for 83 per cent of the film’s total gross advance booking.
The Hindi version remains the principal contributor to the film’s opening-day advance booking. It has recorded ₹25.41 crore, accounting for approximately 78 per cent of the opening-day total of ₹32.59 crore, including blocked seats. Kannada has contributed ₹3.62 crore, followed by Telugu at ₹2.45 crore. Tamil has registered ₹70.57 lakh, while Malayalam stands at ₹22.04 lakh. These language-wise figures relate to opening-day advance bookings and are distinct from the all-days-on-sale total of ₹76.49 crore.
The Hindi 3D version has recorded ₹14.47 crore in opening-day advance bookings across 7,973 shows. The film has also registered bookings in premium exhibition formats, including IMAX, 4DX, Dolby, ICE and EPIQ.
The film has also recorded advance sales in North America. More than 51,000 tickets had been sold for the November 4 paid previews in the United States, while advance sales for the November 4–8 opening period across North America had crossed 1.40 lakh tickets. Its first five days in the region were projected to generate between $13 million and $14 million.
Directed by Nitesh Tiwari, Ramayana: Part One features Ranbir Kapoor as Lord Ram and is the first instalment of a planned two-part cinematic adaptation of the Indian epic. The film is scheduled to release in cinemas on November 5. With gross advance bookings of ₹76.49 crore across all days on sale, including blocked seats, it has registered sales across a wide range of markets ahead of its theatrical debut. The final advance-booking total will depend on ticket sales in the remaining period before release.
Source: Sacnilk.
