Ramayana Box Office Day 3: Ranbir Kapoor-Yash starrer BOUNCES BACK with Rs. 67.80 crores on Saturday; 3-day total hits Rs. 176.11 cr.
Ramayana – Part I, starring Ranbir Kapoor and Yash, has staged a strong comeback at the Indian box office on its third day. After witnessing a concerning decline on Friday, the mythological epic bounced back on Saturday, November 7, collecting Rs. 67.80 crores nett across all languages, its highest single-day collection so far. The film has now amassed Rs. 176.11 crores nett in just three days, setting the stage for a potentially massive Sunday.
The recovery is significant. Ramayana opened at Rs. 62.47 crores nett on Thursday before declining by 26.62% to Rs. 45.84 crores on Friday. However, Saturday witnessed a robust 47.91% jump over Friday, with collections even surpassing the opening day by 8.53%. This suggests that the film has benefited considerably from weekend demand, providing much-needed momentum after its second-day slowdown.
Hindi version does the heavy lifting, contributes 76% on Saturday
The most striking aspect of Ramayana’s box office performance continues to be the dominance of its Hindi version. On Saturday, the Hindi version collected Rs. 51.66 crores nett, registering a massive 50.66% growth over Friday’s Rs. 34.29 crores. Interestingly, Hindi’s contribution to the film’s nationwide business has increased with each passing day. It accounted for 72.77% of Thursday’s collections, 74.80% on Friday and 76.19% on Saturday. The Hindi version alone has collected Rs. 131.41 crores nett over three days, accounting for approximately 74.62% of the film’s total domestic business.
Yash’s Kannada version loses ground to Telugu
The South Indian versions have also witnessed growth on Saturday, although their performance presents an interesting picture. The Kannada version, which benefited from Yash’s enormous popularity, opened at Rs. 7 crores nett on Thursday. However, after declining to Rs. 4.58 crores on Friday, it recovered to Rs. 5.85 crores on Saturday, registering growth of 27.73%. The Telugu version, meanwhile, collected Rs. 5.98 crores on Saturday, growing 32.89% over Friday’s Rs. 4.50 crores. Interestingly, Telugu has overtaken Kannada in daily collections for the first time since the film’s release. While the difference is marginal, it indicates that Telugu has demonstrated better Saturday recovery than Kannada. However, Kannada continues to lead in cumulative collections, with Rs. 17.43 crores over three days compared with Telugu’s Rs. 16.70 crores.
Tamil and Malayalam witness strong percentage growth
The Tamil version collected Rs. 2.35 crores nett on Saturday, registering a 66.67% jump over Friday’s Rs. 1.41 crores. Despite the impressive percentage growth, collections remain below Thursday’s opening of Rs. 2.44 crores. Malayalam, meanwhile, delivered the strongest percentage growth among all five language versions. It jumped from Rs. 1.06 crores on Friday to Rs. 1.96 crores on Saturday, representing an increase of 84.91%. In fact, Malayalam is the only South Indian language version to have surpassed its opening-day collections on Saturday.
The pan-India question remains
Despite Saturday’s recovery, the broader geographical pattern remains unchanged. The four South Indian language versions collectively collected Rs. 16.14 crores nett on Saturday, compared with Rs. 11.55 crores on Friday, representing growth of approximately 39.74%. However, this was still below their combined Thursday collection of Rs. 17.01 crores.
In contrast, the Hindi version not only recovered from Friday’s decline but comfortably surpassed its opening-day performance. This difference is significant. While Saturday’s growth demonstrates renewed audience interest across languages, it also suggests that the Hindi market is displaying greater momentum than the southern versions. The film’s pan-India appeal is certainly generating substantial business, but the numbers indicate that Hindi remains its principal commercial engine.
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