Day 1 was a roar; Day 2 was a quieter test, passed just about. Then Saturday changed the story: on 7 November it collected Rs 69.80 crore net in India, beating its own opening day.
The Saturday verdict
Saturday, 7 November, was the day the advance booking had pointed to. Before the day began, advance booking stood at Rs 44.76 crore gross, with 11,75,178 tickets sold across 24,687 shows, of which 205 shows were already housefull and 3,398 fast-filling. That was the pre-Saturday figure, and the actual result beat it. The film collected Rs 69.80 crore net in India on Saturday, up 45.3% on Friday’s Rs 48.05 crore, from 23,647 shows, according to Sacnilk.
It was the film’s biggest single day so far, ahead of the Rs 64.85 crore opening day. Hindi led Saturday with Rs 53.00 crore, followed by Kannada at Rs 6.30 crore, Telugu at Rs 6.00 crore, Tamil at Rs 2.50 crore and Malayalam at Rs 2.00 crore. Saturday was Choti Diwali, so a big day was expected — but the size matters: a 45% jump on a working Friday, and a total above the opening day. The three-day India net now stands at Rs 182.70 crore.
Day 2, final — and why the snapshot mattered
Friday, 6 November, was a working day, and working days always slow a film down. The snapshots told the story of a film holding, not collapsing: Rs 16.88 crore by 3 p.m., Rs 34.06 crore by 8 p.m., and Rs 48.05 crore by 10 p.m., taking the two-day India net to Rs 112.9 crore and the two-day gross to Rs 134.8 crore.
That 10 p.m. figure is now confirmed as the final Day 2 total — the snapshot turned out to be the final, so the “check in the morning” caveat no longer applies. The final split was Hindi Rs 35.50 crore, Kannada Rs 5.15 crore, Telugu Rs 4.75 crore, Tamil Rs 1.50 crore and Malayalam Rs 1.15 crore. Day 2 landed at roughly three-quarters of Day 1, a normal Friday-after-opening fall. It was not a collapse. Hindi is doing the heavy lifting, but Kannada is punching above its weight, which matters because Yash, the film’s Ravana, is a Kannada star carrying a Hindi-led epic.
Worldwide: why there is no single settled total
The worldwide total is where readers should be careful, because trackers do not agree. Sacnilk puts the three-day worldwide gross at Rs 384 crore, while Times Now and the Free Press Journal put it at Rs 375.50 crore. This article therefore gives the worldwide figure as approximately Rs 375–384 crore, tracker-dependent, and does not state one worldwide total as settled.
The gap is normal in this business. The same caution applied on Day 1, when the makers claimed Rs 155 crore gross worldwide against Sacnilk’s Rs 127.5 crore. What all trackers agree on is the direction: overseas business is large, with about Rs 60 crore overseas on Saturday alone, taking the overseas total to about Rs 157 crore on the Rs 375.50 crore reckoning.
Reviews and ratings — a split, and moving fast
The reviews have settled into a split that is itself part of the story. The Guardian gave the film 4 out of 5, calling it thoroughly engaging, rousing and spectacular. Screen Rant scored it 7 out of 10 and IndieWire gave it a B. On the other side, IGN gave it 4 out of 10, criticising clunky action, CGI and AI-assisted lip-sync, and Next Best Picture gave it 5 out of 10. Audiences are praising Yash as Ravana, the Jatayu sequence and the sheer scale of the visuals.
The ratings have swung wildly in two days, which is a warning against quoting any single score as settled. On 5 November, IMDb showed 7.2 out of 10 and Rotten Tomatoes’ critics’ score was 45%. By 6 November, Sacnilk’s round-up had IMDb at 8.7 out of 10 from 8,900 ratings, Rotten Tomatoes audience at 93% against critics at 75% from 32 reviews, BookMyShow at 9.4 out of 10 from more than 48,200 votes, and Sacnilk’s own audience score at 9.5 out of 10. Part 2 is reported for Diwali 2028 — one outlet wrote Diwali 2027 — and nothing about it is maker-confirmed.
What Sunday and Monday will decide
Saturday answered the question Friday had posed: this is a Diwali-weekend blockbuster, not just a front-loaded opening. But the weekend is not the whole run. Sunday is Diwali day, and Monday is the first working day after it — the day when front-loaded films usually show whether audiences are still coming, or whether the opening was the peak.
Three things will decide how Ramayana Part One is remembered: the Sunday and Monday hold, whether the film works for viewers who know the epic intimately and for viewers meeting it fresh, and whether Part One leaves audiences wanting Part Two rather than feeling the story has been stretched. None of that can be judged from trailers or advance bookings.
How much did Ramayana Part One collect on Day 3?
Rs 69.80 crore net in India on Saturday 7 November, up 45.3% on Day 2 and the film’s biggest single day so far, per Sacnilk. Hindi contributed Rs 53.00 crore.
What is the three-day India total?
Rs 182.70 crore net in India (Rs 218.25 crore gross) after three days: Day 1 Rs 64.85 crore, Day 2 Rs 48.05 crore, Day 3 Rs 69.80 crore.
What is the worldwide total?
Approximately Rs 375–384 crore, tracker-dependent — Sacnilk puts it at Rs 384 crore, Times Now and the Free Press Journal at Rs 375.50 crore. No single worldwide total is settled.
When is Ramayana Part 2 releasing?
Diwali 2028 is the consistent report in most sources; one outlet wrote Diwali 2027. The date is reported, not maker-confirmed.