Ranbir Kapoor's film Ramayana advance booking to cross Rs 100 cr on Day 1, sells over 29 lakh tickets

Namit Malhotra's Ramayana: Part One is inching towards a major box-office milestone even before its theatrical release. With just a day to go before the film opens in cinemas, the Ranbir Kapoor-starrer has recorded Rs 96.56 crore in advance bookings in India for its first five days, taking it within touching distance of the Rs 100-crore mark. The figure includes seats blocked by cinemas. Without these blocked seats, the advance collection stands at Rs 77.31 crore.

According to trade website Sacnilk's latest data, updated at 7 am on November 4, the film has sold 25.65 lakh tickets across 83,032 shows for its five-day run, from November 5 to November 9. Excluding blocked seats, the number of tickets sold stands at 20.57 lakh. The film has a day left to add to its pre-release tally before opening in theatres on Thursday, November 5.

The opening day, November 5, is leading the advance-booking race with Rs 39.35 crore in gross sales. The figure



drops to Rs 33.34 crore without blocked seats. The second day has contributed Rs 18.53 crore, while Saturday's bookings stand at Rs 19.68 crore. Sunday has generated Rs 13.23 crore, with Monday's advance sales currently at Rs 5.78 crore.

The Hindi version continues to account for the bulk of the film's domestic advance sales. On Sunday, November 8, it contributed Rs 10.78 crore, or 82 per cent of the day's gross advance booking, across 14,310 shows. The Telugu version generated Rs 1.35 crore, followed by the Kannada version at Rs 95.06 lakh. Tamil bookings stood at Rs 14.20 lakh, while the Malayalam version recorded Rs 37,870.

The preference for 3D screenings is also evident in Sunday's figures. Standard 3D shows generated Rs 7.14 crore, compared with Rs 3.82 crore from standard 2D screenings. Premium formats, including IMAX, 4DX, Dolby Cinema, ScreenX, EPIQ and ICE, contributed Rs 2.22 crore from a relatively small share of the available shows.