Ramayana – Part I is moving through its first week with little sign of a weekday taper. Advance bookings for Wednesday, November 11 — day seven of the run — stand at Rs 33.05 crore nett across all languages, with 9,91,066 tickets sold across 22,849 shows.
These are nett figures, meaning collections after entertainment tax is deducted, and they are converted from format-wise gross data for like-for-like comparison.
Hindi carries the load
The Hindi version is responsible for the largest share of the day. It has generated approximately Rs 27.19 crore nett, or 82.30 per cent of Wednesday’s advance business. The four southern versions, taken together, account for roughly Rs 5.85 crore nett, or 17.70 per cent of the total.
- Hindi: Rs 27.19 crore nett — 82.30 per cent
- Kannada: Rs 1.94 crore nett
- Malayalam: Rs 1.44 crore nett
- Telugu: Rs 1.29 crore nett
- Tamil: Rs 1.18 crore nett
The most revealing movement is in the south. Malayalam has moved ahead of Telugu and Tamil for Wednesday’s pre-sales, making it the third-largest contributor after Kannada. That reordering suggests the film is finding a genuine multilingual audience rather than riding Hindi alone.
Premium formats are driving value
The format split tells a second story. All 3D formats combined have generated Rs 22.05 crore nett, or 66.72 per cent of the day’s advance revenue. Standard 3D alone accounts for Rs 17.92 crore nett, ahead of standard 2D (Rs 10.93 crore) and IMAX 3D (Rs 3.10 crore).
That premium mix has a commercial consequence: 3D and IMAX seats lift average ticket prices, so the headline number reflects both demand and the pricing power of a spectacle-led release.
What to watch next
Day-seven bookings carry different weight from opening-day pre-sales. They signal post-holiday holding power, not just initial curiosity. The film’s challenge now is to keep the southern share expanding and to hold the two-thirds contribution from 3D formats as the weekday schedule settles. The next test is whether this level of advance buying recurs through the second weekend.
Source: bollywoodHungama.com
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