Eight days before its theatrical release, Ramayana has grossed Rs 11.35 crore in opening-day advance bookings, enough to place it fourth among Hindi films’ first-day pre-sales for 2026. The figure was reported at 9:30 am IST on 28 October, when the film had sold roughly 2.08 lakh tickets, excluding blocked seats, across 6,126 listed shows.
Demand is running ahead of supply
The advance window is not yet fully open. The distributor-exhibitor share arrangement is settled for national multiplex chains, but negotiations for non-national chains are still in progress. That is why show counts remain limited. For a production of this ambition, the current total is an early signal of urban demand rather than a completed picture.
The gross number translates to Rs 9.62 crore net. Gross figures include taxes and other charges; net collections strip those out. Keeping the two apart matters when comparing pre-sales across titles, because trade trackers often quote one or the other depending on the platform.
Where the film stands on the 2026 ladder
The opening-day pre-sales chart for Hindi releases this year, as reported by Koimoi, is led by a wide margin:
- Dhurandhar 2 – Rs 53 crore
- Drishyam 3 – Rs 31.65 crore
- Border 2 – Rs 12.5 crore
- Ramayana – Rs 11.35 crore (8 days to go)
Ramayana is already ahead of Mirzapur The Movie at Rs 9.19 crore and Awarapan 2 at Rs 8.57 crore. But the distance between the third and second spots is substantial: passing Border 2 requires only Rs 1.15 crore more, while catching Drishyam 3 would mean adding another Rs 19.15 crore on top of that.
What to watch next
The immediate question is not whether the film can sell tickets, but how fast it can add shows. Once non-national chains resolve their terms, the listed inventory should expand sharply. If daily sales multiply at the same pace, the ranking will understate the opening-day floor. If the growth rate stays shallow even with more screens, the current figure may be closer to the film’s true early ceiling.
For readers who track the market, the next checkpoint is the show-count update, not the collection total alone. A jump past Border 2 today or tomorrow would be broadly expected. The more meaningful test is the following 24 to 48 hours, when the shape of demand outside the multiplex circuit becomes visible.
Advance booking is, in effect, an industry memory record: it captures where demand begins before the final weekend writes the full result. Ramayana is beginning from a strong but deliberately incomplete base.
Source: Koimoi
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