Advance booking for the second Saturday of Ramayana – Part I is sketching an early picture of where the Nitesh Tiwari-directed epic is heading in its second weekend. The film, starring Ranbir Kapoor and Yash, has recorded Rs 10.80 crore nett in pre-sales for November 14 across all languages and formats, from 3,06,164 tickets sold in 13,438 shows.
That is a snapshot, not a final figure. Walk-ins and spot bookings will change the total. But the gap in the current data is wide enough to read as a trend.
A premium-led second Saturday
The defining detail is format. 3D screenings have contributed Rs 8.74 crore, or 80.90%, of the day’s advance revenue. Non-3D formats account for Rs 2.06 crore, or 19.10%. The 3D share has climbed about 8.21 percentage points from the 72.69% recorded in Friday’s advance-booking snapshot.
For exhibitors, that matters. A 3D-heavy audience raises the average ticket price and can support stronger gross collections even if footfall is concentrated in fewer, premium shows. The second weekend is where a big release shows whether that premium demand is durable.
Hindi leads, Tamil reshuffles the South
Hindi remains the film’s financial anchor, with roughly Rs 7.87 crore, or 72.83%, of Saturday’s advance revenue. The more notable shift is in the southern languages.
- Tamil: Rs 92 lakh
- Malayalam: Rs 89.42 lakh
- Kannada: Rs 59.80 lakh
- Telugu: Rs 52.34 lakh
Tamil has moved into second place by just Rs 2.58 lakh over Malayalam. The order stands out because Kannada and Telugu had generally led the South language collections during Ramayana’s opening week. The current pre-sale ranking may still move by the end of the day, but it shows where early demand is concentrating.
What to watch
The second weekend will test whether Ramayana is expanding beyond its opening audience or relying on the same urban, format-sensitive segment that booked early. A very high 3D proportion is good for gross revenue, but it can also concentrate the film’s economics in premium screens rather than broad 2D footfalls.
For now, the advance trend is unmistakable: the second Saturday is being pulled by 3D, and the South language race has a new leader in Tamil.
Source: Bollywood Hungama
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