Ramayana’s first Tuesday has done more than keep the film in the box-office conversation: it has replaced a long-standing single-day record and moved the mythological magnum opus into second place among Bollywood’s 2026 earners in India. On day six, the film collected ₹93.13 crore net across all languages, according to trade figures. Its six-day Indian total stands at ₹450.38 crore net, or ₹531.44 crore gross.
Day six, in figures
The Tuesday number was a 19.19% drop from day five’s ₹115.25 crore, a hold assisted by holiday benefits in some states. The Hindi version contributed ₹75.03 crore on Tuesday, taking its own six-day total to ₹345.28 crore net (₹407.43 crore gross).
- Day 1 – ₹65 crore
- Day 2 – ₹50.8 crore
- Day 3 – ₹69.8 crore
- Day 4 – ₹56.4 crore
- Day 5 – ₹115.25 crore
- Day 6 – ₹93.13 crore
Total – ₹450.38 crore net
The record that fell
The ₹93.13 crore figure is now the biggest Tuesday ever recorded in India. It removes Baahubali 2’s ₹59 crore from the top of the list, ending a record that had stood for eight years. The next-best Tuesday collections are well behind: Dhurandhar 2 with ₹58 crore, Gadar 2 with ₹55.4 crore and Pushpa 2 with ₹52 crore.
The margin is notable. At ₹93.13 crore, Ramayana’s Tuesday is more than half-again Baahubali 2’s benchmark. Single-day records usually move in small increments, so a jump of this size reflects both the scale of the release and the concentrated post-Diwali demand. It also reframes the film’s weekday story: this is no longer just a holiday phenomenon but a title converting midweek audiences at scale.
Where it sits in 2026
Looked at day by day, the run has been uneven: a ₹65 crore opening, a dip to ₹50.8 crore on day two, a weekend hold, and then a holiday surge on day five. The day-six number holding above ₹90 crore suggests that the post-Diwali momentum is not yet exhausted.
At ₹450.38 crore, Ramayana has edged past Drishyam 3’s ₹380.27 crore to become Bollywood’s second-highest-grossing film of 2026 in India. It trails only Dhurandhar 2, which has accumulated ₹1,186.32 crore. The rest of the year’s top tier includes Border 2 at ₹362.76 crore, Hanuman Ansh at ₹343.11 crore and Mirzapur The Movie at ₹233.73 crore.
What to watch
For readers who follow box-office cycles, the key test is not the record itself but the shape of the coming weekdays. A strong Tuesday after the Diwali period is one signal; the question is whether collections settle above the film’s pre-holiday baseline or begin to taper once the regional holiday effect fades. The all-India and Hindi-version totals also show that a meaningful share of the business is coming from non-Hindi markets. If that continues, the gap to Dhurandhar 2’s position becomes a serious running story rather than a distant benchmark. The coming Friday-to-Sunday hold will show whether the film is building a long tail or front-loading its run.
Source: Koimoi
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