Ramayana Part One Sells 40,000 Tickets Before Half of India Can Even Book

Imagine selling 40,000 tickets in a single day with the whole of South India still locked out. That is exactly what Ramayana: Part One just did.

Bookings for the Ranbir Kapoor and Yash starrer opened in India yesterday, and the response has been superb. In the first 24 hours, the film raked in roughly Rs 2 crore nett for its opening day.

Ramayana: Part One Advance Booking

Figures are trade estimates, not certified collections.

Why These Numbers Are Bigger Than They Look?

The 40,000 tickets come from just two chains, PVR INOX and Cinepolis, and bookings are yet to open in South India. Metro centres like Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Chennai usually contribute heavily to national chain sales. With a full-fledged opening, the number would likely have crossed 60,000.

At that level, it would be the fourth-best start ever for a Bollywood film, behind Dhurandhar 2, Jawan and Pathaan. All three sold over 100,000 tickets, but there is a catch. None of them opened bookings as early as 15 days before release, so the comparison isn’t entirely fair.

The Demand Is Real

The trade describes Ramayana: Part One as the biggest film ever made in the history of Indian cinema, so a start like this is hardly a surprise. The urgency to watch it shows. Best seats at most premium-format screens sold out quickly for prime-time shows.

Fans of Ranbir Kapoor and Yash have been waiting a long time for this one, and the booking rush suggests the wait has only built the hype.

What Could Happen at the Box Office?

Here’s the interesting part. Because it’s a pre-Diwali release, some centres may feel soft right off the gate, though the opening will still be enormous. Then comes the real shift. Once the Diwali festivities are over, the film enters a highly lucrative window from Monday, and the trade expects fireworks at the box office.

This is also not a film that relies only on its opening. It could keep growing through word of mouth, much like the recent phenomena Mahavtar Narsimha and Hanuman. Pinkvilla’s analysis even calls it potentially “like those but on steroids.”

What to Watch Next?

Keep an eye on three things: the South India booking launch, the advance build as release gets closer, and how the film holds after Diwali. If those numbers follow the early trend, the opening could be one for the record books.

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