Ramayana Crosses $43 Million Overseas as North America Passes $22 Million on Second Saturday

Ramayana: Part One has crossed $40 million overseas — and kept going. The Nitesh Tiwari epic’s overseas total reached about $43 million (Rs 408.50 crore) after its second Saturday, according to live tracker Boxoffy and trade tracker Sacnilk. North America, the engine of the run, has passed $22 million: Boxoffy counts $20.0 million (about Rs 190 crore) through Friday, with Saturday adding roughly $2.45 million from 141,608 tickets counted — a final tally that makes it the biggest second Saturday ever for an Indian film in the territory.

The milestones keep coming. In North America, Ramayana has passed Baahubali: The Conclusion to become the second-biggest Indian grosser of all time in the territory, according to 123Telugu. Only Dhurandhar: The Revenge, at more than $28 million in its lifetime, stands ahead — and trade projections have Ramayana reaching about $23 million by the end of Sunday. The United Kingdom stands at about $3.88 million, the Gulf at $3.60 million and Australia at $2.85 million. Overseas business now accounts for about a third of the film’s Rs 1,228 crore worldwide gross.

It follows a record second Saturday in India too. Ramayana collected Rs 72.90 crore net on Day 10, per Sacnilk, the biggest second Saturday ever for an Indian film, taking the India net to Rs 685.60 crore and the worldwide gross past Rs 1,200 crore. Advance booking for the second Sunday closed at Rs 38.61 crore, with 12.81 lakh tickets sold, setting up another huge day. With no major Hindi release until Shah Rukh Khan’s King on December 24, the film has six weeks of open ground ahead of it.

Here is the Filmverse take: the overseas number is the story of this run, not a footnote to it. A $2.45 million second Saturday in North America, a week after a Diwali opening, is repeat viewing and word of mouth, not front-loaded euphoria — and it is the diaspora that turned an Indian epic into a North American event film. The honest caveat stays in place: on a reported budget of around Rs 2,000 crore, trade estimates put breakeven near Rs 1,600–1,700 crore worldwide, so the film still needs a long run. But the question now is not whether it crosses $40 million overseas — it has — it is how far past $50 million the run can go. We reported the near-$40 million mark on Friday here. Our Day 10 final report is here.

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Ramayana: Part 1 released in cinemas on November 5, 2026.

Source: Boxoffy, Sacnilk and 123Telugu. All box-office figures are trade estimates.

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