Ramayana North America Box Office: $12.2 Million Opening, Second-Biggest Indian Debut Ever in the USA
Ramayana: Part One has closed its opening weekend as the second-biggest Indian opening ever in North America. Final trade estimates put the Nitesh Tiwari epic at $12.2 million (about Rs 114 crore) across the United States and Canada over its four-day extended opening, including paid previews — behind only Dhurandhar: The Revenge at $14.5 million. The three-day Friday-to-Sunday frame alone was $8.65 million, good for fifth place at the North American weekend box office. All figures are trade estimates, not producer figures.
The scale of the release did much of the work: 1,433 screens, the widest North American release ever for an Indian film. Saturday was the engine — $3.75 million in a single day, the second-highest opening Saturday for an Indian film in the territory, behind Dhurandhar 2’s $3.92 million. It had already passed Drishyam 3’s $6.72 million lifetime North America gross within three days, making it 2026’s second-highest-grossing Bollywood film there. Read our Saturday report here: https://filmverse.in/ramayana-north-america-box-office-9-million-3-days-biggest-single-day-overseas/
The story travelled well beyond North America. In the United Kingdom, Ramayana set a new opening record for an Indian film with $3 million, and it finished the weekend at No. 1 in both the UK and Australia. Overseas as a whole reached $23.7 million (about Rs 222 crore) by the end of day four, and the worldwide gross crossed Rs 500 crore to Rs 507.20 crore. Globally it was the weekend’s second-highest-grossing release at about $55.7 million, behind only Godzilla Minus Zero. The film stars Ranbir Kapoor, Sai Pallavi and Yash, and is distributed overseas by Sony Pictures.
Monday is already adding to the total: early live estimates tracked another Rs 13.93 crore in India on day five, taking the India net past Rs 252 crore. The test now is the weekday hold — Diwali gave the opening a four-day runway, and the film needs weekday numbers only genuine word of mouth delivers.
Here is the Filmverse take: the $12.2 million matters because it was built on breadth, not just diaspora density — the widest release ever, a UK record, a No. 1 finish in Australia. That is a mainstream-curious audience, not only the core. The caution is the one we flagged at $10 million: the North America breakeven sits near $30 million, and Dhurandhar 2 finished its whole North American run at $28.64 million. A record opening is the launchpad, not the finish line — the next two weekends decide whether Ramayana is a $20 million-plus North American grosser or a front-loaded event.
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Sources: Rentrak via Newsy Today, Variety India, Sacnilk, b4u Entertainment, 123telugu — all box-office figures are trade estimates, not producer figures.
