Ranbir Kapoor and Yash’s epic drama registers over 1.11 lakh ticket bookings in an hour, surpassing Pushpa 2 and Dhurandhar 2
Ramayana: Rise of a Legend has reached a major milestone at the Indian box office, setting a new benchmark for hourly ticket sales on BookMyShow. The mythological epic, featuring Ranbir Kapoor as Lord Rama and Yash as Ravana, recorded an astonishing 1,11,830 ticket bookings in a single hour, making it the highest-performing film for immediate booking demand.
The record was set during the extended Diwali holiday period, which significantly boosted audience turnout across the country. What makes the achievement even more remarkable is that Ramayana entered theatres with lower booking figures than both Dhurandhar 2 and Pushpa 2. However, strong word-of-mouth and growing audience interest helped the film gain momentum rapidly after its release.
The film had a particularly successful Diwali Sunday, collecting ₹56.15 crore net in India. This pushed its four-day domestic net collection to ₹238.85 crore. Globally, the film accumulated ₹499.20 crore in gross earnings, bringing it within touching distance of the coveted ₹500-crore milestone in just four days.
Industry reports indicate that Ramayana is now the first film in recent years to cross the 1.10 lakh ticket-sales mark on BookMyShow within an hour. Its record-breaking performance has surpassed the previous highs set by Dhurandhar 2 (1,09,170 tickets) and Pushpa 2 (1,07,650 tickets). It has also comfortably surpassed the benchmark set by Shah Rukh Khan’s Jawan, which once recorded around 86,000 hourly bookings.
Although Dhurandhar 2 still leads in cumulative ticket bookings, Ramayana has emerged as the clear leader in peak hourly demand. The film has also maintained daily BookMyShow bookings above one million for its first four days, placing it among a select group of Indian blockbusters to achieve such consistency.
Directed by Nitesh Tiwari and produced by Namit Malhotra, in association with Prime Focus Studios, DNEG, and Monster Mind Creations, Ramayana is presented as a two-part cinematic adaptation of the revered Indian epic. Alongside Ranbir Kapoor and Yash, the film stars Sai Pallavi as Sita and Ravie Dubey as Lakshman.
With exceptional audience response, record-breaking ticket sales, and impressive worldwide box-office collections, Ramayana: Rise of a Legend has firmly established itself as one of 2026’s biggest cinematic successes, signalling a bright future for the franchise’s second chapter, scheduled for release in 2028.
