Ramayana – Part I has built a sizable advance base for its first weekday, but the more telling number is where that money is coming from. As of 4:30 PM on Saturday, advance sales for Monday stood at Rs 19.11 crore across all languages, with 4,92,928 tickets sold across 16,559 shows, according to Bollywood Hungama.
The weekday test starts with a skewed map
Hindi accounts for Rs 16.91 crore of the Rs 19.11 crore total, or about 88.49%. Other language versions have contributed Rs 2.20 crore, roughly 11.51%. That is a sharp increase from the opening two days, when Hindi’s share of combined domestic nett collections was around 73.63%.
The concentration matters because Monday is the first working day after a Thursday release. Opening weekend numbers include holiday demand, fan rush and South-market curiosity around Yash. A strong Monday indicates whether the film can hold beyond the initial surge.
Hindi markets lead Day 5 pre-sales
Maharashtra, NCR and Gujarat are the top state-level markets for Monday advance bookings. Mumbai, Delhi and Pune lead at city level. This is different from Sunday’s advance pattern, where Karnataka, Maharashtra and Telangana topped the state-level list. Karnataka and Telangana are absent from Monday’s top three.
For media planners and exhibitors, the shift matters: the first weekday demand is concentrating in Hindi-speaking territories, not the southern markets that showed up during the opening frame.
What to watch next
- Advance bookings are a base, not the final total; spot sales and occupancy will decide Day 5.
- Hindi share will show whether weekday demand is structural or a booking-window artefact.
- Top-city performance may guide where holdover screens stay allocated later in the week.
The Rs 19.11 crore figure gives Ramayana – Part I a credible starting base for Monday, but the real signal will be how much gets added through spot bookings and how occupancy behaves across those Hindi-led markets.
Read the weekday share, not just the gross
Advance gross alone can mislead because it mixes ticket prices, show counts and booking windows. The more useful lens for this audience is language share. A version that rises from 73.63% of two-day collections to about 88.49% of Monday pre-sales is telling you where the marginal ticket buyer sits right now.
That does not mean the South is abandoning the film; it means the strongest current advance demand is in Hindi. Spot bookings can still change the final mix, especially if evening shows in Karnataka and Telangana fill closer to showtime. But for allocation and marketing decisions early in the week, Hindi-led markets are the safer bet.
The Monday number is also a preview of the film’s second-week hold, which matters more for long-run box office than an opening record. If Monday final lands close to the advance base, expect exhibitors to hold screens; if it falls far below, screen rationalisation will follow quickly.
Source: bollywoodHungama.com
