RAMAYANA (Hindi) did fantastic business on the big Diwali holiday as it recorded collections of 91.50 crore nett which is just phenomenal growth from the day before. The film has gone up from 34 crore nett to over 90 crore nett which is a 170% jump.

The film missed out on the 100 crore nett mark but that is probably as the holiday is not as strong as usual as it plays out over two days followed by Bhai Dooj on Wednesday. Nevertheless, its the third highest collection ever seen for a single day after the Saturday and Sunday of DHURANDHAR THE REVENGE.

The film has collected 250 crore nett now after 5 days and due to the film being in holiday period, its hard to tell where the first week will end but 400 crore nett is locked. It can go towards the 450 crore nett mark. The Monday also ensures a HIT film but that's not what this film has been made for as over Diwali, its not too difficult to become a HIT. It has to go and do better and it will as it has practically all of November to collect the numbers.

The slight disappointment is that Gujarat/Saurashtra could have been better considering the period but again this plays out over days and it could be something to do with how Diwali has fallen this year. Overall it's a great result on Monday because although its a big holiday, the collections did come down quite a bit on Sunday which is worrisome and getting 170% growth is no easy task.

If we add the languages then it will easily be the highest day ever for a film from the Hindi film industry as it goes to around 109 crore nett.

The collections of RAMAYANA (Hindi) till date are as follows.

Thursday - 43,00,00,000 apprx

Friday - 33,25,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 48,75,00,000 apprx

Sunday - 34,00,00,000 apprx

Monday - 91,50,00,000 apprx

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RAMAYANA recorded the highest Monday of all time by a huge margin as it smashed through the 60 crore nett plus figure of DHURANDHAR THE REVENGE. It is the first major record that RAMAYANA has set though it would have been better still if it got the highest single day in history. The big Diwali holiday being split into two days in various regions means it could not get the record but that will be compensated with another big day on Tuesday.

It was only a decade back that a 20 crore nett Monday would have been seen as a huge Monday and here we are looking at 90 crore nett collections. A few years ago, films like GADAR 2, ANIMAL and STREE 2 got Mondays which were in the 35-40 crore nett range and they were seen as huge at that time. HOUSEFULL 4, just before the pandemic, had collected 34 crore nett on the same day and this is far far higher. The collections are coming due to higher rates and RAMAYANA has the 3D factor going for it as well. The footfalls of the film are only 75 lakhs apprx in the first five days. The ticket pricing post DHURANDHAR THE REVENGE has changed the potential for the bigger films.

The admits may not be there but the figures can still be huge and if both really come together then the sky is the limit. The DHURANDHAR THE REVENGE Monday is probably a little better on fair value as its a huge holiday which could mean that the real collections of RAMAYANA are more in the 50-55 crore nett range without the holiday. But even 50-55 crore nett is a huge figure and there will not be many films hitting 50 crore nett on Monday in the next few years.

The top first Mondays of all time are as follows. 

2. Dhurandhar The Revenge - 60.28 crore 

3. Border 2 - 56.25 crore (Holiday)

4. Tiger 3 - 56.08 crore (Holiday, Day Two)

6. Pushpa 2 - The Rule - 40.74 crore 

6. Baahubali 2: The Conclusion - 39.81 crore (Partial Holiday)

7. Gadar 2 - 38.36 crore

8. Animal (Hindi) - 37.68 crore 

9. Stree 2 - 36.87 crore (Holiday)

10. Tiger Zinda Hai - 36.53 crore (Holiday)

11. Housfull 4 - 34.12 crore (Holiday)

12. Krrish 3 - 29.64 crore (Holiday)

13. Jawan (Hindi) - 28.61 crore

14. Bajrangi Bhaijaan - 26.78 crore (Holiday)

15. KGF - Chapter 2 - 25.24 crore

16. Dangal - 24.98 crore 

17. Sanju - 24.63 crore 

18. Pathaan - 24.51 crore

19. Saiyaara - 23.54 crore

20. Chhavva - 23.12 crore