Ramayana – Part I has pulled off something very few Indian films ever manage. The mythological epic starring Ranbir Kapoor and Yash is the second-highest-grossing film in the world this weekend, according to the latest worldwide weekend estimates released by Comscore, the box office tracking company. For a film that opened only on Thursday, 5 November, it is a remarkable arrival on the global stage — and it did it with a far smaller release footprint than the Hollywood and Japanese blockbusters around it.
The news, reported by Bollywood Hungama on Monday, 9 November, puts the Nitesh Tiwari-directed epic ahead of several major international releases, including The Cat in the Hat, the Stray Kids world tour film and Clayface. Only one film in the world earned more than Ramayana over the weekend — and the gap at the top tells its own story about how far Indian cinema has travelled.
A $52.15 Million Weekend — Only Godzilla Ahead
Comscore estimates that Ramayana generated USD 52.15 million worldwide during the weekend ending Sunday, 8 November, securing the second position on the global chart. The film’s cumulative worldwide collections in the report stand at USD 55.655 million.
The only film ahead of it is Godzilla Minus Zero, which topped the worldwide weekend chart with an estimated USD 63 million. That is a gap of just under USD 11 million between the world’s biggest film of the weekend and an Indian mythological epic playing in a fraction of the markets — a comparison that would have seemed unthinkable for an Indian film even a few years ago.
The Cat in the Hat, which ranked third, earned USD 30.50 million — more than USD 20 million behind Ramayana. The distance between second and third is, in other words, far larger than the distance between first and second.
How the Weekend Broke Down: $43.50 Million From Overseas
A closer look at the Comscore figures shows where Ramayana’s weekend really came from. The film generated USD 43.50 million from international markets outside the report’s domestic territory, while the domestic weekend estimate stood at USD 8.65 million. In plain terms, more than four-fifths of the weekend’s money came from outside India — the film is travelling as a global release, not just a domestic hit.
The performance was tracked across 38 territories, and that number is what makes the No. 2 ranking so striking. Godzilla Minus Zero was tracked across 101 territories. The Cat in the Hat, in third place, played in 61. Ramayana reached second place on the world chart from barely more than a third of Godzilla’s footprint — fewer screens, fewer countries, and still a bigger weekend than almost everything else on Earth.
That efficiency is the real story of this chart. Indian films have topped domestic weekends for decades; what is new is an Indian film competing on a worldwide weekend table against the biggest releases in the world, and winning all but one of those comparisons.
From ₹500 Crore Worldwide to a Global Chart-Topper
The global ranking caps a first weekend in which Ramayana has broken record after record at home. Sunday, the film’s fourth day, brought in ₹56.15 crore net in India, taking its four-day worldwide gross past the ₹500 crore mark — trade tracker Sacnilk put the four-day worldwide total at ₹507.20 crore. Advance booking for Monday, the fifth day, had already hit a record ₹45.53 crore before the day began, setting up what could be the film’s biggest single day yet.
Part of the draw is the scale of the production itself. Directed by Nitesh Tiwari, the two-part epic stars Ranbir Kapoor as Ram, Yash as Raavan and Sai Pallavi as Sita, and it has been positioned from the start as Indian cinema’s most ambitious retelling of the Ramayana. The weekend chart suggests that ambition is landing with audiences far beyond India — in the Gulf, North America, the UK and the other 38 territories where Comscore tracked it.
It also continues a run of form for Indian event cinema. Big-screen mythological and action spectacles have repeatedly shown that Indian audiences will turn out in huge numbers for a film that feels like an occasion. What Ramayana adds is proof that the occasion now travels.
What Comes Next for Ramayana
The film’s run is far from over. Monday’s Day 5 collections are still being counted, and trade trackers were already reporting strong advance booking for Tuesday, 10 November — TrackTollywood’s live tracker showed ₹39.37 crore in advance gross booked for Tuesday’s shows, with nearly a million tickets sold. If Monday holds anywhere near the advance booking suggested, the film’s first week will close as one of the biggest opening weeks in Indian cinema history.
The bigger question now is how long the film can hold its global position. A No. 2 worldwide weekend is a headline; a second strong weekend would turn it into a statement. For now, though, the fact stands on its own: in the weekend ending 8 November 2026, only Godzilla stood between Ramayana and the top of the world box office. Indian cinema has never been this close to the summit — and the film has done it in its very first weekend.
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