The much awaited mythological epic Ramayana: Part One starring Ranbir Kapoor and Yash has booked a whopping Rs 143.50 crore advance worldwide even before hitting the screens. It is now the second biggest advance booking performer for a Bollywood film, after “Dhurandhar: The Revenge,” which reportedly recorded advance sales of more than ₹250 crore.

The latest box office tracking figures suggest the film has collected around ₹71 crore in advance bookings in India and around ₹72.50 crore in the overseas markets. The contribution from the domestic and international markets was nearly same, indicating the huge anticipation for the cinematic adaptation of the Indian epic. 

The Hindi version has raked in around ₹57.50 crore from domestic advance bookings, including around ₹48 crore in net collections.

 The combined total of the southern language versions added around ₹13.50 crore. The film collected an advance booking amount of around ₹23.50 crore nett on the opening day in the Hindi version alone, which puts it among the top ten biggest opening-day advances for Bollywood films.

Ramayana: Part One is directed by Nitesh Tiwari and stars Ranbir Kapoor as Lord Rama, Sai Pallavi as Sita and Yash as Ravana. The film has sparked massive anticipation due to its grand scale, star-studded cast and adaptation of one of IndiBased on the momentum of bookings in advance, the film is likely to take good opening, but the box office collection will ultimately depend on occupancy in theatres and response at the box office post-release.

The robust advance booking numbers put Ramayana: Part One among the biggest tentpole launches of the year and will almost certainly lead to a huge opening at the worldwide box office.