The turn of fortune follows a brief lull on Sunday, where Lakshmi Puja rituals pulled collections down to Rs. 56.15 crore after a sturdy Rs. 69.80 crore Saturday. But trade analyst Taran Adarsh had accurately predicted this post-puja rebound. Noting the impending surge, he wrote, “The film now moves into a game-changing phase… With #Diwali celebrations beginning, #Ramayana is expected to deliver a colossal total today [Monday], going by the extraordinary advance bookings and excellent audience feedback”. He added, “The mass circuits, which are yet to unleash their full potential, are expected to deliver in a big way during the Diwali festivities… And if that happens, the sky is the limit”.
The milestone tastes especially sweet when contrasted with 2023’s Adipurush, which famously nosedived to Rs. 10 crores on day five. Here, mounted on an unprecedented, reported budget of Rs. 4,000 crore, Tiwari’s visual spectacle, anchored by Yash, Sunny Deol, and Ravi Dubey alongside Ranbir and Sai, is proving that genuine theatrical magic still reigns supreme.
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