Nitesh Tiwari’s mythological magnum opus Ramayana: Rise of a Legend is rewriting box office history far beyond India’s borders, surging past the ₹1,000 crore worldwide milestone within just eight days of its theatrical release. While domestic multiplexes and single-screen theatres from Mumbai and Delhi-NCR to Lucknow, Kanpur, and Hyderabad have fuelled a ₹564 crore to ₹581.58 crore net domestic haul, the film’s real international breakthrough is unfolding across South and Southeast Asia. Driven by deep-rooted cultural and historical familiarity with the epic across the region, the Ranbir Kapoor, Yash, and Sai Pallavi starrer has overtaken Shah Rukh Khan’s blockbusters Pathaan and Jawan in Nepal, while generating eye-popping revenue across Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, and Vietnam. Industry trade trackers confirm that the film’s overseas gross has already crossed $38 million—roughly ₹353 crore to ₹356.27 crore—making it one of the fastest-earning Indian spectacles in global cinema history.

How Ramayana Overtook Pathaan, Jawan, and RRR in Nepal

Among all international territories, Nepal has emerged as a standout stronghold for Ramayana: Rise of a Legend. According to latest trade figures compiled at the end of its extended opening week, the film has collected an impressive NPR 12.80 crore—equivalent to roughly ₹8 crore—at the Nepalese box office. With this tally, Ramayana has officially vaulted into the list of the six highest-grossing Indian films ever released in Nepal, surging past the lifetime collections of modern Indian titans such as RRR, Pathaan, and Jawan. Trade analysts in Kathmandu and Mumbai point out that family audiences have packed theatres across the Himalayan nation since its November 5 release, turning the film into a cultural event. At its current weekday hold, box office observers project that Ramayana is firmly on course to challenge the all-time Indian box office record in Nepal currently held by S.S. Rajamouli’s Baahubali 2: The Conclusion (NPR 25.20 crore) over the coming week.

Massive Collections in Thailand, Malaysia, and Southeast Asia

Equally remarkable is the film’s reception across Southeast Asian territories where versions of the Ramayana epic—such as Thailand’s Ramakien and traditional narratives across Malaysia and Indonesia—form a living part of regional heritage. In Malaysia, Ramayana: Rise of a Legend has emerged as a runaway blockbuster, raking in approximately $900,000 (nearly ₹8 crore) in under a week after opening to $575,000 in its initial extended weekend. In Thailand, where non-diaspora local audiences have joined Indian expatriates in theatres, the film crossed $650,000 (roughly ₹5.5 crore to ₹5.8 crore) within its opening stretch, setting new benchmarks for an Indian release in the country. Meanwhile, the film has also posted historic numbers across neighbouring markets, collecting $475,000 (nearly ₹4 crore) in Singapore, $200,000+ in Vietnam, and $150,000 in Cambodia, alongside the biggest-ever opening weekend for an Indian film in Indonesia.

Breaking Down the ₹1,000 Crore Worldwide Box Office Milestone

When combined with roaring ticket sales in traditional overseas circuits, Ramayana’s Asian surge has propelled its global gross to between ₹1,010.60 crore and ₹1,039.26 crore in just eight days. In North America (the United States and Canada), the film delivered over $12.20 million in its extended opening weekend alone, while the United Kingdom and Ireland contributed more than $3.32 million. Taken together, the film recorded the second-biggest overseas opening weekend of all time for an Indian movie at $24.35 million, trailing only Pathaan ($26 million) while beating the four-day international debuts of Baahubali 2 ($22.50 million), Dhurandhar: The Revenge ($22.40 million), and Pushpa 2: The Rule ($19.22 million). In India, after a steady opening day, strong word-of-mouth around Nitesh Tiwari’s direction, Hans Zimmer and A.R. Rahman’s background score, and DNEG’s Academy Award-calibre visual effects sparked a massive post-Diwali jump—including a ₹105 crore to ₹107.50 crore net single-day surge on Monday.

Why Asian Audiences Are Embracing Nitesh Tiwari’s Mythological Epic

Trade experts and film historians note that Ramayana’s extraordinary box office performance across Nepal, Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia highlights a fundamental shift in how Indian cinema travels abroad. Unlike conventional Bollywood action thrillers that rely predominantly on the South Asian diaspora in North America, the United Kingdom, and the Gulf, Ramayana taps into shared civilisational memory across Asia. Backed by producer Namit Malhotra and Kannada superstar Yash—who plays Ravana alongside Ranbir Kapoor’s Lord Rama, Sai Pallavi’s Sita, and Ravi Dubey’s Lakshmana—the two-part franchise was mounted on an unprecedented reported budget of ₹4,000 crore. With Ramayana: Part One demonstrating rare weekday stability and Part Two already slated for a Diwali 2028 release, the film’s triumph across Asian markets signals a powerful new global frontier for Indian mythological storytelling.