Ramayana Opens in Indonesia With 9,000 Ticket Sales and More Than 1,000 Shows

A wide Indonesian launch follows Rs 823.50 crore worldwide

Nitesh Tiwari's Ramayana opened in Indonesia on November 11, 2026, with around 9,000 tickets sold in opening day updates and more than 1,000 scheduled shows. The release brings the adaptation starring Ranbir Kapoor, Sai Pallavi and Yash into a country where the story already has a place in literature, theatre and temple art.

The Indonesian launch followed six days in which the film collected a reported Rs 823.50 crore gross worldwide, comprising Rs 526.50 crore in India and Rs 297 crore overseas. Those figures put international markets at about 36.1% of its worldwide business before Indonesia's opening receipts were available.

Indonesia's release is unusually large compared with recent Hindi films. Ramayana's reported schedule exceeds the 264 shows for Pathaan and 221 for Jawan, giving it more than 3.8 times and 4.5 times their respective opening show counts.

The roughly 9,000 admissions were a running ticket sales update, with a final opening day gross still awaited. For exhibitors, the next measure will be how many viewers attend across that extensive schedule and whether demand continues after the premiere celebrations.

Jakarta supplied the most visible opening scenes. Social media videos showed audiences arriving in traditional Indian clothing, attending IMAX screenings and posing with people dressed as Rama, Sita, Lakshman and Ravana. The cinema outing became a celebration of characters familiar well beyond India's borders.

Jakarta brings the epic into the cinema lobby

Fans at the Jakarta premiere walked a red carpet, watched dance performances and posed on a replica throne. Other activities included shopping for bangles and having henna designs applied to their hands.

The festivities gave the release a local setting built around a shared story. Indonesia's Kakawin Ramayana, an adaptation in Old Javanese, has carried the epic through generations. Its characters also appear in Wayang shadow puppetry, while scenes from the story are carved into the Prambanan temple complex.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi described that connection during a visit to Indonesia earlier in 2026, referring to the two countries' shared literary and cultural history.

India and Indonesia do not just share the sea; we also share our history. Our relationship is rooted in the legacy of the Ramayana and the Mahabharata.

Ramayana therefore enters Indonesia with two routes to an audience: interest in Indian cinema and familiarity with the epic itself. The release schedule gives cinema operators room to reach both groups, including viewers who may know the characters through Indonesian performances rather than Hindi films.

Which Indonesian benchmarks matter?

Shah Rukh Khan's films provide the main commercial comparisons. Jawan reportedly earned around $400,000 in Indonesia, while Pathaan finished at roughly $375,000. Ramayana has opened with many more shows than either film, making their final receipts useful early targets.

My Name Is Khan, released in 2010, is described as the territory's highest grossing Indian film, with a reported $1.72 million. Another published figure gives its earnings as $1.72 crore, equivalent to $17.2 million, leaving a substantial discrepancy in the historical record figure.

Indonesia's connection with Hindi cinema also predates those releases. Kuch Kuch Hota Hai reached Indonesian cinemas in 2001, and its popularity endured long enough for an Indonesian delegation to perform its title song at a presidential banquet in New Delhi in January 2025.

Ramayana's commercial task is to turn its large allocation of screenings into sustained attendance. Show counts measure how many opportunities people have to watch a film. Admissions measure how many tickets they buy, while gross receipts also depend on ticket prices. Each number answers a different part of the business story.

Thailand supplies an early regional result

Thailand offers the clearest reported Southeast Asian revenue figure so far. Ramayana opened there on November 5 and collected $550,000, approximately Rs 5.15 crore, over five days, according to figures attributed to box office tracking data. The opening has placed it among the country's stronger Indian releases.

Thai audiences could watch the film in English, Hindi and Thai. Those language choices allow viewers to follow the adaptation through either its original dialogue or a language more familiar to them.

Thailand also has its own version of the epic, the Ramakien. Rama is known locally as Phra Ram, and kings of the Chakri dynasty use the name Rama. The cultural connection gives the film a recognisable story even where its actors may be less familiar.

Indonesia and Thailand together show why Southeast Asia matters to this release. Thailand already supplies a measurable opening return, while Indonesia supplies a much larger reported schedule than recent Hindi releases. The next stage is whether attendance continues beyond the first wave of celebrations.

India's six days explain the worldwide total

India remains Ramayana's largest market. Its reported six day collection was Rs 440.45 crore net and Rs 526.50 crore gross, following an opening on Thursday, November 5. The film's Rs 64.85 crore debut established the starting point before business grew during the festive period.

A crore means 10 million, so Rs 440.45 crore equals about Rs 4.40 billion. In Indian box office reporting, net receipts exclude applicable ticket taxes, while gross receipts include them. The worldwide total uses India's gross figure alongside overseas gross receipts.

The daily Indian net figures show an uneven but powerful opening run: Rs 64.85 crore on Thursday, Rs 48.05 crore on Friday, Rs 69.80 crore on Saturday and Rs 56.15 crore on Sunday. Monday brought Rs 107.50 crore, followed by Rs 94.10 crore on Tuesday, November 10. Together, those amounts add to Rs 440.45 crore.

Tuesday's collection was about 12.5% below Monday's peak but remained roughly 45.1% above the opening day. The film played across 24,344 shows on Tuesday, giving it a broad domestic platform as its international release expanded.

A subsequent Indian total of Rs 549 crore after seven days has also circulated, without a clear net or gross label. The six day figures provide the consistent breakdown used here: Rs 526.50 crore gross in India plus Rs 297 crore overseas equals Rs 823.50 crore worldwide.

Hindi leads, with four other languages contributing

The Hindi version supplied Rs 76 crore of Tuesday's Rs 94.10 crore net collection, from 19,845 shows. That amounts to about 80.8% of the day's revenue and 81.5% of its reported screenings.

Kannada contributed Rs 7.75 crore, Telugu Rs 4 crore, Tamil Rs 3.60 crore and Malayalam Rs 2.75 crore. Combined, those four versions supplied Rs 18.10 crore, or about 19.2% of Tuesday's Indian net receipts.

The overseas operation gives that multilingual domestic release a second source of income. International collections reached a reported Rs 35 crore on the sixth day, taking the cumulative overseas gross to Rs 297 crore.

For the production, that means expansion abroad is already a substantial part of the theatrical business. Indonesia joins a release whose overseas markets supplied more than one rupee in every three of the reported worldwide gross through the first six days.

Western markets add another audience

The United States supplied a reported opening of $12.2 million. Other reported international figures were £2.2 million in the United Kingdom, $1,867,330 in Australia and $627,810 in Germany.

In North America, Ramayana ranked second among new releases behind Takashi Yamazaki's Godzilla Minus Zero. A separate trade ranking placed it sixth among Bollywood films by cumulative North American earnings. The first ranking concerns films newly entering cinemas; the second compares its accumulated business with earlier Bollywood releases.

The filmmakers held a special screening in Los Angeles on October 27, ahead of the November 5 theatrical launch. That event formed part of an international campaign whose reach now extends from established markets for Indian cinema to countries receiving the film later in November.

A November schedule extends the release

Sony Pictures International is handling the overseas rollout. Indonesia's November 11 opening sits between the initial launch in India and major international markets and another series of releases scheduled through November 26.

The timetable brings new territories into the film's box office run over several weeks rather than on a single opening date:

• October 27: The makers held a special screening in Los Angeles.
• November 5: Ramayana opened in India, Thailand and several major international markets.
• November 11: The film opened in Indonesia.
• November 12: Releases are scheduled in Hong Kong, Mexico and Central Asia.
• November 19: Brazil, Italy, Ukraine and Hungary are scheduled to receive the film.
• November 20: The Polish release is scheduled.
• November 26: Releases are scheduled in Argentina, Central America, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.

The staggered schedule means later worldwide totals will combine continuing business in the first markets with opening receipts from newly added ones. Indonesia is the first of several November opportunities to extend the film's theatrical run.

A costly adaptation with a wider financial task

Tiwari's film stars Kapoor as Rama, Pallavi as Sita, Yash as Ravana and Ravie Dubey as Lakshman. Sunny Deol plays Hanuman, with the makers releasing a scene from after the credits and a Hanuman Chalisa music video introducing his character. Lara Dutta also appears in the cast.

The adaptation draws on Valmiki's Ramayana, the later Adbhuta Ramayana and Tulsidas's Ramcharitmanas. Namit Malhotra's Prime Focus and Yash's Monster Mind Creations are behind the production, which forms the first instalment of a project spanning two films.

Budget estimates vary substantially. The production has been described as costing Rs 4,000 crore, while other figures put it above Rs 4,500 crore. Earlier coverage placed the combined budget for both films at about Rs 4,000 crore, leaving the amount assigned to this first instalment unsettled.

Ticket receipts are also shared among cinemas, distributors and producers, while streaming, television and music rights provide other income. Assessing the production's financial position requires those shares and revenues alongside its costs. For now, its expanding theatrical business has reached Rs 823.50 crore gross through six days, with Indonesia and several scheduled markets extending the release.

Key Points

• Ramayana opened in Indonesia on November 11 with around 9,000 tickets sold in running updates and more than 1,000 scheduled shows.
• Its Indonesian schedule is more than 3.8 times Pathaan's reported 264 shows and 4.5 times Jawan's 221.
• The reported worldwide gross through six days was Rs 823.50 crore, including Rs 297 crore overseas.
• Thailand supplied a reported $550,000, approximately Rs 5.15 crore, over five days.
• Jakarta's premiere featured IMAX screenings, performances and fans dressed as characters from the epic.
• Further international releases are scheduled from November 12 through November 26.