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Ranabaali opens with reported worldwide gross of ₹16.5 crore
Ranabaali opened in cinemas on Friday with Vijay Deverakonda and Rashmika Mandanna in the lead roles.
The film is set during the 1876–78 Great Madras Famine and follows a man resisting British colonial rule.
One report put its worldwide opening-day gross at ₹16.5 crore, including ₹5.75 crore from overseas markets.
Reports gave different India collection figures, with one citing ₹9.25 crore and another ₹7.76 crore.
The reports describe those figures differently, so they do not provide a clear like-for-like comparison.
One report said its opening fell short of Kingdom's ₹15 crore first-day collection, while exceeding The Family Star's ₹5.75 crore.
The film has opened to mixed reviews, and no next box-office update is specified.
Ranabaali, starring Vijay Deverakonda and Rashmika Mandanna, opened in theatres on Friday, October 16, 2026.
The Times of India reported a worldwide opening-day gross of ₹16.5 crore, while Hindustan Times cited a Sacnilk estimate of ₹7.76 crore for the opening day.
The Times of India reported India earnings of ₹9.25 crore, domestic gross of ₹10.75 crore and overseas gross of ₹5.75 crore.
Hindustan Times said most of its reported opening-day collection came from the Telugu version.
The period drama is directed by Rahul Sankrityan and is set during the famine of 1876–78 under British colonial rule.
- Who
- Ranabaali stars Vijay Deverakonda and Rashmika Mandanna.
- What
- The period drama opened in theatres. Reported opening-day collections differ: ₹16.5 crore worldwide in the Times of India and ₹7.76 crore in Hindustan Times.
- When
- Friday, October 16, 2026.
- Where
- The film opened in theatres; the Times of India reported collections from India and overseas markets.
- Why
- Not stated
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Ranabaali opened in theatres.
Hindustan Times reported a Sacnilk opening-day collection of ₹7.76 crore.
The Times of India reported a worldwide opening-day gross of ₹16.5 crore.
- Worldwide opening-day gross
- ₹16.5 crore, reported by the Times of India
- Opening-day collection
- ₹7.76 crore, reported by Hindustan Times citing Sacnilk
- India first-day earnings
- ₹9.25 crore, reported by the Times of India
- Overseas gross
- ₹5.75 crore, reported by the Times of India
- Opening-day shows
- 2,515 nationwide, reported by the Times of India
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What people are saying
Vijay Deverakonda delivers a compelling performance as the fiery protagonist, convincingly portraying a man driven by rage and purpose.
Rahul Sankrityan succeeds in presenting history through an accessible commercial lens while shedding light on a tragedy that remains largely absent from mainstream cinema.
While it’s understandable that anyone suffering during this era would be angry, the film's loudness seems off-putting after a while.