India, Oct. 30 -- After a smashing start, the advance bookings for Nitesh Tiwari's Ramayana Part One had plateaued. But over the last few days, buoyed by the buzz from the film's Los Angeles premiere, the pre-sales have gained momentum once again, at least in the US. Back home, too, the advance bookings are starting to gain pace, with the film still awaiting all language versions to open ticket bookings on a full scale.

Advance bookings for Ramayana opened on Dussehra, 15 full days before its global release. By November 29, a week ahead of its scheduled release, the film had grossed Rs.15 crore in advance bookings in India, selling 2.75 lakh tickets. Initially, the Hindi version was accounting for almost all of the pre-sales collections,...