India, Nov. 11 -- After the best Monday in Indian cinema history, Ramayana followed it up with the best Tuesday ever: another red-letter day where the film earned close to Rs.100 crore net in India and over Rs.160 crore gross worldwide. This has propelled the Nitesh Tiwari film close to the Rs.1000-crore mark worldwide, and it has not even completed a full week at the box office yet.

The Ranbir Kapoor and Yash-starrer opened to great reviews on Thursday, with initial audience reactions largely positive. However, the box office receipts were underwhelming for a film of this scale and ambitions. For a film reportedly budgeted at Rs.1600-2000 crore, an opening weekend of Rs.507 crore was slightly below par.

But Ramayana turned it around in...