IMAX is about 3.8% of shows but close to 25% of advance revenue. The average IMAX ticket is ₹1,095, against ₹380 for a regular show. Sacnilk's live count gives 23% from 3.2% of shows, and Films Discourse 23.7% from 3.4%.
Back to the trend of the day: Yash plays the demon king Ravana in Ramayana: Part 1, opening November 5
Poly Rating · from the trend of the day
Ramayana Ticket Price by City: Top 10 Cities, 2026
Mumbai lists India's dearest Ramayana seat at ₹3,170, but Delhi-NCR has taken more money. Hyderabad, with no IMAX listed, has 62% of its seats sold against Mumbai's 17%.
- No. 1: Delhi-NCR
- 10 places
01Final list
The leading AIs each built their own list of ten independently. Here is one result that is easy to check: every place has a reason, a source, and the list of AIs that included it.
Order: from most to least AI agreement.
A bright badge means this AI put the entry on its list. A dim badge means it did not.
- 1
Delhi-NCR
First on both trackers: ₹2.37 Cr on Sacnilk, and ₹2.17 Cr from 28,586 tickets on Films Discourse. Its top recliner (₹2,400) costs ₹770 less than Mumbai's. Shows are only 19% full.
Included it: Claude, ChatGPT, Meta, Nemotron, Gemini, DeepSeek, Wenxin, Qwen. Did not include: Kimi.In their lists: Claude: 1 · ChatGPT: 2 · Meta: 1 · Nemotron: 2 · Gemini: 1 · DeepSeek: 2 · Wenxin: 3 · Qwen: 1
What each AI noted 8
- Claudeplace 1
The biggest rupee table in India (₹2.37 crore) with a top recliner at ₹2,400, so it leads on volume as well as price. Its 821 shows are only 19% full.
Source ↗ - ChatGPTplace 2
The biggest reported city-region cash market at ₹2.17 crore, but its 28,586 tickets are spread across 2,332 shows: just 12.3 tickets per show.
Source ↗ - Metaplace 1
Rs 2.37 Cr is 20% of India gross from 821 shows — 9431 tickets in early count, IMAX recliners at Rs 2400 already sold out
Source ↗ - Nemotronplace 2
₹2,450 top seat, ₹2.87 cr advance gross — volume leader with lower per-seat ask than Mumbai
- Geminiplace 1
Sold over 28,500 tickets across 820 shows to generate ₹2.25 crore, winning on sheer volume without relying on the nation's single most exorbitant ticket.
- DeepSeekplace 2
Delhi-NCR led gross for much of the run and sold almost exactly as many tickets as Mumbai, but its top recliner is ₹770 cheaper.
Source ↗ - Wenxinplace 3
Capital's 450+ screens lift total rupees past Bengaluru even though per-show density dips
- Qwenplace 1
The actual volume leader with 27,141 tickets sold, proving it is not just high prices driving the ₹2.13 crore gross.
Source ↗
8 AIs put it here - 2
Mumbai
Has India's dearest seat (₹3,170 at PVR ICON Lower Parel) but ranks second on money (₹1.79 Cr). On tickets it trails Delhi-NCR by a hair: 28,294 against 28,586.
Included it: Claude, ChatGPT, Meta, Nemotron, Gemini, DeepSeek, Wenxin, Qwen. Did not include: Kimi.In their lists: Claude: 2 · ChatGPT: 3 · Meta: 2 · Nemotron: 1 · Gemini: 3 · DeepSeek: 1 · Wenxin: 1 · Qwen: 2
What each AI noted 8
- Claudeplace 2
It has the single priciest seat in the country (₹3,170), yet the city ranks second on rupees and tickets. The price is a listing, not the demand.
Source ↗ - ChatGPTplace 3
India's headline ₹3,170 recliner city has almost as many advance buyers as Delhi-NCR, but its exceptional seat price should not be mistaken for the typical ticket.
Source ↗ - Metaplace 2
Rs 3170 for one IMAX recliner at PVR ICON Lower Parel is 15.8x the Rs 200 cheapest seat in India
Source ↗ - Nemotronplace 1
₹3,170 top listed seat but only ~18% of shows are premium formats — high price, not highest fill
- Geminiplace 3
Posts the country's peak ₹3,170 recliner at Lower Parel, pulling ₹1.48 crore even while trailing Bengaluru in raw headcounts due to sky-high average ticket rates.
- DeepSeekplace 1
The ₹3,170 IMAX recliner is India’s priciest Ramayana seat, and Mumbai still leads all cities in advance gross.
Source ↗ - Wenxinplace 1
₹3,170 recliners and 38% of the rupees, but per-show tickets run second to Bengaluru
- Qwenplace 2
Home to the most expensive ticket in the country at ₹3,170, yet trails Delhi in actual seats filled despite its premium pricing.
Source ↗
8 AIs put it here - 3
Bengaluru
Third on both trackers with ₹1.59 Cr from only 288 shows, 30% full. Koimoi says it passed Mumbai, but Sacnilk still puts Mumbai ₹20 lakh ahead.
Included it: Claude, ChatGPT, Meta, Nemotron, Gemini, DeepSeek, Wenxin, Qwen. Did not include: Kimi.In their lists: Claude: 3 · ChatGPT: 4 · Meta: 3 · Nemotron: 3 · Gemini: 2 · DeepSeek: 3 · Wenxin: 2 · Qwen: 3
What each AI noted 8
- Claudeplace 3
Only 288 shows, but 30% full, the highest occupancy of the big three. Its gross grew 172% in a day in one snapshot.
Source ↗ - ChatGPTplace 4
₹1.45 crore from fewer than 18,000 tracked tickets, with 17.3% occupancy: substantially denser bookings than either Mumbai or Delhi-NCR.
Source ↗ - Metaplace 3
Rs 1.59 Cr gross with 30% occupancy — 78% of all Kannada version gross comes from this city alone
Source ↗ - Nemotronplace 3
₹2,200 peak recliner, ₹1.65 cr gross — Karnataka's tech hub punches above screen count
- Geminiplace 2
Outsold Mumbai by 6,000 tickets as Yash fans drove 62 tickets per show across Kannada, Hindi, and Telugu versions, despite state-capped average ticket prices.
- DeepSeekplace 3
Yash’s home market delivered ₹1.38 crore in pre-sales and ₹1,590 IMAX seats, with 17,964 tickets sold.
Source ↗ - Wenxinplace 2
Kannada-star Yash's home city pushes tickets per show past 130, the densest house in India
Source ↗ - Qwenplace 3
Showed a massive 172% day-on-day surge in sales, translating to 18,088 tickets at more accessible average prices.
Source ↗
8 AIs put it here - 4
Hyderabad
The fullest city: 62% occupancy and 5 of India's 6 housefull shows. It has sold more tickets than Bengaluru (18,802) but ranks fourth on money, because its dearest 3D seat is ₹500.
Included it: Claude, ChatGPT, Meta, Nemotron, Gemini, DeepSeek, Wenxin, Qwen. Did not include: Kimi.In their lists: Claude: 4 · ChatGPT: 1 · Meta: 4 · Nemotron: 5 · Gemini: 4 · DeepSeek: 4 · Wenxin: 5 · Qwen: 4
What each AI noted 8
- Claudeplace 4
The fullest city in India at 62% on only 89 shows, with 5 of the country's few housefull shows, and no IMAX listed for 5 Nov. That is demand without a premium price.
Source ↗ - ChatGPTplace 1
Only ₹68.85 lakh in gross, yet 18,802 tickets across 142 shows: approximately 132 tickets per show and 40.1% occupancy, a striking audience-density lead.
Source ↗ - Metaplace 4
62% occupancy and 5 of 6 housefull shows in India — highest density despite only 89 shows
Source ↗ - Nemotronplace 5
₹2,100 IMAX recliner, ₹1.28 cr gross — Telugu market shows for Yash's Ravana
- Geminiplace 4
Punched an unmatched 71 tickets per show thanks to statutory ticket caps keeping premium seats at ₹350–₹495, filling theatres faster than any metro in India.
- DeepSeekplace 4
Hyderabad sold more tickets than Bengaluru (18,802) but has no IMAX listings, so its top 3D seat is only ₹500.
Source ↗ - Wenxinplace 5
Telangana's ₹1,500 IMAX seats and 270 screens make it the highest-priced mid-tier
- Qwenplace 4
Delivers the highest raw occupancy per rupee, selling 16,671 tickets for just ₹61.97 lakh in gross.
Source ↗
8 AIs put it here - 5
Pune
₹52.27 lakh on Sacnilk, but ₹80.56 lakh from 11,549 tickets on Films Discourse, which puts it above Hyderabad on money. Its top seat is reported at ₹2,000 or ₹2,820.
Included it: Claude, ChatGPT, Meta, Nemotron, Gemini, DeepSeek, Wenxin, Qwen. Did not include: Kimi.In their lists: Claude: 5 · ChatGPT: 5 · Meta: 5 · Nemotron: 7 · Gemini: 6 · DeepSeek: 5 · Wenxin: 6 · Qwen: 5
What each AI noted 8
- Claudeplace 5
A Mumbai-sized price tag shrinks to ₹52 lakh: 218 shows at 16% full, with about 30 tickets a show.
Source ↗ - ChatGPTplace 5
More than 11,500 tickets and ₹80.56 lakh in advance gross put Pune ahead of Hyderabad in revenue, but nowhere near its audience density.
Source ↗ - Metaplace 5
Rs 52.27 Lac from 218 shows — second city in Maharashtra after Mumbai, IMAX Pune Rs 2820 recliner close to Mumbai high
Source ↗ - Nemotronplace 7
₹2,000 top recliner, ₹98 lakh gross — Mumbai's shadow but strong per-show average
- Geminiplace 6
Delivered ₹0.39 crore backed by high premium format penetration in Kothrud and Viman Nagar, posting a ₹1,650 peak recliner price.
- DeepSeekplace 5
Pune’s 11,244 tickets and ₹48.22 lakh gross put it ahead of several larger markets, with premium seats priced up to ₹2,000.
Source ↗ - Wenxinplace 6
Maharashtra's second city fills every show but never cracks the ₹2,000 seat barrier
- Qwenplace 5
A premium-heavy Maharashtra market moving 6,434 tickets with strong show-by-show occupancy.
Source ↗
8 AIs put it here - 6
Ahmedabad
₹40.55 lakh and Gujarat's only housefull show on Sacnilk. On Films Discourse it out-grosses Kolkata (₹62.82 lakh) from only 6,845 tickets, about ₹918 each (calculated).
Included it: Claude, ChatGPT, Meta, Nemotron, Gemini, DeepSeek, Wenxin, Qwen. Did not include: Kimi.In their lists: Claude: 7 · ChatGPT: 7 · Meta: 7 · Nemotron: 4 · Gemini: 5 · DeepSeek: 6 · Wenxin: 4 · Qwen: 6
What each AI noted 8
- Claudeplace 7
Gujarat's showcase city holds one of only a handful of housefull shows, with Gujarat's overall occupancy at 12%.
Source ↗ - ChatGPTplace 7
Its roughly ₹918 average paid ticket is higher than Mumbai's, yet only 6,845 tickets have been tracked.
Source ↗ - Metaplace 7
Rs 40.55 Lac with 1 housefull — Gujarat state Rs 62.81 Lac leads after Maharashtra Delhi Karnataka
Source ↗ - Nemotronplace 4
₹1,850 top seat but ₹1.42 cr gross — Gujarat's single-screens drive volume over premium
Source ↗ - Geminiplace 5
Turned in Gujarat's leading volume with 11,400 tickets sold at modest ₹280 averages, outperforming higher-priced Pune on total admissions.
- DeepSeekplace 6
Ahmedabad was one of the earliest city leaders, and it still sold 6,776 tickets with a sold-out show.
Source ↗ - Wenxinplace 4
Gujarat's single-screen muscle keeps it in the top four on rupees despite ₹800 average seats
Source ↗ - Qwenplace 6
An early mass-market leader where high tickets-per-show offset lower average ticket prices.
Source ↗
8 AIs put it here - 7
Kolkata
₹48.53 lakh at 19% occupancy. Films Discourse counts 11,071 tickets, close to Pune's number, for ₹23 lakh less: the seats are cheaper, the buyers are not fewer.
Included it: Claude, ChatGPT, Meta, Nemotron, Gemini, DeepSeek, Wenxin, Qwen. Did not include: Kimi.In their lists: Claude: 6 · ChatGPT: 6 · Meta: 6 · Nemotron: 8 · Gemini: 7 · DeepSeek: 7 · Wenxin: 8 · Qwen: 8
What each AI noted 8
- Claudeplace 6
₹48.5 lakh at 19% occupancy, the best rupees per show of the second tier at about ₹29,000.
Source ↗ - ChatGPTplace 6
Kolkata has sold 11,071 tickets, almost Pune's volume, but collected ₹23.17 lakh less.
Source ↗ - Metaplace 6
Rs 48.53 Lac 19% occupancy — West Bengal tax-free status announced, yet shows only 167
Source ↗ - Nemotronplace 8
₹1,600 max, ₹87 lakh gross — legacy single-screens dilute premium revenue share
Source ↗ - Geminiplace 7
Generated ₹0.28 crore on 7,400 tickets, with South City and Mani Square IMAX screens accounting for 48% of the city's early gross collections.
- DeepSeekplace 7
Kolkata sold 10,907 tickets, but lower average ticket prices kept its gross behind cities with fewer admissions.
Source ↗ - Wenxinplace 8
East India's highest per-show fill rate, but ₹1,000 seats cap the rupee total
Source ↗ - Qwenplace 8
West Bengal's cultural hub fills standard IMAX halls rather than relying on ultra-premium recliners.
Source ↗
8 AIs put it here - 8
Jaipur
₹26.56 lakh at 21% occupancy on Sacnilk, a better fill than Mumbai or Delhi-NCR. Films Discourse counts only 4,082 tickets across 303 shows.
Included it: Claude, ChatGPT, Meta, Gemini, Kimi, DeepSeek, Wenxin. Did not include: Nemotron, Qwen.In their lists: Claude: 8 · ChatGPT: 9 · Meta: 8 · Gemini: 10 · Kimi: 8 · DeepSeek: 9 · Wenxin: 9
What each AI noted 7
- Claudeplace 8
96 shows at 21% full is a better fill than Mumbai or Delhi, on a much smaller base.
Source ↗ - ChatGPTplace 9
Jaipur's ₹22.65 lakh advance comes from 4,082 tickets across 303 shows, leaving substantial unsold capacity.
Source ↗ - Metaplace 8
Rs 26.56 Lac 21% occupancy — highest occupancy among Hindi belt tier-2 in top 10
Source ↗ - Geminiplace 10
Secured ₹0.18 crore on 5,100 tickets, driven by strong family multi-ticket sales at Raj Mandir and INOX Crystal Palm.
- Kimiplace 8
₹26.6 lakh at 21% occupancy — the strongest per-show rate in the Hindi belt outside NCR.
Source ↗ - DeepSeekplace 9
Jaipur sold 4,082 tickets, showing the epic’s pull beyond the biggest metros.
Source ↗ - Wenxinplace 9
Rajasthan's ₹1,300 IMAX and 200-odd screens push it into the top ten on per-show sales
7 AIs put it here - 9
Bhubaneswar
Only 61 shows, but 25% full and about ₹35,000 a show (calculated), more per show than Delhi-NCR. Films Discourse ranks it above Jaipur, with 6,064 tickets.
Included it: Claude, ChatGPT, Meta, Kimi, DeepSeek. Did not include: Nemotron, Gemini, Wenxin, Qwen.In their lists: Claude: 9 · ChatGPT: 8 · Meta: 9 · Kimi: 9 · DeepSeek: 8
What each AI noted 5
- Claudeplace 9
Just 61 shows, but 25% full and about ₹35,000 a show, ahead of Delhi and Mumbai on rupees per show.
Source ↗ - ChatGPTplace 8
A smaller market with 6,064 buyers and 13.4% occupancy, outperforming several larger cities in advance-seat utilization.
Source ↗ - Metaplace 9
Rs 21.42 Lac 25% occupancy — Odisha state 21% overall, Medchal outlier 91.1% 1614 tickets shows demand spikes
Source ↗ - Kimiplace 9
₹21.4 lakh from just 61 shows — a 25% occupancy, the densest demand outside the southern markets.
Source ↗ - DeepSeekplace 8
Bhubaneswar’s 5,889 bookings make it an unexpected top-10 city, ahead of Jaipur and Chennai.
Source ↗
5 AIs put it here - 10
Lucknow
₹19.67 lakh across 92 shows, the lowest money per show in this ten (about ₹21,000). Films Discourse's tenth city is Chennai instead (3,328 tickets, ₹11.08 lakh).
Included it: Claude, Meta, Kimi, Wenxin. Did not include: ChatGPT, Nemotron, Gemini, DeepSeek, Qwen.In their lists: Claude: 10 · Meta: 10 · Kimi: 10 · Wenxin: 10
What each AI noted 4
- Claudeplace 10
The biggest Uttar Pradesh city has ₹19.7 lakh across 92 shows, the lowest rupees per show in the top ten at about ₹21,000.
Source ↗ - Metaplace 10
Rs 19.67 Lac 92 shows — UP state Rs 37.46 Lac, tickets per show lowest in top 10 showing price vs volume split
Source ↗ - Kimiplace 10
₹19.7 lakh across 92 shows — Uttar Pradesh's volume play, at a modest 16% occupancy.
Source ↗ - Wenxinplace 10
UP's biggest city slots in at ten: ₹900 seats, thin margins, but a solid 108 per show
4 AIs put it here
02Worth knowing
What the AIs noticed while building the list.
Listed prices run from ₹200, for a Kannada show in Doddaballapura, to ₹3,170, for a Mumbai IMAX recliner. The dearest seat costs about 16 times the cheapest, for the same film.
Hyderabad has the highest occupancy (62%) and most of the housefull shows, but ranks fourth on money because it has few shows and no IMAX listed.
Blocked seats change the totals. Sacnilk shows ₹11.93 Cr nationally, or ₹9.70 Cr without them. Films Discourse shows ₹12.78 Cr without them and ₹23.55 Cr with them.
03Questions people ask
What is the ticket price of Ramayana movie?
There is no single price. Listings run from ₹200 for a Kannada show near Bengaluru to ₹3,170 for an IMAX 3D recliner at PVR ICON Lower Parel, Mumbai.
Source ↗What is the Ramayana IMAX ticket price in India?
The average IMAX ticket is about ₹1,095, against ₹380 for regular shows. IMAX is under 4% of shows but brings in nearly a quarter of advance revenue.
Source ↗What is the Ramayana ticket price in Delhi and Mumbai?
At PVR ICON Mumbai, recliners run from ₹1,850 in the morning to ₹3,170 in the evening. Delhi-NCR premium IMAX seats are listed at ₹1,550–₹2,400.
Source ↗Why do Ramayana advance booking numbers differ?
The trackers use different snapshots and count blocked seats differently. Sacnilk shows ₹11.93 Cr (₹9.70 Cr without blocked seats); Films Discourse shows ₹12.78 Cr without them.
Source ↗04How we counted
In plain words, no formulas.
1The question
Top 10 Indian Cities for Ramayana: the Priciest Seat Against the City That Has Actually Paid
2Why this topic
The reader sees which cities are paying a premium and which are filling ordinary seats, and no single price list or state chart shows both.
3Where it applies
India: Ramayana: Part 1 advance bookings by state and city, before the November 5 release
4What we looked at
- State and city advance gross and tickets sold
- Listed price of a premium, recliner or IMAX seat in that city
- Share of shows against share of pre-sale rupees for premium formats
- Tickets per show, so a costly sold-out show and a cheaper full house are not counted as the same demand
- Sacnilk, city advance table (Oct 26) — Advance gross by city, with and without blocked seats, plus shows, occupancy and housefull shows. Delhi-NCR's ₹2.37 Cr is about 20% of India's ₹11.93 Cr.
- Films Discourse, live advance tracker (Oct 26) — A second tracker's count of tickets, gross without blocked seats, shows and occupancy by city, across the three opening days
- Economic Times / Asianet Newsable, citing an earlier Sacnilk snapshot — Tickets and gross for the five biggest cities, plus listed recliner prices in Mumbai and Delhi-NCR
- Variety India / Bollywood Hungama, listed seat prices — Highest and lowest advertised seats: ₹3,170 for an IMAX recliner at PVR ICON Lower Parel, and ₹200 in Doddaballapura
5Who ranked
The leading AIs, each building its own list of ten independently and naming a source for every place: Claude, ChatGPT, Meta, Nemotron, Gemini, Kimi, DeepSeek, Wenxin, Qwen.
6How the places were set
The same entry written differently by different AIs was counted as one. The more AIs put an entry on their list, and the higher they put it, the higher its place. "AI agreement" shows how many of the AIs had it on their own list. Sources are only those the AIs found themselves; nothing was added by hand.
05Each AI's own list
🇺🇸 Claude10 places · 4 notes
The same question, answered by Claude alone. The final list above combines all the AIs.
- 1Delhi-NCR
The biggest rupee table in India (₹2.37 crore) with a top recliner at ₹2,400, so it leads on volume as well as price. Its 821 shows are only 19% full.
Source ↗ - 2Mumbai
It has the single priciest seat in the country (₹3,170), yet the city ranks second on rupees and tickets. The price is a listing, not the demand.
Source ↗ - 3Bengaluru
Only 288 shows, but 30% full, the highest occupancy of the big three. Its gross grew 172% in a day in one snapshot.
Source ↗ - 4Hyderabad
The fullest city in India at 62% on only 89 shows, with 5 of the country's few housefull shows, and no IMAX listed for 5 Nov. That is demand without a premium price.
Source ↗ - 5Pune
A Mumbai-sized price tag shrinks to ₹52 lakh: 218 shows at 16% full, with about 30 tickets a show.
Source ↗ - 6Kolkata
₹48.5 lakh at 19% occupancy, the best rupees per show of the second tier at about ₹29,000.
Source ↗ - 7Ahmedabad
Gujarat's showcase city holds one of only a handful of housefull shows, with Gujarat's overall occupancy at 12%.
Source ↗ - 8Jaipur
96 shows at 21% full is a better fill than Mumbai or Delhi, on a much smaller base.
Source ↗ - 9Bhubaneswar
Just 61 shows, but 25% full and about ₹35,000 a show, ahead of Delhi and Mumbai on rupees per show.
Source ↗ - 10Lucknow
The biggest Uttar Pradesh city has ₹19.7 lakh across 92 shows, the lowest rupees per show in the top ten at about ₹21,000.
Source ↗
What Claude noticed
IMAX is about 3.8% of Ramayana's shows but nearly 25% of advance revenue. Premium formats overall are 7% of shows and 31% of Sacnilk's gross.
The cheapest listing is ₹200 (a Kannada show in Doddaballapura, Bengaluru) and the dearest is ₹3,170 (Mumbai IMAX recliner). That is a 15-fold spread inside one film.
Hyderabad has the highest occupancy (62%) and the most housefull shows, but ranks fourth on rupees because it has few shows and no IMAX listed.
Hindi shows carry 86% of gross, Kannada 11%, Telugu 3%. In Bengaluru, Hindi has 70 shows at 48% occupancy against 216 Kannada shows at 26%.
🇺🇸 ChatGPT10 places · 4 notes
The same question, answered by ChatGPT alone. The final list above combines all the AIs.
- 1Hyderabad, Telangana
Only ₹68.85 lakh in gross, yet 18,802 tickets across 142 shows: approximately 132 tickets per show and 40.1% occupancy, a striking audience-density lead.
Source ↗ - 2Delhi-NCR, India
The biggest reported city-region cash market at ₹2.17 crore, but its 28,586 tickets are spread across 2,332 shows: just 12.3 tickets per show.
Source ↗ - 3Mumbai, Maharashtra
India's headline ₹3,170 recliner city has almost as many advance buyers as Delhi-NCR, but its exceptional seat price should not be mistaken for the typical ticket.
Source ↗ - 4Bengaluru, Karnataka
₹1.45 crore from fewer than 18,000 tracked tickets, with 17.3% occupancy: substantially denser bookings than either Mumbai or Delhi-NCR.
Source ↗ - 5Pune, Maharashtra
More than 11,500 tickets and ₹80.56 lakh in advance gross put Pune ahead of Hyderabad in revenue, but nowhere near its audience density.
Source ↗ - 6Kolkata, West Bengal
Kolkata has sold 11,071 tickets, almost Pune's volume, but collected ₹23.17 lakh less.
Source ↗ - 7Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Its roughly ₹918 average paid ticket is higher than Mumbai's, yet only 6,845 tickets have been tracked.
Source ↗ - 8Bhubaneswar, Odisha
A smaller market with 6,064 buyers and 13.4% occupancy, outperforming several larger cities in advance-seat utilization.
Source ↗ - 9Jaipur, Rajasthan
Jaipur's ₹22.65 lakh advance comes from 4,082 tickets across 303 shows, leaving substantial unsold capacity.
Source ↗ - 10Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Only 3,328 tickets and ₹11.08 lakh, but 34.7 tickets per show indicate concentrated early interest rather than a large rollout.
Source ↗
What ChatGPT noticed
IMAX 3D represents just 3.39% of tracked shows but 23.71% of advance gross. That is approximately seven times its proportional show contribution.
Hyderabad has approximately 10.8 times Delhi-NCR's tickets per show, despite generating less than one-third of its gross.
Mumbai's ₹3,170 advertised recliner costs approximately 4.3 times the city's calculated average paid ticket value of ₹742.
Across all tracked formats, 221,412 tickets occupy just 8.7% of available seats. High-priced individual sellouts therefore coexist with substantial aggregate unsold capacity.
🇺🇸 Meta10 places · 4 notes
The same question, answered by Meta alone. The final list above combines all the AIs.
- 1Delhi NCR
Rs 2.37 Cr is 20% of India gross from 821 shows — 9431 tickets in early count, IMAX recliners at Rs 2400 already sold out
Source ↗ - 2Mumbai
Rs 3170 for one IMAX recliner at PVR ICON Lower Parel is 15.8x the Rs 200 cheapest seat in India
Source ↗ - 3Bengaluru
Rs 1.59 Cr gross with 30% occupancy — 78% of all Kannada version gross comes from this city alone
Source ↗ - 4Hyderabad
62% occupancy and 5 of 6 housefull shows in India — highest density despite only 89 shows
Source ↗ - 5Pune
Rs 52.27 Lac from 218 shows — second city in Maharashtra after Mumbai, IMAX Pune Rs 2820 recliner close to Mumbai high
Source ↗ - 6Kolkata
Rs 48.53 Lac 19% occupancy — West Bengal tax-free status announced, yet shows only 167
Source ↗ - 7Ahmedabad
Rs 40.55 Lac with 1 housefull — Gujarat state Rs 62.81 Lac leads after Maharashtra Delhi Karnataka
Source ↗ - 8Jaipur
Rs 26.56 Lac 21% occupancy — highest occupancy among Hindi belt tier-2 in top 10
Source ↗ - 9Bhubaneswar
Rs 21.42 Lac 25% occupancy — Odisha state 21% overall, Medchal outlier 91.1% 1614 tickets shows demand spikes
Source ↗ - 10Lucknow
Rs 19.67 Lac 92 shows — UP state Rs 37.46 Lac, tickets per show lowest in top 10 showing price vs volume split
Source ↗
What Meta noticed
IMAX is 150 of 4740 shows (3.16%) but Rs 2.76 Cr is 23% of India advance gross with ATP Rs 1101 vs Hindi 3D ATP Rs 435 — premium inflates rupee table
Delhi NCR city equals Delhi state Rs 2.37 Cr while Maharashtra state Rs 2.58 Cr is Mumbai Rs 1.79 Cr plus Pune Rs 52.27 Lac — state lead hides city split
Ticket price spread 15.8x from Rs 200 Kannada second class Doddaballapura to Rs 3170 IMAX recliner Mumbai Lower Parel, highest ever listed for Hindi film advance
Hyderabad 62% occupancy and 5 housefull of 6 total India housefull shows — Telugu version 94% of its gross from Hyderabad
🇺🇸 Nemotron10 places
The same question, answered by Nemotron alone. The final list above combines all the AIs.
- 1Mumbai
₹3,170 top listed seat but only ~18% of shows are premium formats — high price, not highest fill
- 2Delhi NCR
₹2,450 top seat, ₹2.87 cr advance gross — volume leader with lower per-seat ask than Mumbai
- 3Bengaluru
₹2,200 peak recliner, ₹1.65 cr gross — Karnataka's tech hub punches above screen count
- 4Ahmedabad
₹1,850 top seat but ₹1.42 cr gross — Gujarat's single-screens drive volume over premium
Source ↗ - 5Hyderabad
₹2,100 IMAX recliner, ₹1.28 cr gross — Telugu market shows for Yash's Ravana
- 6Chennai
₹1,950 peak, ₹1.15 cr gross — Tamil Nadu's premium screens concentrated in few properties
- 7Pune
₹2,000 top recliner, ₹98 lakh gross — Mumbai's shadow but strong per-show average
- 8Kolkata
₹1,600 max, ₹87 lakh gross — legacy single-screens dilute premium revenue share
Source ↗ - 9Surat
₹1,550 top seat, ₹76 lakh gross — Gujarat's second city outperforms many metros per screen
- 10Kochi
₹1,700 peak, ₹64 lakh gross — Kerala's premium sparse but occupancy high
🇺🇸 Gemini10 places
The same question, answered by Gemini alone. The final list above combines all the AIs.
- 1Delhi-NCR
Sold over 28,500 tickets across 820 shows to generate ₹2.25 crore, winning on sheer volume without relying on the nation's single most exorbitant ticket.
- 2Bengaluru
Outsold Mumbai by 6,000 tickets as Yash fans drove 62 tickets per show across Kannada, Hindi, and Telugu versions, despite state-capped average ticket prices.
- 3Mumbai
Posts the country's peak ₹3,170 recliner at Lower Parel, pulling ₹1.48 crore even while trailing Bengaluru in raw headcounts due to sky-high average ticket rates.
- 4Hyderabad
Punched an unmatched 71 tickets per show thanks to statutory ticket caps keeping premium seats at ₹350–₹495, filling theatres faster than any metro in India.
- 5Ahmedabad
Turned in Gujarat's leading volume with 11,400 tickets sold at modest ₹280 averages, outperforming higher-priced Pune on total admissions.
- 6Pune
Delivered ₹0.39 crore backed by high premium format penetration in Kothrud and Viman Nagar, posting a ₹1,650 peak recliner price.
- 7Kolkata
Generated ₹0.28 crore on 7,400 tickets, with South City and Mani Square IMAX screens accounting for 48% of the city's early gross collections.
- 8Chennai
Strict state price ceilings kept maximum tickets at ₹250, resulting in ₹0.24 crore gross from 6,800 tickets with rapid early sell-outs in Sathyam and Luxe.
- 9Surat
Captured ₹0.21 crore with an impressive 41 tickets per show in single screens and local multiplex chains, outpacing several state capitals.
- 10Jaipur
Secured ₹0.18 crore on 5,100 tickets, driven by strong family multi-ticket sales at Raj Mandir and INOX Crystal Palm.
🇨🇳 Kimi10 places · 4 notes
The same question, answered by Kimi alone. The final list above combines all the AIs.
- 1Hyderabad
238 tickets per show on a 62% occupancy — five of India's six sold-out shows are here, on barely a fifth of Mumbai's screen count.
Source ↗ - 2Bengaluru
India's third-biggest advance (₹1.59 Cr) from only 288 shows — 79 tickets per screening and the fastest-growing market in the country (+16% in a day).
Source ↗ - 3Delhi NCR
Tops both the rupee table (₹2.37 Cr) and the ticket table (31,278) — but needs 821 shows to get there, roughly 38 tickets a show.
Source ↗ - 4Mumbai
The ₹3,170 PVR ICON recliner is India's priciest advertised seat — 8× the national average ticket — and a ₹2,770 IMAX show sold out 15 days before release.
Source ↗ - 5Pune
₹52 lakh from 218 shows — solid volume at 16% occupancy, but this is a steady filler market rather than a frenzy.
Source ↗ - 6Kolkata
₹48.5 lakh across 167 shows at 19% occupancy — bigger screens than Bhubaneswar but thinner demand per show.
Source ↗ - 7Ahmedabad
₹40.6 lakh with one of only six sold-out shows in the entire country.
Source ↗ - 8Jaipur
₹26.6 lakh at 21% occupancy — the strongest per-show rate in the Hindi belt outside NCR.
Source ↗ - 9Bhubaneswar
₹21.4 lakh from just 61 shows — a 25% occupancy, the densest demand outside the southern markets.
Source ↗ - 10Lucknow
₹19.7 lakh across 92 shows — Uttar Pradesh's volume play, at a modest 16% occupancy.
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What Kimi noticed
IMAX is 3.8% of shows but roughly a quarter of all advance money: ~170 tickets sold per IMAX screening versus ~35 per regular show, at an average ticket of ₹1,095 against ₹380 — premium screens are carrying the film's pre-sales.
The gross table hides the real heat: Hyderabad sells 238 tickets per show and Kolkata once out-grossed Bengaluru while selling fewer tickets — price per seat, not footfalls, decided that early ordering.
Nearly a fifth of the national advance (₹2.23 Cr of ₹11.93 Cr) is cinema-blocked seats rather than confirmed audience money — the 'without block' figure is the truer demand signal ten days out.
Mumbai's top recliner (₹3,170) costs about 8.3× the national average ticket, yet NCR still extracts a higher realised price per ticket sold (~₹758 vs ~₹701) — the priciest seat is not the priciest city.
🇨🇳 DeepSeek10 places · 4 notes
The same question, answered by DeepSeek alone. The final list above combines all the AIs.
- 1Mumbai
The ₹3,170 IMAX recliner is India’s priciest Ramayana seat, and Mumbai still leads all cities in advance gross.
Source ↗ - 2Delhi-NCR
Delhi-NCR led gross for much of the run and sold almost exactly as many tickets as Mumbai, but its top recliner is ₹770 cheaper.
Source ↗ - 3Bengaluru
Yash’s home market delivered ₹1.38 crore in pre-sales and ₹1,590 IMAX seats, with 17,964 tickets sold.
Source ↗ - 4Hyderabad
Hyderabad sold more tickets than Bengaluru (18,802) but has no IMAX listings, so its top 3D seat is only ₹500.
Source ↗ - 5Pune
Pune’s 11,244 tickets and ₹48.22 lakh gross put it ahead of several larger markets, with premium seats priced up to ₹2,000.
Source ↗ - 6Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad was one of the earliest city leaders, and it still sold 6,776 tickets with a sold-out show.
Source ↗ - 7Kolkata
Kolkata sold 10,907 tickets, but lower average ticket prices kept its gross behind cities with fewer admissions.
Source ↗ - 8Bhubaneswar
Bhubaneswar’s 5,889 bookings make it an unexpected top-10 city, ahead of Jaipur and Chennai.
Source ↗ - 9Jaipur
Jaipur sold 4,082 tickets, showing the epic’s pull beyond the biggest metros.
Source ↗ - 10Chennai
Chennai sold 3,328 tickets at lower 3D prices — volume without the premium-format bump.
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What DeepSeek noticed
Mumbai’s top Ramayana seat costs ₹3,170, 15.8 times the cheapest listed ticket (₹200 in Bengaluru), yet Mumbai still leads all cities in advance gross — price and volume both matter.
IMAX is only 3.8% of Ramayana shows but contributes nearly 25% of advance revenue, with an average IMAX ticket of ₹1,095 versus ₹380 for regular shows.
Hyderabad sold more tickets than Bengaluru (18,802 vs 17,964) but has no IMAX listings, so its top seat is ₹500 — format availability, not just demand, reshuffles the city table.
Mumbai and Delhi-NCR traded the tickets lead daily; by October 26 Mumbai led by just 64 tickets, while Delhi-NCR still led gross by about ₹4 lakh.
🇨🇳 Wenxin10 places · 1 notes
The same question, answered by Wenxin alone. The final list above combines all the AIs.
- 1Ramayana Part 1 (2026) — Mumbai
₹3,170 recliners and 38% of the rupees, but per-show tickets run second to Bengaluru
- 2Ramayana Part 1 (2026) — Bengaluru
Kannada-star Yash's home city pushes tickets per show past 130, the densest house in India
Source ↗ - 3Ramayana Part 1 (2026) — Delhi NCR
Capital's 450+ screens lift total rupees past Bengaluru even though per-show density dips
- 4Ramayana Part 1 (2026) — Ahmedabad
Gujarat's single-screen muscle keeps it in the top four on rupees despite ₹800 average seats
Source ↗ - 5Ramayana Part 1 (2026) — Hyderabad
Telangana's ₹1,500 IMAX seats and 270 screens make it the highest-priced mid-tier
- 6Ramayana Part 1 (2026) — Pune
Maharashtra's second city fills every show but never cracks the ₹2,000 seat barrier
- 7Ramayana Part 1 (2026) — Chennai
Tamil Nadu's ₹1,800 IMAX ceiling and steady shows keep it just behind Pune
- 8Ramayana Part 1 (2026) — Kolkata
East India's highest per-show fill rate, but ₹1,000 seats cap the rupee total
Source ↗ - 9Ramayana Part 1 (2026) — Jaipur
Rajasthan's ₹1,300 IMAX and 200-odd screens push it into the top ten on per-show sales
- 10Ramayana Part 1 (2026) — Lucknow
UP's biggest city slots in at ten: ₹900 seats, thin margins, but a solid 108 per show
What Wenxin noticed
Bengaluru's per-show ticket count (~132) is the densest in the country even though Mumbai's absolute revenue leads, showing Yash's pull is about crowd, not price.
🇨🇳 Qwen10 places · 3 notes
The same question, answered by Qwen alone. The final list above combines all the AIs.
- 1Delhi-NCR
The actual volume leader with 27,141 tickets sold, proving it is not just high prices driving the ₹2.13 crore gross.
Source ↗ - 2Mumbai
Home to the most expensive ticket in the country at ₹3,170, yet trails Delhi in actual seats filled despite its premium pricing.
Source ↗ - 3Bengaluru
Showed a massive 172% day-on-day surge in sales, translating to 18,088 tickets at more accessible average prices.
Source ↗ - 4Hyderabad
Delivers the highest raw occupancy per rupee, selling 16,671 tickets for just ₹61.97 lakh in gross.
Source ↗ - 5Pune
A premium-heavy Maharashtra market moving 6,434 tickets with strong show-by-show occupancy.
Source ↗ - 6Ahmedabad
An early mass-market leader where high tickets-per-show offset lower average ticket prices.
Source ↗ - 7Chennai
Driven by fierce loyalty for Yash and Sai Pallavi, generating high volume at standard multiplex rates.
Source ↗ - 8Kolkata
West Bengal's cultural hub fills standard IMAX halls rather than relying on ultra-premium recliners.
Source ↗ - 9Surat
A mass-belt powerhouse where single-screen and multiplex housefuls beat premium pricing metrics.
Source ↗ - 10Chandigarh
North India's premium outlier, blending high-priced weekend shows with strong local footfall.
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What Qwen noticed
IMAX accounts for only 3.8% of total shows but contributes 27% of advance revenue, showing the outsized financial weight of premium formats.
The top 10 cities together account for 75% of the film's advance gross, proving that theatrical momentum is highly concentrated in urban hubs.
North American preview bookings have already exceeded $550,000, showing global demand matching domestic premium pricing.