“Don’t judge Jananayakan by its box office numbers”, said director Vinoth, as Tamil Nadu CM’s last cinematic venture grossed over Rs 200 crore worldwide by day four of its release. Ever since its release Jana nayagan has maintained an upward trajectory at the box office. After crossing the Rs 100 crore net mark in India within three days, the political thriller earned Rs 32 crores net on Sunday, taking the total Indian net collection to Rs 124.75 crores, while the gross Indian earning stands at Rs 147.33 crore. Globally, Jananayakan has grossed Rs 217.48 crores.
On day five so far, the politically motivated Vijay film saw an overall 69.04% occupancy across 12,107 shows, while the morning shows at 59.23%, and afternoon shows account for 76%, while the evening shows went up a little higher at 78.46%, with a drop reported in the night shows.Vijay’s home town Chennai, along with Coimbatore, recorded the highest earnings with overall occupancies of 93.5% and 91.8%, respectively. Bengaluru, meanwhile, posted a relatively lower overall occupancy of 54.3%.
Trade analyst took to X as Jana Nayagan created Tamil Nadu record. His post read- “# jananayagan – has created a New Record in TN.. All Time Highest Day 4 Collections for any Movie in TN.. Film comfortably Crossed 200cr Mark WW within its 4 Day Opening Weekend.. With this, #thalapathyvijay now has Thirteen 10cr+ Grossers in Kerala.. No major releases this week except Spider-Man, the film has a good run on the cards.. Once again, Thalapathy has proved that he’s above every negative circumstance..”
In terms of tickets, the movie has emerged as the biggest seller on BookMyShow, recording an estimated 3.15 million tickets sold during its four-day opening weekend and generating approximately 4.81 million footfalls across India.
At the oversees market, the film came as a big achievement in Singapore, Singapore, where it debuted at No. 2 on the Shaw Theatres Top 10 chart across the leading multiplex chain. The Vijay starrer outperformed several major Hollywood releases and finished behind only The Odyssey, highlighting its exceptional reception in a key international market.
Besides Vijay, Jana Nayagan also stars Pooja Hegde, Bobby Deol, Mamitha Baiju, Priyamani, Gautham Vasudev Menon, Prakash Raj and others. Produced by Venkat K. Narayana under the banner of KVN Productions, the movie’s music has been composed by Anirudh Ravichander.