CHENNAI : The Vijay-starrer Jana Nayagan grossed Rs 50.28 crore on Thursday. Overseas, the film collected Rs 30, taking the total worldwide collection to Rs 80.28 crore.
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Written by: Kriti Sonali
New Delhi
Updated: Jul 24, 2026 10:33 PM IST
Jana Nayagan box office collection day 1Vijay’s final film Jana Nayagan eyes Rs 100 crore mark.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and actor Vijay’s last film Jana Nayagan finally hit theatres on July 23 to mixed reviews. At the box office, however, the movie got off to a promising start.
According to trade tracker Sacnilk, Jana Nayagan delivered a strong opening on Day 1, collecting Rs 42.70 crore net across 13,067 shows in India. The film’s India gross now stands at Rs 50.28 crore, while its overseas gross has reached Rs 30 crore, taking the worldwide gross collection to an impressive Rs 80.28 crore.
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On Day 1, the film had an overall theatre occupancy of 68.31% in Tamil language – with morning shows at 73.85%, afternoon shows at 62.46%, evening shows at 63.62%, and night shows at 73.31%.
With a worldwide opening-day collection of Rs 78.27 crore, Jana Nayagan, reportedly made on a budget of over Rs 300 crore, has outperformed Vijay’s previous releases The Greatest of All Time and Leo, which earned Rs 51.39 crore and Rs 75.53 crore, respectively, on Day 1.
While the film has opened strongly at the box office, its critical reception has been divided. An excerpt from SCREEN’s review of Jana Nayagan read, “The first half broadly follows the Bhagavanth Kesari template. Vijay is introduced as a prisoner. An action sequence in a jail establishes his physical dominance. Then comes a lengthy introduction for Bobby Deol’s Phoenix, and this is where the film’s problems begin. Where the film works, and it does work in stretches, is where Vijay is allowed to be himself. There are a handful of elevation moments that land the way they are supposed to, where the background score swells, the crowd erupts, and for a few seconds, the film remembers what it is supposed to be.”
Besides Vijay, Jana Nayagan also features Mamitha Baiju, Bobby Deol and Pooja Hegde. It has been directed by H Vinoth and produced by KVN Productions.- Indian Exoress
