The Tamil film, JANA NAYAGAN, saw a drop in collections on Monday as it collected around 9.50 crore nett across all versions. The film had collected 115 crore nett over its extended four day weekend which now takes the film to around 125 crore nett in five days. The first day was 39 crore nett. So, its a big drop from there but this happens with these big South films.

The film has been delayed and could not get a censor due to the male lead fighting the election to become CM of the state which he won. Around the same time, the film got leaked online. These collections are not good enough for the budget of the film but a huge chunk of this budget is the remuneration of the lead Joseph Vijay. Due to the delay, there are adjustments here. As a result, it will not be such a bad result for the producer as to what could have happened with a leaked film. The Indian theatrical recovery could come out to be in the 100 crore range.

The biggest Tamil film this year so far is KARUPPU, which has done around 180 crore nett across India and here JANA NAYAGAN is 125 crore nett in five days. But that does not mean it will get to 180 crore nett as these markets are very frontloaded especially for the local superstar films. The biggest South Indian film is PEDDI with around 225 crore nett.

The Hindi version (JAN NETA) collected 1 crore nett on Monday which is reasonable considering the first day was 1.50 crore nett and second day was 1.25 crore nett. The five day collection of the film is 7.50 crore nett and the first week should do around 10 crore nett but not much will come after.