India, July 27 -- Jana Nayagan box office collection: After a rather subpar start, Vijay's Jana Nayagan has finally begun to show promise at the box office. The film showed strong jumps in domestic collections on Saturday and Sunday to take its India haul comfortably past Rs.100 crore in its opening weekend. The film is already the second-highest-grossing Tamil film of the year, and now faces the crucial Monday test.

Jana Nayagan opened to houseful shows in Tamil Nadu on Thursday, but outside the state, the situation was not as impressive. In the end, the film earned Rs.42 crore net in India on its opening day. The Vijay-starrer then suffered a huge drop, bringing in Rs.21.15 crore on Friday, before recovering to rake in Rs.28.90 crore n...