KGF Chapter 2 kills the Beast

one day ahead of Tamil New Year. On the other hand, KGF: Chapter 2 released in theatres on April 14 and has comfortably overtaken Beast at the box office.
According to BookMyShow stats, 2.5 million tickets of KGF: Chapter 2 were sold in advance. Ashish Saksena, COO - Cinemas, BookMyShow said, "Cinemas are geared up for the clash of two massive South Indian titles that are set to take the box office by storm this week. With both KGF: Chapter 2 (Kannada, Hindi, Telugu, Tamil) and Beast (Tamil) being out-and-out mass entertainers and highly anticipated movies, the advance ticket sales are shooting up in a frenzy."
He further added, "K.G.F: Chapter 2 has already crossed a whopping 2.5 million tickets in advance sales and Beast has crossed 1.8 million ticket sales on BookMyShow, rapidly increasing with every passing hour. All in all, it is going to be a massive week ahead for cinemas with the platter available and we are confident this will further aid and strengthen the recovery curve of the industry."