Beast box office collection: Vijay's film mints Rs 93 crore from Tamil Nadu, beats KGF Chapter 2 in Singapore

Thalapathy Vijay's Beast opened to mixed reviews both from the audience as well as the critics. While there was much expectation from the movie, the film failed to leave an impression as many called out director Nelson Dilipkumar for the film's wafer-thin plot. Meanwhile, filmmaker Prashanth Neel's KGF Chapter 2 which hit the theatres a day after Beast was released, broke several box office records.

But, all was not lost for Beast as Thalapathy Vijay's superstardom pulled his fans to the theatres and aided in the film taking a lead at the Singapore box office. According to trade analyst Ramesh Bala, Vijay's Beast earned SGD $939K, whereas KGF 2 earned SGD $660K in its first weekend. 

Beast was released on April 13 while KGF Chapter 2 hit cinema halls worldwide on April 14. 

Here's Ramesh Bala's tweet

#Singapore 1st Weekend BO :

1. #Beast - SGD$939K

2. #KGFChapter2 - SGD$660K

Data via @MoviesSingapore

— Ramesh Bala (@rameshlaus) April 19, 2022

With over 17,000 admissions, Beast has also emerged as the highest-grossing film in France since the pandemic. Despite mixed reception, Vijay's film has become the highest opening film in Kerala. According to trade analyst Kaushik, Vijay's massive fan following has helped Beast to stay afloat. He tweeted, "After its alltime record opening day in TN, #Beast has gone on & registered an alltime record opening 5-days total gross in TN (93 CR) after its extended opening weekend."

Here's Kaushik's tweet

After its alltime record opening day in TN, #Beast has gone on & registered an alltime record opening 5-days total gross in TN (93 CR) after its extended opening weekend.#Thalapathy @actorvijay - The Boxoffice Brand #BeastAlltimeRecordOpening pic.twitter.com/O0JCqNoEk1

— Kaushik LM (@LMKMovieManiac) April 18, 2022

Tamil Nadu's Ram Muthuram Cinemas also shared a few images from their Beast 'Housefull' screening and said that the family audience likes Vijay. 

Here's the tweet

#BeastInRamCinemas HOUSEFULL RAMPAGE 
Family Audiences Likes Him
Box Office Can't Avoid #Beast pic.twitter.com/Tji6HhBUCq

— Ram Muthuram Cinemas (@RamCinemas) April 17, 2022

Film trade analyst Manobala Vijayabalan shared on his Twitter account on Monday, April 18, that the Tamil film is struggling to cross Rs 150 crore at the worldwide box office as he shared the day-wise earnings of Vijay's movie.

#Beast WW Box Office

Significant DROP on Sunday too.

Day 1 - ₹ 72.67 cr
Day 2 - ₹ 24.18 cr
Day 3 - ₹ 18.54 cr
Day 4 - ₹ 12.75 cr
Day 5 - ₹ 9.20 cr
Total - ₹ 137.34 cr

Struggling to cross 150 cr gross mark. #Vijay

— Manobala Vijayabalan (@ManobalaV) April 18, 2022

Though one half of the audience is amazed by Vijay's power-packed performance, the other half is chastising director Nelson Dilipkumar for the wafer-thin plot. Nelson, known for combining dark humour with action in his films, has earlier helmed two critically and commercially acclaimed films 'Kolamaavu Kokila' and 'Doctor', though this time it seems that the filmmaker has missed his mark.

READ: Beast box office collection day 3: Vijay's film continues to decline, analyst calls it 'disappointment'

Even trade analyst Ramesh Bala agreed with the fact that the film is a disappointment, and it is weaker than Vijay's previous films like Master, Bigil, and Sarkar. However, he is hopeful that Beast will still perform better than actor's last release Master.