Funke Akindele’s blockbuster movie, ‘Everybody Loves Jenifa‘ has officially become the highest-grossing Nollywood film of all time.
The film’s distribution company, FilmOne, announced the feat on their social media handles on Monday, revealing that its box office revenue surpassed N1 billion in two weeks.
“Everybody Loves Jenifa has officially hit a historic N1.466 billion and counting at the box office, making it the highest-grossing film of all time! A massive thank you to our incredible audiences in Nigeria and Ghana for making this dream a reality! Your support is everything.
“On to even greater heights! Still showing in cinemas near you—experience the magic on the big screen,” the post read.
Since 2020, Funke has dominated the Nigerian box office, with her films being the highest-grossing to date.
In 2020, Funke’s Omo Ghetto: The Saga was the highest-grossing of the year, with N636,129,120 realised at the cinemas.
In 2021, Funke’s film Battle on Buka Street generated N668,423,056 at the cinemas.
By 2023, Funke took things a notch higher; A Tribe Called Judah became her first movie to cross the N1 billion mark, making N1,404,187,806 in the cinemas. By 2024, the talented actress solidified her position as Nigeria’s box office queen.
Before now, Nollywood’s highest-grossing film was Ebonylife Films’ 2016 movie, which made N452,288,605.
A year later, the sequel made N433,197,377. In 2018, EbonyLife Film replicated the success with ‘Chief Daddy’, earning N387,540,749.
‘Everybody Loves Jenifa’ is a spin-off of the 28-series Jenifa franchise. The new movie explores fresh challenges for its main character, Jenifa.
