N1.8bn Cinema Earnings Not Mine Alone – Actress, Funke
Nollywood actress Funke Akindele has called on fans to continue supporting her latest movie, Everybody Loves Jenifa, as it inches closer to a ₦2 billion box office milestone.
The film has already grossed an impressive ₦1.8 billion, but in a lighthearted video shared on her X handle on Saturday, Funke clarified that she doesn’t get to keep the full amount.
She explained that cinemas, tax authorities and distributors all take their share of the earnings.
Jokingly, she hinted that she might be satisfied when the film hits ₦2 billion, encouraging her followers to keep supporting the movie in cinemas.
“I beg no be only me get the 1.8billion o!!! Cinema go collect, tax go collect, distributor go collect!!!! Maybe when I get to 2Bnaira, I fit settle. So pls go see #eljthemovie in cinemas and take us to 2billion naira. Thank you,” she wrote.
2024’s Highest-Grossing Lead Actresses
Akindele’s success in Everybody Loves Jenifa also earned her the title of highest-grossing lead actress of 2024, according to FilmOne, a top Nigerian movie distribution company on its instagram page, @filmoneng, on Monday.
While Funke bagged the first highest grossing lead actress for her film ‘Everybody Loves Jenifa,’ Wunmi Toriola came second for her film, ‘Queen Lateefah’.
Here’s the full ranking of the top 10 highest-grossing lead actresses in 2024:
- Funke Akindele – Everybody Loves Jenifa
- Wunmi Toriola – Queen Lateefah
- Toyin Abraham – Alakada Bad and Boujee
- Tomike Adeoye – Ajosepo
- Eniola Ajao – Beast of Two Worlds: Ajakaju
- Kehinde Bankole – Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti
- Adunni Ade – Lakatabu
- Uche Nwaefuna – Thinline, Silent Intruder, The Betrayed
- Regina Daniels
- Gbugbemi Ejeye – Farmer’s Bride