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‘Everybody Loves Jenifa’ becomes highest-grossing film in West Africa


Nollywood actress cum filmmaker, Funke Akindele’s latest film, Everybody Loves Jenifa, has become the highest-grossing movie of all time in West Africa, grossing an impressive N1.6 billion just one month after its release.

Filmone, the movie’s distributor in a collaboration post via Instagram announced the latest achievement on Monday.

The post reads: “A billy gang, we’re up! Everybody Loves Jennifer has grossed over 1.6 billion Naira at the box office!

“We can’t thank you enough for showing this movie all your love!”

The film maker, via her Instagram page celebrate the feat while thanking God and her fans.

She wrote: “Na God do am. I am so grateful to you all. I no know wetin I go write again.

‘’Everybody Loves Jenifa’ is also Nollywood’s highest-grossing movie of all time.

In 2023, the actress’s film, a Tribe Called Judah broke record after becoming the first Nollywood movie to cross the N1 billion mark with N1,404,187,806.

In 2020, her film , Omo Ghetto: The Saga, accumulated a whooping sum of N636,129,120, which she surpassed in 2021 with Battle on Buka Street, earning N668,423,056.

The movie features popular Nollywood cast which includes Patience Ozokwor, Jide Kosoko, Nancy Isime, Omowunmi Dada, Tobi Makinde and Falz.

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