Nollywood actress and filmmaker Funke Akindele has taken to her social media page to celebrate her recent achievements towards her recent movie Everybody Loves Jenifa.
Everybody Loves Jenifa by Funke Akindele is the first Nollywood movie to earn $100,000.000 in diaspora sales and counting.
The movie, part of the Jenifa franchise, was released in cinemas on December 13 and has already shattered several records.
It is available in theaters in the US, Canada, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, Sweden, and Norway.
Reacting, Funke Akindele shared on X, “I’m beyond grateful to my incredible cast, the unstoppable Jenifans, my amazing colleagues, the diasporan community and everyone who’s been part of this journey, you’re the real MVPs. 🫶
“Your love and support have been the fuel behind this dream. I couldn’t have done this without you. THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart.”
In Nigeria, Everybody Loves Jenifa is the highest-grossing Nollywood movie of 2024, raking N500 million in just 12 days.
By earning N206 million, the film likewise breaks previous records and has the largest opening weekend ever.
The film outperformed her last release, A Tribe Called Judah, from the previous year, which made N113 million at the box office.
Everyone is in love. In 2024, Jenifa has the largest opening and the highest-grossing one-day performance, earning N87.8 million.
Funke Akindele plays Jenifa, a well-liked woman in the estate where she lives until a new neighbor walks in and snatches the attention and affection she had from the neighborhood.
Stan Nze’s character Lobster, the new kid in town, also manages an NGO similar to Jenifa, but he uses it as a front to get funding from unwary aid organizations around the globe.
The movie stars Funke Akindele, Falz, Omowunmi Dada, Jackie Appiah, Nancy Isime, Destiny Etiko, Chy Nwakanma, Patience Ozokwor, Lateef Adedimeji, Bisola Aiyeola, Chimezie Imo, Jide Kosoko, Ayoola Akinyoola, Michael Uba, Tobi Makinde, Hilda Baci, Wendy Ubakanma, Paschaline Alex, D’banj, Layi Wasabi and Cute Abiola, to mention a few.