Nollywood actresses, Mercy Aigbe and Toyin Abraham have cried out that some cinemas not showing their latest movies.
Mercy Aigbe took to social media on Saturday with an apology to her fans who couldn’t find her movie, Thinline, in some cinemas.
“Good morning beautiful people, I have been getting a lot of complaints about some cinemas not showing Thinline despite having showtimes. Please, I want to apologise. We are working on it, and hopefully, this will be resolved soon,” she wrote.
On her part, Toyin Abraham, lamented that her movie Alakada: Bad and Boujee, which recently raked in N58 million, was not being shown by many cinemas.
“With an overwhelming outpouring of love, kindness, and compassion from fans all across the country, we were able to make this as our opening weekend figure. Thank you for watching and supporting us.
“Without expecting gifts or inducements at the box office to buy our tickets, you’ve stood by us, and we are deeply grateful. However, we’ve learned that Alakada: Bad and Boujee isn’t showing in many cinemas,” her post partly read.
While both actresses are lamenting about the treatment the industry is meting out on them, their colleagues, Funke Akindele, continues to dominate the box office with her latest movie, Everybody Loves Jenifa.
The film shattered records in the diaspora, grossing over $190,000 within eight days of its premiere, after raking in N783 million in its first 14 days in Nigeria.
Taking to Instagram to celebrate the success, she wrote: “$194,560 and counting in just 8 days, who else but God? :raised_hands: Huge thanks to my tireless cast, fabulous colleagues, and unstoppable Jenifans. YOU are the true superstars.”