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A Tribe Called Judah: Funke Akindele breaks own record, rakes in N1bn
Filmmaker and Actress, Funke Akindele has broken her own record with a new record sale of N1 billion in ticket sales for a Nollywood movie.
This surpasses her previous films ‘Battle on Buka Street’ (N668.4 million), and ‘Omo Ghetto: The saga’ (N636.1 million) which now currently sits as the second and third highest grossing film in the Nigerian box office respectively.
Every week since its release on 15 December 2023, ‘A Tribe Called Judah’ has broken a record: the biggest weekend opening in Nollywood; the largest opening for a female director ever; the highest grossing Nollywood film ever. It has now become the first Nollywood film to reach the N1 billion mark domestically according to reports.
The movie has already grossed N1 billion nationwide in 3 weeks and will soon surpass Black Panther; Wakanda forever which barely crossed the billion naira mark after 16 weeks at the box office.
With a box office earnings of N400 million within just 12 days, the movie set a new standard in the industry. Notably, it secured the record for the biggest weekend opening in Nollywood, amassing over N122 million at the box office.
The movie also became the 4th movie in the history of Nigerian cinemas to gross over N376 million in their first two weeks; Wakanda Forever (2022): N499.6 million, SpiderMan: No Way Home (2021): N475.7 million, Avengers: Endgame (2019): N407 million.
In 2020 her film ‘Omo Ghetto: The Saga’ raked a whooping N636.1 million setting a new record for the highest grossing movie during that period. Not long after in 2022, the release of her next film ‘Battle on Buka Street’ a comedy drama film saw her break her own record as the movie earned N668.4 making her one of two filmmakers to reach and surpass the N1 billion gross at the box office and the only one to do it with just two movies.
Akindele has been lauded for her effective marketing skills as the key to her movie’s success at the cinema by captivating audiences with compelling trailers, strategic social media campaigns, and promotional materials.
Popular skit maker and singer, Lawal Michael Nasiru Bolaji, aka Nasboi, has faulted Wizkid for shading ace music executive, Don Jazzy.
Appearing on the Bahd And Boujee Podcast, co-hosted by reality star Tolanibaj and actress Moet Abebe, the skit maker berated Wizkid for throwing a jab at Don Jazzy during his recent social media outburst.
Nasboi said, “Wizkid was wrong for talking to Don Jazzy that way. Before now, Wizkid used to respect Don Jazzy… You remember Wizkid vs Linda Ikeji?”
Tolanibaj inferred: “He [Wizkid] is a troll. We know that.”
Wizkid set social media platform, X on fire recently after shading Don Jazzy and engaging in a heated exchange with Davido.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that album featured some heavyweights across different countries in the world like Nigeria’s Asake and Seyi Vibes, America’s Giveon and Coco Jones, and Brazil’s Anitta, amongst others.
Starr is a Nigerian singer and songwriter, who began a fashion career at the age of 16 with Quove Model Management before deciding to pursue a career in music.
After covering several songs by popular artists on Instagram, she posted her first original song on her page in December 2019.
The posting brought her to the attention of record executive Don Jazzy, who later signed her to his record label Marvin Record.
The singer later achieved mainstream international recognition in 2022, with the released of her song “Rush”.
The song charted in several territories, including Switzerland, Ireland and the United Kingdom, where it peaked at number 24.
The song earned Starr her first nomination at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards for Best African Music Performance.
With the song, Starr became the youngest African Female Artist to surpass 100 Million views on a single video on YouTube, and also the first to do so within five months.
Nigerian actor and singer, Adams Kehinde, popularly known as Lege Miami, has said the president’s son, Seyi Tinubu, has offered warring Afrobeats stars, Wizkid and Davido.
Wizkid and Davido were recently engaged in a fierce social media war on X.
Reacting, Lege Miami cautioned the duo to put themselves in order, saying he has reported the issue to Seyi Tinubu.
Speaking in a video message shared via his Instagram account, the actor said Tinubu has offered to reconcile Wizkid and Davido in the United Kingdom.
He said, “Wizkid and Davido both of you need to take time. I have reported you guys to Seyi Tinubu, he said he’ll fly to UK in three days to settle the fight.”
Efforts to reconcile Wizkid and Davido over the years have proved abortive, as the duo always rekindles their beef after every reconciliation.
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