Funke Akindele speaks on sharing N1.8b box office earnings

Nollywood actress Funke Akindele has playfully reminded fans that the N1.8 billion box office earnings of her latest film, “Everybody Loves Jenifa” aren’t solely hers to keep.

While urging fans to continue their support to reach a new milestone of N2 billion, Akindele acknowledged the N1.8 billion figure but clarified that the money is distributed among various stakeholders.

In a post on X.com on Saturday, Akindele wrote, “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 2 billion naira. Thank you.”

For 2024, Funke and Wunmi Toriola emerged as the highest-grossing lead actresses.

This is according to FilmOne, a movie distribution company, in a Monday post on their Instagram page.

While Funke led the way with “Everybody Loves Jenifa,” Wunmi Toriola came in second with her film ‘Queen Lateefah.’

Third place went to Toyin Abraham with her movie, ‘Alakada Bad and Boujee.’

Tomike Adeoye clinched fourth place for the movie, ‘Ajosepo,’ and Eniola Ajao landed fifth place for ‘Beast of Two Worlds: Ajakaju.’