“I am grateful beyond words” – Wumi Toriola pens heartfelt note as her new movie hits N57.7 million in Cinemas on its opening weekend

Nollywood actress and box office Queen Wumi Toriola has expressed gratitude to her millions of fans and supporters as her cinema movie hits a huge milestone.

Taking to her Instagram page, the movie star who made her first entrance to the Cinema world with Queen Lateefah last week, revealed that her movie earned 57.7 million on its opening weekend. The huge feat made it the highest Nollywood opening weekend for a non-holiday weekend and the highest-ever Nollywood opening weekend by an independent distributor.

Expressing gratitude to the public, Wumi stated that she is grateful beyond words as she appreciated them for their love and support.

“Grateful beyond words

Queen Lateefah just hit 57.7m on its opening weekend!

Thank you all for the love and support.

Don’t miss out on this wonderful journey, grab your tickets now and join the adventure!”.

Some of her colleagues took to the comment section to rejoice with her.

Stan Nze wrote, “Congratulations

Jamiu Azeez wrote, “Yas

Mercy Aigbe wrote, “Congratulations

Joke Jigan wrote, “Congratulations

Kemi Korede wrote, “Congratulations sweetheart

Mo Bimpe wrote, “Big congratulations sis

Habeebat Jinad wrote, “Alhamdulilahi

Semilore Pweety wrote, “Congratulations, babe.”

Early this month, Toriola had expressed excitement as one of her movies on YouTube hit 4 million views in just a month. Describing it as a big deal, she gave a thumbs up to herself, her cast, crew, and fans.

Wumi Toriola adds to the list of female filmmakers winning in box office.

Early this year, Funke Akindele made history in as the first Nigerian filmmaker to gross over a billion at cinemas, as her latest movie, A Tr!be Called Judah, grossed over N1.4 billion. It was no surprise to many as Funke is one of the most hardworking women in Nollywood. Her movies in the past three years, A Tr!be Called Judah, Battle On Buka Street, and Omo Ghetto The Saga, are the highest-grossing Nollywood films ever.

Adding to the list, Mercy Aigbe made her first delve into Cinema production with Ada Omo Daddy which was well received by Nigerians. The movie star couldn’t keep calm when her movie grossed one hundred and eighty point seven million and became the 3rd highest grossing movie. This was a huge milestone, especially with competition from Funke Akindele and Toyin Abraham.