“I can’t contain my excitement” – Funke Akindele shorts of words as UK premiere of her new movie sells out

Nollywood actress and box office Queen Funke Akindele is on her way to making history and breaking new records with her Everybody Loves Jenifa movie.

For months now, the mother of two has been heavily promoting her new movie which will hit Nigeria Cinemas on December 13th. Funke revealed that ahead of the UK premiere at Odeon Cinemas, tickets have already sold out.

The movie star, who couldn’t contain her excitement, expressed love for her UK fans and supporters as she announced that more screens have been added to accommodate the numerous requests.

“JENIFANS WORLDWIDE. Our Dec 20 UK premiere is SOLD OUT.

I can’t contain my excitement and I LOVE YOU ALL.

We have now secured more screens to accommodate our numerous requests”.

See some reactions below,

Funmi Awelewa wrote, “Oya now. Ori mi tun gbona wa.

Dbanj wrote, “Sold out toh bad

Wumi Toriola wrote, “O ti zeeee

Nancy Isime wrote, “Sold out geng!!

Destiny Etiko wrote, “Baddest

Ariyiike wrote, “Let’s go

Damilola Oni wrote, “Overall best in cashing out

Uzee Usman wrote, “We are shutting down the UK

Lady Ariyike wrote, “Sold out geng! Everybody Loves Jeni baby. Screen 2-100 will soon be sold out

One Olayemiju wrote, “Yas!! Everybody Loves Jenifa. Massive sold out everywhere in Jesus’ name. Such a great way to start the day.

Starboy Temidayo wrote “Movement.”

It wouldn’t be surprising that Funke breaks her former record as she has spared no cost in Everybody Loves Jenifa movie. Funke had empowered 175 crew members. She made this known while celebrating them for working tirelessly for nine weeks to bring her upcoming movie to life. She stated the movie was a self-funded project, and was honored to have empowered a team of talented individuals, with 95% of them being young people, to showcase their skills.

She had also partnered with Lagos State Fire Service for her film. This was made known by the Senior Special Assistant on New Media to Lagos State Governor, Jubril Giwa, on his X page.

Funke is currently the Queen of Box Office after she made history in January as the first Nigerian filmmaker to gross over a billion at cinemas, with her 2023 movie, A Tr!be Called Judah, which 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.

A few weeks back, Funke had opened up on the hard times she experienced before rising to stardom. She shared a video of herself being active on the set of her highest-grossing billion-dollar movie, A Trībe Called Judah, as she counted herself as a testimony of believing in herself, saying she faced different challenges but learned to stand tall and encourage others because of them.