{"id":203529,"date":"2025-01-14T02:32:30","date_gmt":"2025-01-14T02:32:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/?p=203529"},"modified":"2025-01-14T02:32:30","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T02:32:30","slug":"funke-akindeles-everybody-loves-jenifa-becomes-west-africas-highest-grossing-movie-rakes-in-n1-6-billion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2025\/01\/14\/funke-akindeles-everybody-loves-jenifa-becomes-west-africas-highest-grossing-movie-rakes-in-n1-6-billion\/","title":{"rendered":"Funke Akindele&#8217;s Everybody Loves Jenifa becomes West Africa&#8217;s highest-grossing movie, rakes\u00a0in\u00a0N1.6\u00a0billion"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>Nollywood actress Funke Akindele&#8217;s latest movie, <em>Everybody Loves Jenifa,<\/em> has set a new benchmark in West African cinema by grossing over \u20a61.6 billion at the box office.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The milestone was officially announced by FilmOne Entertainment, the movie&#8217;s distributor, through their Instagram platform, celebrating the movie&#8217;s unprecedented success.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Funke Akindele expressed overwhelming gratitude and joy on her Instagram, attributing the achievement to divine grace and the unwavering support of her fans.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"0 0 []\">Nollywood actress and filmmaker <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/tag\/funke-akindele\">Funke Akindele<\/a> <\/strong>has expressed profound joy on social media as her latest movie, Everybody Loves Jenifa, breaks cinema records in West Africa.<\/p>\n<p>The film has grossed over \u20a61.6 billion at the box office, making it the highest-grossing movie in<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/?s=west+africa\"> West Africa<\/a> <\/strong>to date.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement was made by the movie distributor, FilmOne Entertainment, via their official Instagram handle.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_203531\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-203531\" style=\"width: 691px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-203531 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-14-031744.png\" alt=\"Funke Akindele's new movie hits N1.6 billion at the Box Office\" width=\"691\" height=\"760\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-14-031744.png 691w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-14-031744-273x300.png 273w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 691px) 100vw, 691px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-203531\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Funke Akindele.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sharing the exciting news, they celebrated the overwhelming support from audiences across the region.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cA billy gang, we\u2019re up! Everybody Loves Jenifa has grossed over \u20a61.6 billion at the box office! We can\u2019t thank you enough for showing this movie all your love\u201d <\/em>the post read.<\/p>\n<p>Reacting to the achievement, Funke Akindele took to her Instagram page to thank her fans and express her heartfelt appreciation.<\/p>\n<p>In an emotional post, she credited her success to divine intervention and the unwavering love of her supporters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Na God do am o!!!! <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I am so grateful to you all!!!! <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I no know Wetin I go write again!!!\u201d<\/em> the actress wrote.<\/p>\n<p>See below;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-203530 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-14-031507.png\" alt=\"Funke Akindele's new movie hits N1.6 billion at box office\" width=\"484\" height=\"852\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-14-031507.png 484w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-14-031507-170x300.png 170w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 484px) 100vw, 484px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In related news,\u00a0<span class=\"s1\">Nollywood actress cum filmmaker Funke Akindele has continued to shatter records with her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2024\/12\/28\/funke-akindeles-everybody-loves-jenifa-grosses-over-n1bn-as-movie-hits-190k-in-diaspora-sales-n783m\/\"><strong>latest movie release, \u2018Everybody Loves Jenifa\u2019.<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The much talked about movie has raked in over one billion Naira within eight days since its release, both in Nigeria and abroad.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In diaspora, Everybody Loves Jenifa has grossed $194,560 and about N783m in Nigeria,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2024\/12\/28\/funke-akindeles-everybody-loves-jenifa-grosses-over-n1bn-as-movie-hits-190k-in-diaspora-sales-n783m\/\"><strong> totaling over N1 billion..<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nollywood actress Funke Akindele&#8217;s latest movie, Everybody Loves Jenifa, has set a new benchmark in West African cinema by grossing over \u20a61.6 billion at the box office. 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