Actress Funke Akindele has urged fans to help push her latest movie, ‘Everybody Loves Jenifa,’ to a new box office milestone of ₦2 billion.
The film has already grossed an impressive ₦1.8 billion, but in a lighthearted video shared on her X handle on Saturday, Funke clarified that she doesn’t get to keep the full amount.
She explained that cinemas, tax authorities and distributors all take their share of the earnings.
Jokingly, she hinted that she might be satisfied when the film hits ₦2 billion, encouraging her followers to keep supporting the movie in cinemas.
“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 2billion naira. Thank you,” she wrote.
Funke Akindele and Wunmi Toriola emerged as the highest grossing lead actresses in 2024.
FilmOne, a movie distribution company, disclosed this on its instagram page, @filmoneng, on Monday.
While Funke bagged the first highest grossing lead actress for her film ‘Everybody Loves Jenifa,’ Wunmi Toriola came second for her film, ‘Queen Lateefah’.
Toyin Abraham clinched the third highest grossing lead actress with her movie , ‘Alakada Bad and Boujee’.
Tomike Adeoye got the fourth position for the movie, ‘Ajosepo’, and Eniola Ajao made the fifth highest grossing lead actress for her film, ‘Beast of Two Worlds: Ajakaju’.
Kehinde Bankole emerged the sixth highest grossing lead actress for the movie, ‘Funmilayo Ransome Kuti,’ while Adunni Ade clinched the seventh highest grossing lead actress for ‘Lakatabu’.
Uche Nwaefuna is the eighth for the movies, ‘Thinline’, ‘Silent Intruder’ and ‘The Betrayed’.
Regina Daniel made the ninth highest grossing lead actress, while Gbugbemi Ejeye emerged the tenth for ‘Farmer’s Bride’.
