{"id":59113,"date":"2025-01-07T11:03:48","date_gmt":"2025-01-07T11:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=59113"},"modified":"2025-01-07T11:03:48","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T11:03:48","slug":"funke-akindeles-everybody-loves-jenifa-breaks-nollywood-box-office-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/01\/07\/funke-akindeles-everybody-loves-jenifa-breaks-nollywood-box-office-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Funke Akindele\u2019s Everybody Loves Jenifa Breaks Nollywood Box Office Record"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>By Jesusemen Oratokhai<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Nollywood star Funke Akindele has set a new benchmark with her latest film, Everybody Loves Jenifa, which has become the highest-grossing Nollywood movie of all time.<\/p>\n<p>The film has earned an impressive \u20a61.466 billion at the box office, surpassing previous record holders and marking a historic achievement in the Nigerian film industry.<\/p>\n<p>According to FilmOne, the film&#8217;s distributor, Everybody Loves Jenifa reached this milestone in under two weeks, surpassing the \u20a61 billion mark faster than any other Nollywood film.<\/p>\n<p>FilmOne celebrated the achievement on Instagram, saying:<br \/>\n\u201cEverybody Loves Jenifa has officially hit a historic \u20a61.466 billion and counting at the box office, making it the highest-grossing film of all time!<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A massive THANK YOU to our incredible audiences in Nigeria and Ghana for making this dream a reality! Your support is everything.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;On to even greater heights! Still showing in cinemas near you, experience the magic on the big screen,\u201d the film&#8217;s distributor said.<\/p>\n<p>The film has outpaced other major releases, including Toyin Abraham\u2019s Alakada: Bad and Boujee, resonating strongly with audiences in Nigeria and Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>This accomplishment adds to Akindele&#8217;s impressive career, following her success with A Tribe Called Judah, which became the first Nollywood film to surpass \u20a61 billion in revenue last year.<\/p>\n<p>Fans and colleagues have celebrated Funke Akindele on social media, acknowledging her as a trailblazer in the Nigerian film industry.<\/p>\n<p>Everybody Loves Jenifa continues to show in cinemas, delighting audiences with its cinematic magic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Jesusemen Oratokhai Nollywood star Funke Akindele has set a new benchmark with her latest film, Everybody Loves Jenifa, which has become the highest-grossing Nollywood movie of all time. The film has earned an impressive \u20a61.466 billion at the box office, surpassing previous record holders and marking a historic achievement in the Nigerian film industry. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":59114,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[179],"tags":[59,863],"class_list":["post-59113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-featured","tag-nollywood"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59113"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59113\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59115,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59113\/revisions\/59115"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}