Queen Nollywood’s cinema Ace Nigerian actress and filmmaker Funke Akindele has proven again in 2023 that she’s the queen of Nollywood cinemas and isn’t ready to relinquish that title anytime soon. Funke’s latest movie dropped 17 days ago, titled A Tribe Called Judah. According to Nairametrics, it grossed a whopping N400m within 12 days of its release.
It is head-scratching and mind-boggling how much the movie would have grossed by the first week of January 2024. Funke’s A Tribe Called Judah seats pretty at number two on the highest-grossing movie 2023.
A first timer Famous Nollywood award-winning actor Odunlade Adekola made his debut at the Nigerian bo-office as a filmmaker, and he did so in fly colours. Odunlade has acted in many A-list cinematic movies but never released one. In 2023, he came through in style
Tableshakers The movie Gangs of Lagos is one of the biggest movies released in 2023, and it had an epic effect on the industry when it dropped. This isn’t Jadesola Osiberu’s first rodeo, but it was one for Kemi Lala Akindoju. According to Hollywood Reporters, the Gangs of Lagos was able to amass an impressive 15,000 views within the first 20 days of its release.