Nollywood actress Funke Akindele\u2019s \u201cA Tribe called Judah\u201d has become the highest grossing film of the year 2023 after crossing over N613M just 14 days after its release.<\/p>\n
The film was released on the 15 of December 2023 across different countries of the world, the film became the first to gross over N133M in its first or opening\u00a0 weekend, even though the actress revealed the film was dedicated to her mother, because it reflected part of her life.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Funke Akindele posted an appreciation message on her social media handle, she said; \u201cThank you Lord!! Thank You Nigeria!!<\/span><\/p>\n We are grateful for the record-breaking journey of \u2018A Tribe Called Judah\u2019 in Nigeria and West Africa.\u00a0 #1 movie!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Thanks for making it the biggest film of this year\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n To the cast and crew members of this great movie, we say THANK YOU!! We made a movie!!<\/span><\/p>\n This is definitely an ultimate cinematic triumph of 2023!<\/span><\/p>\n If you haven\u2019t seen make sure you make it a date this week to see the biggest movie in Nigeria\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Other film to gross high in the current year includes, Orisa by Odunlade Adekola grossing over N127M, Itele\u2019s \u201cKesari\u201d which is currently running in the cinemas has been able to gross over, N77M and then we also have Moses Inwang\u2019s \u201cMerry Men\u201d grossing over N117M.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n However Funke Akindele\u2019s \u201cBattle on Buka Street\u201d continue to maintain the number position of the highest grossing film in the country, with over N668M since it\u2019s release in 2022, the top five includes; Battle on Buka street, Omo Ghetto, The Wedding Party 1 & 2, And Chief Daddy completing the top five currently.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Nollywood actress Funke Akindele\u2019s \u201cA Tribe called Judah\u201d has become the highest grossing film of the year 2023 after crossing over #613M just 14 days after its release.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17300,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[2907,8297,4093,8298],"class_list":["post-17299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-2907","tag-a-tribe-called-judah","tag-funke-akindele","tag-highest-grossing-film"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17299"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17299"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17299\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17304,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17299\/revisions\/17304"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}