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
The film was released on the 15 of December 2023 across different countries of the world, the film became the first to gross over #133M 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 #127M, Itele\u2019s \u201cKesari\u201d which is currently running in the cinemas has been able to gross over, #77M and then we also have Moses Inwang\u2019s \u201cMerry Men\u201d grossing over #117M.\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 #668M 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<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5002,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainments-and-arts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5001"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5001\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5003,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5001\/revisions\/5003"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}