Funke Akindele-Bello’s film, (The Saga), has been declared as Nollywood’s highest-grossing movie of all time.
The movie which was produced by the iconic actress popularly known as Jenifa broke a four-year record formally held by Kemi Adetiba’s film, The Wedding Party.
The Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria, in a statement released, noted that Omo Ghetto (The Saga) has so far grossed N468,036,300 after holding the number one spot for its third week in a row.
“Omo Ghetto’ has officially broken a four years record by knocking off Kemi Adetiba’s 2016 Comedy movie, The Wedding Party.
The Wedding party had ruled for four years with N453,000,000, however, The Wedding Party 2 is now in the third place with N433,197,377.â€
Omo Ghetto (The Saga) was released on Christmas day 2020 and is a sequel to 2010 ‘Omo Ghetto’, which follows the chaotic life of Shalewa aka Lefty (Funke Akindele).
The comedy film stars Funke Akindele in the dual role of Ayomide and Lefty, Tina Mba, Adebayo Salami aka Oga Bello, Chioma Akpotha, Bimbo Thomas.
Other were Eniola Badmus, Deyemi Okanlawon, Zubby Michael, Mercy Aigbe, Timini Egbuson, Alex Ekubo among others.
