Nollywood filmmaker and actor, Funke Akindele, has further cemented her place in African cinema history as her latest release, Behind The Scenes, crossed the ₦2 billion mark at the box office, becoming the first Nollywood film to achieve the milestone.
The record-breaking performance was disclosed on Monday in a post on X by the film’s distributor, FilmOne Entertainment, which confirmed that the title has now grossed ₦2,103,039,706 in ticket sales.
Announcing the feat, the distributor said the film had “officially broken and shattered records,” noting that it is the first Nollywood production in Africa to cross the ₦2 billion box office threshold. FilmOne added that the achievement places Behind The Scenes as the highest-grossing Nollywood film of all time in Africa, as well as the top-grossing Nollywood release in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
The official announcement by the movie distributor, Filmone Entertainment…Credit: Filmone Ng
According to the distributor, the success of the film also reinforces Akindele’s status as Africa’s most commercially successful filmmaker, describing her as the highest-grossing writer, director and producer in West Africa’s history.
