Co-Founder & Group Chief Executive Officer of Filmhouse Cinemas, Ken Okwuosa has revealed that Funke Akindele’s blockbuster, ‘Tribe of Judah,’ grossed a total of N600m in January 2024 alone.
Okwuosa made this revelation while speaking with the Founder of the Nigerian International Film & TV Summit, Ijeoma Onah, at the 2024 edition, which began on Wednesday, August 28.
Speaking on the rise of the Nigerian film industry and content, Okwuosa said in 2024 H1, Nollywood took 48% of the total market share in cinemas while Hollywood claimed 52%.
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He went further to assert that Nigeria has a powerful local market and the cinemagoers are spending on watching local content in cinemas.
Putting it in perspective, he said, “ ‘Tribe of Judah’ by Funke Akindele did N1.4 billion, and also did over N600m in January alone.”
He went further to explain that every single month since January 2024, Nigerian content led charts in cinemas across the country.