The Digest:
Funke Akindele's new movie, Behind The Scenes, has earned over ₦200 million in its opening weekend, setting multiple records and becoming the biggest Nollywood opening of 2025.
Key Points:
- Funke Akindele's new film, Behind The Scenes, grossed over ₦200 million in its opening weekend.
- The movie features a star-studded cast including Scarlet Gomez, Iyabo Ojo, Tobi Bakre, and Mr Macaroni, and explores the theme of 'black tax.'
- Distributor FilmOne Entertainment announced it broke five opening-weekend records and had the biggest weekend admissions of 2025.
- The film had advance screenings on December 10–11 before its nationwide cinema release on December 12.
- This cements Akindele's box office dominance; her previous film, Everybody Loves Jenifa, is Nollywood's highest-grossing film ever (over ₦1.8 billion).
- Behind the Scenes is the first Nollywood film this year to cross the ₦200 million mark in its debut weekend.
- The film continues to show in cinemas across Nigeria, with strong audience turnout reported.
Sources: Punch Nigeria
