Funke Akindele’s ‘A Tribe Called Judah’ ends cinema run with N1.4bn

Funke Akindele’s movie, ‘A Tribe Called Judah’ has ended its cinema run with a total of N1.4 billion.

Recall that the movie released on December 15, 2023, had set a new record to become the highest-grossing Nollywood movie of all time and the first Nollywood title to hit a billion naira at the box office.

All these are achieved just three weeks after its release, making it the fastest Nollywood movie to achieve this feat.

After 11 weeks, according to data released by the Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria (CEAN), the film grossed only N14,745 in its final weekend between February 23 and February 25, screening in just two locations.

A Tribe Called Judah’s final gross, before falling out of the weekly top 20 list, was recorded as N1,404,207,541, with 374,552 ticket admissions.

The film also screened in foreign countries including Ghana, the United Kingdom, and a dozen regions in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Guinea, Rwanda, Senegal, and Togo.