Nollywood Movie, Wedding Party 1 Emerges Highest Grossing Movie

A romantic Comedy, Wedding Party I has been named the highest grossing Nollywood movie of the decade. Film One, a major indigenous film distribution company said Tuesday that the movie grossed N452 million in Nigerian cinemas.
The movie was released in 2016 and directed by Kemi Adetiba and produced by ELFIKE Film Collective. ELFIKE film collective is a partnership of four major production houses in Nigeria namely: Ebony life films, Film One distribution, Inkblot productions and Koga studios respectively.
The films popularity was funded by Banky W. and Adesua Etomi engagement announcement which confided with its release.
The sequel, “Wedding Party” was released in 2017. It was directed by Niyi Akinmolayan and places second on the list having raked N435 million revenue from special screening and theatrical screenings, outside Nigeria are excluded from the gross total.
“Chief Daddy released in 2018 occupies the third position with N387 million, while King of Boys 2018 places fourth with N242 million.
Ay’s Merry men: the real Yoruba demons (2018) generated N237 million and is fifth on the list. A trip to Jamaica (2016) is the sixth movie on the list with N181 million.
The seventh film on the list is 10 days in sanctity (2017) also by AY which is the number eight film on the list generated N163 million.
Living in Bondage (2019) grossed N160 million, while Merry men 2: mother mission 2019 made N141 million at the cinemas both films occupy the ninth and tenth positions respectively.