Nollywood actress and the Queen of the box office, Funke Akindele, has been left speechless and overwhelmed by the amount of love she has received from her fans and supporters.
Taking to her Instagram page, the filmmaker revealed that she had beaten her previous record as Everybody Loves Jenifa became the highest-grossing film of all time in West Africa with 1.6 billion.
An emotional Funke stated that she doesn’t know what to write again as she expressed gratitude to her millions of fans and supporters and credited God for doing it for her.
“Na God do am o!!!!
I am so grateful to you all!!!!
I no know Wetin I go write again!!!”.
It is no longer news that Funke Akindele is the box office Queen in Africa. In January, last year, she.made history as the first Nigerian filmmaker to gross over a billion at cinemas, as her 2023 movie, A Tr!be Called Judah, grossed over N1.4 billion. It was no surprise to many as Funke is one of the most hardworking women in Nollywood. Her movies in the past three years, A Tr!be Called Judah, Battle On Buka Street, and Omo Ghetto The Saga, are the highest-grossing Nollywood films ever.
To start the New Year, the ex-wife of JJ Skillz has celebrated herself by sharing a charming video of herself as she gushed over her beauty. She stated that she was fearfully and wonderfully made as she urged her fans to celebrate themselves and their achievements.
In other news, Funke had opened up on the hard times she experienced before rising to stardom. She shared a video of herself being active on the set of her highest-grossing billion-dollar movie, A Trībe Called Judah, as she counted herself as a testimony of believing in herself, saying she faced different challenges but learned to stand tall and encourage others because of them.
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