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Funke Akindele's 'A Tribe Called Judah' has left Nigerian cinemas after a record-breaking run that culminated in a total gross of ₦1.4 billion.

Record-breaking 'A Tribe Called Judah' ends cinema run with ₦1.4 billion | Pulse Nigeria

Samson Toromade

<p><strong>Funke Akindele's 'A Tribe Called Judah' has left Nigerian cinemas after a record-breaking run that culminated in a total gross of ₦1.4 billion.</strong></p>

<p>Released on December 15, 2023, the film became <a data-link-role-code="open_new_tab" href="https://www.pulse.ng/entertainment/movies/a-tribe-called-judah-makes-record-breaking-naira1-billion-in-cinemas/bvm656p">the first ever Nollywood project to gross over ₦1 billion</a> in cinemas in early January 2024, after also grossing <a data-link-role-code="open_new_tab" href="https://www.pulse.ng/entertainment/movies/funke-akindele-a-tribe-called-judah-box-office-record/sl38ee8">a record-breaking ₦113 million in its opening weekend</a>.</p>

<p>The comedy film follows five poor brothers who must dabble in a life of crime in a desperate bid to save their ill mother's life.</p>

<p>After 11 weeks, according to data released by the Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria (CEAN), the film grossed only ₦14,745 in its final weekend between February 23 and February 25, screening in just two locations.</p>

<p><em>A Tribe Called Judah</em>'s final gross, before falling out of the weekly top 20 list, was recorded as ₦1,404,207,541, with 374,552 ticket admissions.</p>

<p>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.</p>

<p>Akindele comfortably fills the top three slots for Nollywood's highest grossing films with <strong><em>Battle on Buka Street</em></strong> (₦668 million) in second place, and <strong><em>Omo Ghetto: The Saga</em></strong> (₦636 million) in third.</p>

<h2>Below is a list of the highest-grossing Nollywood films of all time:</h2>

<ol><li>A Tribe Called Judah —&nbsp;₦1,404,207,541</li><li>Battle on Buka Street — ₦668,423,056</li><li>Omo Ghetto: The Saga — ₦636,129,120</li><li>The Wedding Party — ₦452,288,605</li><li>The Wedding Party 2 — ₦433,197,377</li><li>Chief Daddy — ₦387,540,749</li><li>Brotherhood — ₦328,881,120</li><li>King of Thieves — ₦320,805,150</li><li>Malaika — ₦302,086,925</li><li>Sugar Rush — ₦287,053,270</li></ol>

'A Tribe Called Judah' is set to make its UK cinematic debut this Christmas

Record-breaking 'A Tribe Called Judah' ends cinema run with ₦1.4 billion

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