Funke Akindele, Wunmi Toriola top Nollywood's highest grossing lead actresses for 2024

Nollywood actresses Funke Akindele and Wunmi Toriola have been named the industry’s highest grossing lead actresses in 2024.

FilmOne, a movie distribution company, disclosed this in an Instagram post on Monday via its handle (@filmoneng).

FilmOne said Funke Akindele made the highest grossing lead actress for her film ‘Everybody Loves Jenifa‘, while Wunmi Toriola came second for her film ‘Queen Lateefah’.

Toyin Abraham secured the third highest grossing lead actress position with her movie ‘Alakada! Bad and Boujee’; Tomike Adeoye got the fourth position for the movie ‘Ajosepo’, while Eniola Ajao made the fifth highest grossing lead actress for her film ‘Beast of Two Worlds: Ajakaju’.

Other actresses on the top 10 list are Kehinde Bankole, who secured the sixth highest grossing lead actress position for the movie ‘Funmilayo Ransome Kuti’; Adunni Ade got the seventh position with ‘Lakatabu’; Uche Nwaefuna took the eighth position with the movies ‘Thinline’, ‘Silent Intruder’, and ‘The Betrayed’; Regina Daniel came ninth, while Gbugbemi Ejeye emerged the tenth for ‘Farmer’s Bride’.

Nigeria News Source had earlier reported that barely a month after it was released in the cinemas on December 13, 2024, ‘Everybody Loves Jenifa’ had grossed N1.6 billion at the box office, making it the highest-grossing film of all time in West Africa. Funke Akindele coming tops among Nollywood’s highest grossing lead actresses in 2024 only confirms what is already known.

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