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Raskimonojendor:
This is common knowledge. Same as the music industry, media/journalism, literature, and many others. The yorubas are pioneers.

You people use Lagos influence to deceive yourselves. Do you know that first indegenous rap album was recorded in Enugu by Massai (onye kwulu oto) .this was many years before Dagrin. Also Mr. Raw and Sloow Dogg were hits in igbo rap before yoruba rap. But I have seen many yorubas laying claims to be pioneers of indegenous rap

Ritchiee:
These are the best Nollywood movies ever.
All by Yorubas..

Did you know that Nollywood is the world’s second-largest film industry? Thanks to impressive storytelling and premium production qualities, Nollywood films are considered one of Nigeria’s major exports.

This is seen in both their international recognition and heavy revenue. In 2021, the industry was worth $6.4 billion, contributing roughly 2.3% and $660 million to the country’s GDP in 2020.

Here are the top 5 highest-grossing Nollywood films of all time.


1. Omo Ghetto: The Saga
Released in 2020, Omo Ghetto is a comedy directed by Funke Akindele and her husband, Jjc Skillz. It stars Akindele as Lefty, who struggles between the choice of living life in the ghetto with her friends or enjoying the comfortable lifestyle offered by her wealthy adopted mother. It ruled the Nigerian box office for 10 weeks, grossing a total of N636 million.

2. The Wedding Party
When The Wedding Party was released in December 2016, it broke the record of the highest-grossing Nollywood movie. Directed by Kemi Adetiba, the rom-com follows the chaos and drama over a day as a wealthy family tries to prepare and pull off a lavish wedding. The film was a box office success, grossing over N453 million in total.

3. The Wedding Party 2
After the success of The Wedding Party, its sequel, The Wedding Party 2: Destination Dubai was released in 2017. Directed by Niya Akinmolayan, it’s set across Nigeria and Dubai as a British and Nigerian couple (Deirdre, the London bridesmaid and Nonso, Dozie’s elder brother from the first movie) plan to wed. It grossed over N433 million overall.

4. Chief Daddy
Another Niya Akinmolayan directorial smash was Chief Daddy, the fourth highest-grossing Nigerian movie of all time. The comedy-drama tells the story of the billionaire industrialist and polygamist, Chief Beecroft and the effects on his dysfunctional family after his sudden and unexpected death. When it was released in 2018, the film grossed over N387.5 million.

5. Sugar Rush
Directed by Kayode Kasum, Sugar Rush follows the three Sugar sisters as they discover $800,000 in the house of a corrupt man, Chief Douglas. After the sisters lavishly spend the money, they end up in serious trouble when the mafias come to claim their share of the money. The heist comedy was an instant success in 2019, grossing over N287 million.

Carry your meaningless list out of here

Ritchiee:
They are all English speaking movies produced by Yorubas.

And those shyte is what you are comparing with igbo controlled mainstream Nollywood in commercial success. ? You are a big joke

FreeStuffsNG:
You see why most of you are unteachable. Even when faced with facts of history and reality, you are still arguing. What you were doing in Iweka was doing catch up and it was many decades after it started in Yorubaland.
Home videos did not start Nollywood. It was TV that started Nollywood.
This is why ,till date, no single Igbo film even none of those from upper Iweka, can match any of Baba Sallah's Films.
You don't know because you are ignorant to think Nollywood started with home videos or home video production started in upper iweka. It's not true.
The Yoruba will not teach you the real nitty gritty of these things if you are not humble.

They will just watch you. In fact, Aisha said too much. Nobody takes those upper iweka films serious here and overseas. They are cheap and don't even last long. Yoruba started and still own Nollywood


That you're quoting Desmond Elliot alone tells me you don't know nada. We are talking about Pa Hubert Ogunde, Ade Love, the father of the award winning Afolayan brothers, Baba Sala, you are quoting Desmond Elliot. Smh

You for tell us about Oduduwa join

LagosPrince:
All Yoruba films Yet, living in bondage made more money than all this films you put out here.

Just like things fall apart was a commercial success more than all yoruba novels combined. The secret is pan African local content, a product of native intelligence

Ritchiee:
Don't be a clown.If you talk even about money,Yorubas always have the highest grossing movies.


Just look at this list.


1 Battle on Buka Street 2022 ₦668,423,056 Funke Ayotunde Akindele

Network / FilmOne Funke Akindele, Tobi Makinde


2 Omo Ghetto: The Saga 2020 ₦636,129,120 SceneOne Productions Funke Akindele, JJC Skillz



3 The Wedding Party 2016 ₦452,288,605 Ebonylife Films / FilmOne / Inkblot Production / Koga Studios Kemi Adetiba



4 The Wedding Party 2 2017 ₦433,197,377 Ebonylife Films / FilmOne / Inkblot Production / Koga Studios Niyi Akinmolayan


5 Chief Daddy 2018 ₦387,540,749
EbonyLife Films Niyi Akinmolayan



6 Brotherhood 2022 ₦328,881,120
Greoh Studios Loukman Ali


7 King of Thieves 2022 ₦320,805,150. Euphoria360 Media / Anthill Studios Tope Adebayo, Adebayo Tijani


8 Sugar Rush 2019 ₦287,053,270 GreoH Media / Jungle Filmworks / Empire Mates Entertainment Kayode Kasum


9 Ijakumo 2022 ₦278,496,384 Toyin Abraham Films Production / Filmone Adebayo Tijani, Steve Sodiya


10 Christmas in Miami 2021 ₦265,583,000 Corporate World Pictures Robert Peters


11 King of Boys 2018 ₦244,775,758 Kemi Adetiba Visuals Kemi Adetiba


12 Merry Men: The Real Yoruba Demons 2018 ₦235,628,358 Corporate World Entertainment / FilmOne / Gush Media Toka Mcbaror


13 Merry Men 2: Another Mission 2019 ₦234,505,169. Corporate World Entertainment / Gush Media / FilmOne Moses Inwang


14 Your Excellency 2019 ₦186,340,948 EbonyLife Films Funke Akindele



15 A Trip to Jamaica 2016 ₦180,264,964
Corporate World Pictures Robert Peters


16 10 Days in Sun City 2017 ₦176,705,669 Corporate World Pictures Adze Ugha


17 Living in Bondage: Breaking Free 2019 ₦168,770,202 Play Entertainment Network/Michelangelo Productions/Natives Filmworks Ramsey Nouah


18 30 Days in Atlanta 2014 ₦163,351,300. Corporate World Pictures Robert Peters


19 Aki & Pawpaw 2021 ₦136,379,049
Playy network studios and Film One Biodun Stephen


20 The Ghost and the Tout Too 2021 ₦134,408,075. Toyin Abraham Films Production Ama Psalmist


21 Prophetess 2021 ₦131,441,252 Anthill Studios Niyi Akinmolayan


22 Bling Lagosians 2019 ₦120,135,139 Film One Bolanle Austen-Peters


23 Fate of Alakada: The Party Planner 2020 ₦113,226,100 vvFilmOne Kayode Kasum


24 My Village People 2021 ₦100,958,400 Kountry Koulture Productions Niyi Akinmolayan

What's your point Mr man?

FreeStuffsNG:
You see why most of you are unteachable. Even when faced with facts of history and reality, you are still arguing. What you were doing in Iweka was doing catch up and it was many decades after it started in Yorubaland.
Home videos did not start Nollywood. It was TV that started Nollywood.
This is why ,till date, no single Igbo film even none of those from upper Iweka, can match any of Baba Sallah's Films.
You don't know because you are ignorant to think Nollywood started with home videos or home video production started in upper iweka. It's not true.
The Yoruba will not teach you the real nitty gritty of these things if you are not humble.

They will just watch you. In fact, Aisha said too much. Nobody takes those upper iweka films serious here and overseas. They are cheap and don't even last long. Yoruba started and still own Nollywood


That you're quoting Desmond Elliot alone tells me you don't know nada. We are talking about Pa Hubert Ogunde, Ade Love, the father of the award winning Afolayan brothers, you are quoting Elliot. Smh

Yorubas and shallow brain and inability to apply native intelligence. Na those igbo village films be the real Nollywood known outside Nigeria not those rubbish Lagos films that has no African content. This is similar to UI and UNN in those days. It was UNN who first awarded a local degree with local curriculum and course outline while yorubas where hyping their London course content from Ibadan. Oga una no get local ingenuity

LagosPrince:
She admitted that they messed up at a time and couldn't catch up because for a that we know, the very few Yoruba big actors are limited to Nollywood Yoruba. They didn't have what it takes to break into the generally accepted Nollywood English version.

And they are now making bogus claim they started Nollywood. These propaganda people sef. Nollywood they could not fit in and had to create yorubawood

FreeStuffsNG:
Smh. Is that the lie they gave you? You don't know nada. Nollywood is the name given to Nigerian indigenous films industry. That means indigenous films by Nigerians, produced by Nigerians and transmitted to private homes and shown at cinema.

While you were hyping Living in Bondage in the east, several decades before then had been Nigerian films that were block busters that you never knew because such technology which had gained ground in Yorubaland had not reached the East. Nobody in the whole Eastern Nigeria has even seen let alone watch TV until later.

Television started in Yorubaland at a time the rest of Nigeria and Africa had never seen or watched TV! While the Yoruba were producing films and other contents for TV, the technology has not even reached your side and other parts of Africa.

It's completely fraudulent to now attempt to insinuate Nollywood started when you started watching TV long years later. The Yoruba films being beamed on TV then started Nollywood. You should be grateful to those Yoruba pace setters of Nollywood.

TV series no be Nollywood. Stop confusing yourself. See Desmond Elliot hidding yoruba name to fit into Nollywood because of igbo domination of the industry
https://www.nairaland.com/2685300/desmond-elliot-why-hid-yoruba/12#125384163

FreestuffNG come in here

Ritchiee:
You are babies to Yorubas in business sense if that is what you want to argue on.
Even as we speak,Yorubas have most of the highest grossing movies..
Don't even compare your little or maybe medium business sense with that of the high Yoruba business acumen.

Propaganda business you mean? Lol. Nigerians know who started and own Nollywood. The Igbos. You have been acting on TV before then agreed. But we commercialized it and have dominated since then

FreeStuffsNG:
Smh. Is that the lie they gave you? You don't know nada. Nollywood is the name given to Nigerian indigenous films industry. That means indigenous films by Nigerians, produced by Nigerians and transmitted to private homes and shown at cinema. While you were hyping Living in Bondage in the east, several decades before then had been Nigerian films that were block busters that you never knew because such technology had not reached the East.

Television started in Yorubaland at a time the rest of Nigeria and Africa had never seen or watched TV! While the Yoruba were producing content for their TV, the technology has not even reached your side. It's fraudulent to now attempt to insinuate Nollywood started when you started watching TV long years later.

Big lie. Nollywood is a name given to films recorded and mass produced in commercial quantity as home videos. Iweka road Onitsha is the birthplace of Nollywood.

GeneralPula:
Critics are saying that streaming platforms have come on board and are now pumping money into the industry and that the Yoruba aspect of Nollywood is playing catch-up. What can you say about that?


She responded well & accurately..

We own the industry. Go back to research. The industry belongs to the Yoruba people. If you go back to research, you will hear from people like Hubert Ogunde and Ade Love. I don’t want to go into details. But, if you go and research very well, you will discover that Yorubas own this industry, we started this industry. We messed up at some point, but we are not playing catch-up. We are there already. Now, everybody wants to shoot a Yoruba movie.

They are yet to catch up yet claiming owners

Ritchiee:
Technology became better with time and more especially,Yorubas like to project their language more than anything.

That's the point. Nollywood is not about projecting language but making money. Igbos commercialized acting and that's the meaning of Nollywood

LagosPrince:
Na Igbo get Nollywood

Yoruba get Nollywood yoruba since they couldn't break into the English version of Nollywood Epic

They don't know the meaning of Nollywood. They think any acting on screen is Nollywood

GoodLife4live:
Dem never even born u our mum talkless u... First televised movie was in 1973... A Yoruba film..

Jaguar in 1978 in bronkin English..
.

Was it recorded and produced for Mass distribution? Oga una lack business sense. Na we be the first to record film. Iweka Road Onitsha

LagosPrince:
What is jaguar ?

Probably one of those stage play that they usually act on primary schools sometimes around 1995

Those TV televised stage play are not Nollywood

Obagreatdatoye:
School them biko...they like to argue too dumb, a people.

These are not Nollywood. They are not recorded for commercial distribution till Igbos entered and changed the game

FreeStuffsNG:
Some people actually think that Nollywood started with 'Living In Bondage ' and 'Domitila'. Smh.

Aisha is even schooling them for free when they should be paying to recieve this kind of knowledge.

Everything about entertainment in Africa, from the first TV station to the first stadium etc, has its root in Ibadan, the heart of Yoruba. Thank you Aisha for the free education you are giving them.

Nollywood is about recorded home videos which was started by Igbos. TV series no be Nollywood

Yet, Desmond Elliot dumped his yoruba name to get a role in Igbo dominated Nollywood

We have been telling the SW people that multinationals will flee when free oil money stop circuiting while local companies will grow and wax stronger, because they were founded by rugged locals who started from scratch. What do they know? Economic iliterates

Why has he not started till now?

After supporting Buhari?

Gumi is IPOB, according to Ronu miscreants

FreeStuffsNG:
Nigeria on the forward march. Do your part today.

Others are making phenomenal progress legitimately here in Nigeria and so you can too if you quit your negative mind, entitlement mentality and laziness today.

One more thing, change your crowd of unpatriotic naysayers and losers who don't take responsibility for their personal failures and mistakes.

Ebola people don carry propaganda that turned their region to brown roof junkyard enter national level

ElSudani:
I wouldn't support anyone destroying other people's hard work. But aren't you being a little disingenuous by suggesting that all herdsmen destroy farms?

Stop arguing without sense. There no how you can practice open grazing without destroying farms. Secondly, they banned beer and destroy in the North, so we have banned open grazing and we will destroy their cows

Anambra no be Ilorin. Thank you ESN

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JasonNOTStatham:
Singapore 3rd world?

From 3rd world country few decades ago. That's what he probably meant

Rich4god:
Same dangote that was chased out of Ghana because his cement is very expensive.

If you talk here Ebola people will call you hater or IPOB.

flokii:
He should ask the owner of BUA cement.. that one is more honest than Dangote.
He once claimed they were extorting Nigerians by selling cement at the price they were selling then.

That is the problem with monopoly.. they boxed out other players so they will be the ones dictating price and be getting richer. Government gives them incentives like waivers, tax holidays etc. and they get their major raw materials which include limestone right here in Nigeria (limestone is in Ewekoro in Ogun state and in 13 other states), so what is their excuse??

Remove mining of solid minerals from federal control

KingKO22:
That's how a landlocked republic should reason

Abi na river port you want take develop your landlocked republic 😀🤣😂

KingKO is back 😂🤣😀

IPOB Mob on NL come and ban me again

But you are begging Ethiopia for National Carrier, a landlocked country. We are conquering the air and leaving you behind in your laxity