Award-winning actress and producer Funke Akindele\u2019s latest film, \u201cBehind The Scenes,\u201d has made history as the biggest opening weekend of 2025, crossing over the N200 million mark in just one weekend.<\/p>\n
The feat further solidifies Akindele\u2019s position as a box office powerhouse.<\/p>\n
According to the film\u2019s distributor, FilmOne Entertainment, \u201cBehind The Scenes\u201d has broken five opening-weekend records, becoming the first Nollywood film this year to achieve such an impressive feat.<\/p>\n
The caption reads, \u201cWe call her the Queen of Box Office for a reason! Thank you, Nigeria, for showing up, filling cinemas, and spreading the word. Behind The Scenes crossed \u20a6200M in just one weekend, broke five opening-weekend records, and became the biggest opening of 2025! It\u2019s your love that made this possible.\u201d <\/p>\n
The film\u2019s advanced screening on December 10 and 11 generated significant buzz among audiences, paving the way for its nationwide release on December 12.<\/p>\n
The film boasts an all-star cast, including Scarlet Gomez, Iyabo Ojo, Destiny Etiko, Tobi Bakre, and Uche Montana, among others.<\/p>\n
Her previous film, \u201cEverybody Loves Jenifa,\u201d became Nollywood\u2019s biggest opening weekend of all time, surpassing her earlier record set by \u201cA Tribe Called Judah,\u201d which opened with N113 million.<\/p>\n
\u201cEverybody Loves Jenifa\u201d went on to become the highest-grossing Nollywood film ever, earning over N1.8 billion in Nigeria and additional revenue from international markets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Award-winning actress and producer Funke Akindele\u2019s latest film, \u201cBehind The Scenes,\u201d has made history as the biggest opening…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":317940,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,102270,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-317939","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-funke-akindele","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom","13":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=317939"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317939\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/317940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=317939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=317939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=317939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}