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Launched on the same day, Toyin Abraham’s Alakada: Bad and Boujee soars ahead of Ayo Makun’s The Waiter as the box office closes for 2024. Keep reading to know more.
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On the 20th of December, 2024, Toyin Abraham’s Alakada: Bad and Boujee and Ayo Makun’s The Waiter launched at the box office nationwide. The titles joined Funke Akindele’s Everybody Loves Jenifa and Mercy Aigbe’s Thinline as December box office contenders.
Alakada: Bad and Boujee is the latest installment in Toyin Abraham’s Alakada movie franchise. The series follows Yetunde (Toyin Abraham), a young girl from a humble background struggling with an inferiority complex. To gain acceptance and blend in with her peers, she fabricates stories and exaggerates her financial and social status.
Co-produced by Toyin Abraham Production and FilmOne Studios, the title is directed by Adebayo Tijani, and it stars Toyin Abraham, Bukunmi Adeaga-Ilori, Odunlade Adekola, Bimbo Ademoye, Idowu Adeyemi, Ini Edo, and many others.
Ayo Makun’s The Waiter is written by Anthony Kehinde Joseph and Ayo Makun and directed by Toka McBaror. It featured Ayo Makun, Deyemi Okanlawon, Shaffy Bello, Regina Daniels, Bucci Franklin, Uchemba Williams, and a host of others.
After its opening week, Alakada: Bad and Boujee made an impressive sum of ₦134 million. This is a major improvement on Toyin Abraham’s last box office outing, Ijakumo: The Born Again Stripper, which opened with ₦88.28 million. The title was released on the 22nd of December, 2022.
Alakada: Bad and Boujee later crossed the ₦200 million bar after grossing ₦205.3 million on its tenth day, which is the closing weekend for the year 2024.
Similarly, Ayo Makun’s The Waiter garnered ₦108.64 million in its first seven days. While the title is still in its first few days at the box office, it is safe to say that it will gross higher than Ayo Makun’s last box office title, Merry Men 3, which had a final sum of ₦118.49 million after its theatrical run.
By the last weekend at the box office, The Waiter had earned ₦167.3 million.
Alakada: Bad and Boujee
Day 1 – ₦14.26 million
Day 3 – ₦52.01 million
Day 7 – ₦127.34 million (₦134 million adv. cume)
Day 10 – ₦205.3 million
The Waiter
Day 1 – ₦10.74 million
Day 3 – ₦39.47 million
Day 7 – ₦104.16 million (₦108.64 million adv. cume)
Day 10 – ₦167.3 million
Top 5 Movies
5. Sonic the Hedgehog 3
The action-adventure comedy film is based on the video game series by Sega. It is the third instalment in the Sonic film series, and it was co-written by Pat Casey, Josh Miller, and John Whittington and directed by Jeff Fowler. It was launched on the 20th of December. In the last weekend at the box office, the title made ₦50.9 million and has so far made a sum of ₦70.6 million.
4. The Waiter
In its second week, the last box office weekend for 2024, the title made ₦58.5 million. It has so far grossed ₦167.3 million in its ten days at the Nigerian box office.
3. Alakada: Bad and Boujee
The title grossed ₦70.3 million on the last box office weekend in 2024. Debuted on the 20th of December, 2024, the title has so far made ₦205.3 million.
2. Mufasa: The Lion King
The flick is an American musical drama film written by Jeff Nathanson and directed by Barry Jenkins. It is produced by Walt Disney Pitcures. Launched at the box office on the 20th of December, 2024, the musical raked in ₦93.8 million last weekend. In its second weekend, it has earned ₦267 million.
1. Everybody Loves Jenifa
The latest instalment in Funke Akindele’s Jenifa franchise grossed ₦250 million last weekend. It has so far made a total sum of ₦1.035 billion.
In Summary
The 2024 box office year came to a close last weekend, and it was hotly contested, especially as the year rounded up. The results so far have shown what the audience favours.
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