"King of Thieves made N170m in 3 weeks premiere – @femiadebayosalami
A Nollywood Actor, Femi Adebayo, says his new epic movie, titled ‘King of Thieves’ known as Agesinkole, generated over N170 million in its first three weeks premiere at the cinema.
Adebayo disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Ilorin.
He said the movie, which cost him several million nairas to produce, made over N43 million in three days at its first opening at the cinema despite being the Ramadan period.
The popular movie producer, cum lawyer, and actor said that the plan was to leave the film at the cinema for two months where it was expected to make not less than N200 million
In the history of Nollywood, no movie has ever made N43 million within three days of its opening at the cinema, that is an amount of money some movies will make in three months.
“The movie has paved the way for many providers and producers that are producing indigenous content,” ho said