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Popular Comedian AY Breaks His Own "30 Days In Atlanta"
; Guiness World Record
By: Smartjohns Date: November 21, 2016, 5:50 pm
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Industry Stakeholders, movie lovers and some members of the
Press where present at the Signature Lounge of the Filmhouse
Imax Cinemas to celebrate the record breaking feat of
award-winning entrepreneur Ayo Makun, whose sophomore film ‘A
Trip To Jamaica’ has impressively decimated the feat of his
debut movie, 30 Days in Atlanta!
Announcing the feat, the Executive Director of Filmone
Distribution Mr. Moses Babatope informed the excited guests that
A Trip to Jamaica, the latest instalment in the adventures of
Akpos, which comedian, actor, and media mogul, AY both produced
and starred in, has taken over N168 million at the box office
and was showing no signs of slowing down with the movie still
showing in cinemas nationwide.
He informed the guests that at the A Trip To Jamaica had beaten
the box office revenues of all the big budget Hollywood Titles
released in 2016 including BATMAN VS. SUPERMAN, CAPTAIN AMERICA,
SUICIDE SQUAD, LONDON HAS FALLEN, GODS OF EGYPT, TRANSPORTER,
DOCTOR STRANGE, TARZAN, MAGNIFICENT 7 and CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE.
AY Trip To Jamaica which was Produced by AY himself, directed by
Robert O. Peters and distributed by FilmOne Distribution
Limited, has set new benchmarks in Nollywood as the first film
to hit N35 million in its first weekend and the first film to
hit N62 million in in its first week. He added that the movie
was currently the fastest film to get N100m – 17 days, Fastest
film to N150m – 6 weeks and the biggest film of 2016 so far to
name a few.
The evening ended with a presentation of awards by the Group
MD/CEO, FilmHouse Cinema and FilmOne Distribution, Mr. Kene
Mkparu to all stakeholders who had contributed towards the
success of the movie’s record breaking box office run. Ayo Makun
(AY) received the award for Most Successful Actor and Producer
In Nollywood Cinema Release History, while Corporate World
Entertainment Limited received the award for Best Marketing
Campaign for the Celebrity Football Match initiative. Silverbird
Ikeja received the award for Highest Grossing Cinema, while Best
Cinema Marketing Campaign went to VIVA Cinemas for the
University Tour initiative.
These feats are a clear indication that Nigeria’s entertainment
industry is a cash cow waiting to be milked and the happy
filmmaker emphasized this when in his emotional speech he
enjoined all would be filmmakers not to allow themselves to be
discouraged by the comments of distractors.
“They also told me I wouldn’t succeed in this business but when
true passion is blessed by God’s grace, only success can follow.
Courtesy: Naijaloaded.com
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