The Nigerian cinema has constantly been making huge progress in the last few years with the numbers of blockbuster movie productions going up and also the big-budget international collaborations with the streaming giants and even multi-million naira box office sales. With all these, the Nigerian Film Industry has achieved much more than it can ever imagine in the last few years.
And there are certain selected movie stars who feature in cinema movies back to back. They often take up lead roles, sub lead 1 or 2 and last year, most of the movies they featured made above 40 million naira in cinema and due to this, these 20 superstars emerged as highest-grossing movie stars in 2021 while the movies they featured in topped the list of highest-grossing movies of 2021. The sales of these movies run into hundreds of millions and at the forefront are actors who deserve the credit for bringing the scripts to life.
Deyemi Okanlawon emerged as the highest-grossing actor. He played a role in three very high grossing movies such as Lockdown, The Ghost And The Tout and the Prophetess, which grossed a collective amount of 308 million.
Deyemi’s role in these movies made him the highest-grossing actor of 2021. A title he has been holding since 2020. He is currently rated the highest-paid actor in the industry and also rated number one in cinema movies.
Toyin Abraham, the highly talented and versatile actress always kills every role in movies. Toyin might not be the best movie producer in the industry but she gets better every year with her personal production.
If one calls her the box office queen then one is not far from the truth.
This talented actress has featured in a good number of movies that made huge success at the box office.
Her movies The Ghost And The Tout, Prophetess and Aki & Pawpaw grossed 357 million together at the box office making her the highest-grossing actress of 2022.
Osas Ighodaro is another fantastic actress in the movie industry she’s also a popular face in cinema movies. She is one of the highest-paid star actresses in the industry. The movies Bad Comments & Ghost And The Tout grossed 200 million and Osas took significant roles in these award-winning cinema movies.
Kehinde Bankole’s rating keeps increasing drastically in the movie industry. She is one actress that has achieved so much especially in her career but doesn’t make noise about it. She is one of our cinema queens. The movie Prophetess where she acted sub lead grossed 131 million. Her role in the Biopic of Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti where she is playing Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti has been one of the most talked about.
Osita Iheme popularly known as Pawpaw and also one of the biggest names in the industry ranks second on the list with a gross amount of 227 million. He appeared in two high grossing movies Aki & Pawpaw, a remake of one of his old movies, and Christmas in Miami, which grossed 135ml in 2.21.
Ayo Makun popularly known as AY is not a regular movie actor. He only produces personal movies and also features them, and he has been doing that for years now. He is currently rated as one of the best filmmakers in the entertainment industry. AY who is also a standup comedian grossed a whooping sum of 135 million from his movies which he also starred in. His movie Christmas in Miami grossed 135 million and this rating has made it one of the highest in the industry.
Richard Mofe Damijo is a pacesetter in the industry. He played a major lead in the movie Christmas in Miami, which grossed 135 million.
Despite spending decades in the movie industry, he has always been rated as one of the best and highest paid in the industry and has been maintaining his position in the industry.
Kunle Remi is young, talented and versatile, he also starred in the comedy blockbuster Prophetess, a movie that grossed 134 million.
Kunle is best known for his roles in the movie Falling Family Forever and the popular Mnet series ‘Tinsel’.
Kunle has equally featured in lots of cinema movies. He came to prominence after winning the 7th edition of Gulder Ultimate Search in 2010.
Lateef Adedimeji is one of the most talented and creative movie stars in the industry. Featuring not just English and Yoruba movies, but also in cinema movies. Many can’t stop talking about Dimeji’s role in Ayinla, which remains one of the highest-grossing movies of 2021.
Dimeji is also rated one of the highest-paid movie stars in the industry. The cinema movie he featured as at last year December made 131 million in box office, making him one of the very outstanding actors in the industry.
Chinedu Ikedieze is not left behind as he featured in the remake of the old movie Aki & Pawpaw, which emerged as one of the highly grossed movies of the year 2021. Chinedu and Osita have always made the highest-paid movie stars list, and they both also feature in cinema movies.
Debo Adebayo is popular for his Instagram comedy, but at the same time, has not relaxed, when it comes to featuring in blockbuster movies. He has been doing that back to back. A lot of movie producers will do anything just to feature him in movies. The cinema movies which he featured in grossed 91 million at the box office.
Sophia Alakija is a multi-talented and award-winning star who has featured in lots of blockbuster movies and one of the cinema movies “My Village People”, she featured in grossed 100 million, and Sophia is one of the highest-grossing movie stars.
Theresa Edem is an award-winning actress and filmmaker. Many will never forget her role interpretations in the movie “My Village People”. A movie that grossed 100 million at the box office. She has equally featured in a good number of cinema movies that made good money at the box office.
Chioma Okafor is a renowned actress known for her brilliant role interpretations. She is fondly remembered for her role in Aki & Pawpaw.
Omowunmi Dada is one of the young and very talented actresses in the industry. Her role interpretation in movies are always amazing and exceptional. She always gives it her all. Many love her for role in Mo Abudu’s “Oluture”, so also is her role in Tunde Kelani’s “Ayinla” one of the highest-grossing movies of 2021 and Omowunmi has been rated one of the highest-grossing actresses of 2021.
Ade Laoye is a trained actress and versatile performer who studied at the Pennsylvania State University with lots of awards home and abroad to her credit. She is also a regular face in cinema movies and her role interpretations is always exceptional.
Bimbo Ademoye is highly talented, creative and versatile. She is no doubt one of the queens of box office, as a lot of producers will do anything to have this talented and pretty lady in their movies.
She always gives it her all. She is no doubt one of the very best in the industry
What about Adesua Etomi, a complete definition of beauty and brain. She has been doing exceptionally well as an actress and also doing the same in singing. She is indeed very good at what she does, leaving no stone unturned in ensuring she gets to the peak of her career as an actress.
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