{"id":1461,"date":"2026-10-26T16:00:59","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T16:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/26\/agbara-nla-grosses-%e2%82%a6408m-to-set-box-office-record\/"},"modified":"2026-10-26T16:00:59","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T16:00:59","slug":"agbara-nla-grosses-%e2%82%a6408m-to-set-box-office-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/26\/agbara-nla-grosses-%e2%82%a6408m-to-set-box-office-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Agbara Nla grosses \u20a6408m to set box-office record"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nollywood faith-based film Agbara Nla: The Return has grossed \u20a6408.3m at the Nigerian box office, becoming the second-highest-grossing Nollywood title of 2026, after Blessing Uzzi\u2019s Call of My Life.\n<\/p>\n<p>Nile Entertainment announced the milestone in an Instagram post on Monday, describing the film as the \u201cNo. 1 title for four consecutive weekends\u201d.\n<\/p>\n<p>In a flyer accompanying the announcement, the distributor listed the film as the \u201chighest-grossing film ever released in October\u201d and the \u201chighest-grossing faith-based title of all time\u201d.\n<\/p>\n<p>The flyer also described Agbara Nla: The Return as the \u201c2nd highest-grossing Nollywood title of 2026\u201d, with its total box-office earnings displayed as \u20a6408.3m.<\/p>\n<p>In the caption, the distributor wrote, \u201c\u20a6408.3 MILLION AND STILL MAKING HISTORY!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It added, \u201cThank you Nigeria, this is YOUR victory!\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>The company further stated that the film \u201ccontinues its historic run\u201d, adding that it was still showing in cinemas nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>The film was directed by Damilola Mike-Bamiloye. <\/p>\n<div class=\"read-also\">\n<header>Related News<\/header>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>With more than \u20a6900m in box-office earnings, Call of My Life currently ranks as the highest-grossing Nollywood film among titles released in 2026.\n<\/p>\n<p>PUNCH Online had reported that Agbara Nla grossed \u20a6354.5m at the Nigerian box office following its release in cinemas on October 1, according to Nile Entertainment.\n<\/p>\n<p>The latest figure represents an increase of \u20a653.8m from the previously reported earnings.\n<\/p>\n<p>The film, a remake of the 33-year-old Christian classic from Mount Zion, also recorded an opening weekend gross of $120,660 in selected cinemas in the United Kingdom and Canada.\n<\/p>\n<p>Co-produced by Mount Zion Film Productions, Sozo Films and Circuits, Agbara Nla: The Return was distributed internationally in Europe in partnership with IFEC.\n<\/p>\n<p>Nile Entertainment General Manager, Nowe Segun-Ojo, had said the company\u2019s performance reflected its distribution strategy since it began operations in August 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Punch Newspapers &#8211; Latest News<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nollywood faith-based film Agbara Nla: The Return has grossed \u20a6408.3m at the Nigerian box office, becoming the second-highest-grossing Nollywood title of 2026, after Blessing Uzzi\u2019s Call of My Life. Nile&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1462,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1461"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1461\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}