Omo Ghetto: The Saga

Omo Ghetto: The Saga also known as Omo Ghetto 2[2] is a 2020 Nigerian gangster comedy film co-directed by Funke Akindele and JJC Skillz.[3] The film stars Funke Akindele, Chioma Akpota, Nancy Isime and Eniola Badmus in the lead roles. This was the second film in the Omo Ghetto franchise and it was also the sequel to the 2010 trilogy film Omo Ghetto.[4] The film had its theatrical release coinciding with Christmas on 25 December 2020 and was opened to extremely positive reviews from critics.[5] The film became a box office success and surpassed Fate of Alakada as the highest grossing Nigerian film for the year 2020.[6] As of 26 January 2021, when the film grossed ₦468 million at the box office it surpassed the record of 2016 film The Wedding Party to become the highest ever grossing film in the Nigerian film industry.[7][8]

Not to be confused with Omo Ghetto.
For the 2010 prequel film of Omo Ghetto: The Saga, see Omo Ghetto.
Omo Ghetto: The Saga
Directed byJJC Skillz
Funke Akindele
StarringFunke Akindele
Chioma Akpotha Nancy Isime
Eniola Badmus
Production
company
SceneOne Productions
Distributed byFilmOne Distribution
Release date
  • 25 December 2020 (2020-12-25)
Running time
110 minutes
CountryNigeria
LanguageEnglish
Box office₦501.4 million[1]

Cast

Production

Akindele confirmed regarding the production of the sequel in February 2020 with a throwback photo of herself along with Eniola Badmus in an Instagram post. The principal photography of the film also commenced in February 2020.[9] The film project also marked maiden collaboration between Funke Akindele and her husband JJC Skillz as co-directors of the film.[10] Some of the portions of the film were shot in Dubai, United Arab Emirates and the film production was also affected due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[11]

Popular singer Naira Marley was roped into playing a cameo appearance in the film and his film acting debut through this film.[12] Yemi Alade, the singer also made her acting debut through this film as she landed a pivotal role.

Box office

The film grossed over ₦189 million in the opening week since its release and it historically became the first Nollywood film ever to gross over ₦99 million in its opening weekend surpassing the previous record set by The Wedding Party 2.[6] In its second week, the movie continued breaking box office records by grossing over ₦132.4 million and firmly staying at the top of the Nigerian box office and bringing its 2 week gross to a record breaking ₦322 million and placing it as the 4th highest grossing Nigerian movie of all time.[13]

In its third week, despite seeing a drop of 43% from the previous week, Omo Ghetto still topped the box office and grossed ₦75.4 million bringing its total cumulative to ₦398.5 just after three weeks. Omo Ghetto was so popular that it accounted for about 65% of the box office in Nigeria.[14] Omo Ghetto kept dominating the Nigerian box office, raking up ₦45.9 to top the box office. It brought the cummulative box office figure to ₦444.5 placing it as the 2nd highest grossing Nollywood film of all time after just 4 weeks, Omo Ghetto the saga is currently the highest grossing Nigerian movie of all time with ₦468,036,300 just over a month [15]

Omo Ghetto continued dominating the box office in it's 5th week grossing ₦35.7[16] thus bringing it's cummulative to ₦480.5 and becoming the highest grossing Nollywod movie of all time despite the COVID-19 pandemic. It also historically became the first ever Nigerian film to gross ₦500 million in Nollywood box office.[17]

References
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  3. Published. "Funke Akindele returns to street in 'Omo Ghetto: The Saga'". Punch Newspapers. Retrieved 2020-12-31.
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  9. "Funke Akindele is bringing 'Omo Ghetto' back!". Pulse Nigeria. 2020-03-31. Retrieved 2020-12-31.
  10. "Teaser: Funke Akindele to co-direct 'Omo Ghetto' (The Saga) with JJC Skillz". Pulse Nigeria. 2020-11-02. Retrieved 2020-12-31.
  11. editor (2020-12-05). "Funke Akindele's 'Omo Ghetto' Saga Continues". THISDAYLIVE. Retrieved 2020-12-31.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  12. "Naira Marley to star in 'Omo Ghetto the Saga' movie". Pulse Nigeria. 2020-04-06. Retrieved 2020-12-31.
  13. "Top 20 Films Report 1st 7th January 2021".
  14. "Top 20 Films Report 8th 14th January 2021".
  15. "Top 20 Films Report 15th 21st January 2021".
  16. "Top 20 Films Report 22nd 28th January 2021".
  17. "Omo ghetto first to cross N500m in box office | The Nation". Latest Nigeria News, Nigerian Newspapers, Politics. 2021-02-04. Retrieved 2021-02-04.
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