How Agbára Nlá: The Return broke into Nollywood’s all-time top 10 highest-grossing films

Faith-based Nigerian film Agbára Nlá: The Return has entered the list of Nollywood’s 10 highest-grossing movies of all time after earning N486.4m at the box office in six weeks.

The film, directed by brothers Damilola Bamiloye and Joshua Mike-Bamiloye, occupies the 10th position in the ranking.

Its latest earnings also make it the second highest-grossing Nigerian film of 2026, behind Call of My Life, which has grossed N902.3m.

The all-time ranking is led by Funke Akindele’s Behind The Scenes, which has earned N2.76bn, followed by Everybody Loves Jenifa with N1.88bn and A Tribe Called Judah with N1.4bn.

Other films in the top 10 include Oversabi Aunty (N1.17bn), Battle on Buka Street (N668.4m), Omo Ghetto: The Saga (N636.1m), Gingerrr (N522.9m) and Alakada: Bad and Boujee (N500.6m).

Agbára Nlá: The Return is now N13.6m short of the N500m milestone.

The film earned N24m during its sixth weekend, from November 6 to 8, narrowly losing the weekend’s box office lead to Nancy Isime’s Loving Itohan, which grossed N24.2m.

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