Nigeria, Jan. 1 -- Over the past four years, Funke Akindele has established herself as Nollywood's most bankable filmmaker, delivering a remarkable run of box office successes from 'Battle on Buka Street' (2022) and 'A Tribe Called Judah' (2023) to 'Everybody Loves Jenifer' (2024).

With Behind the Scenes, her latest directorial effort, Akindele once again blends commercial appeal with socially resonant storytelling, while interrogating a familiar but deeply unsettling Nigerian reality: the cost of unchecked generosity within family structures.

Released on 12 December 2025, Behind the Scenes, the film reportedly has garnered over N1billion at the box office, making it the highest-grossing Nollywood title of 2025 so far.

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