The last 11 months of 2025 have been nothing short of transformative for the Nigerian box office.
With projections pointing toward a record N15 billion in total ticket sales by year-end, the industry is riding a wave of unprecedented growth.
By August, gross revenues had already eclipsed N10 billion, a 58% leap from the same period in 2024 while cinema admissions climbed to 1.84 million, reflecting a population increasingly hungry for both stories from home and spectacles from abroad.
While big hits from 2024, like Funke Akindele’s Everybody Loves Jenifa and Alakada: Bad and Boujee, continued to resonate with audiences, the real story of 2025 lies in the year’s fresh releases.
These films didn’t just dominate box office charts; they proved that Nigerian cinema is no longer just a local affair. In 2025, audiences embraced stories that celebrate homegrown talent and global spectacle alike, confirming that the country’s cinema culture has truly come of age.
Here are the top 10 highest-grossing movies in Nigerian box office as of November 30, 2025.
- Gross- N775.8M
Ryan Coogler’s supernatural crime drama Sinners concluded a highly successful 13-week theatrical run across West African cinemas, solidifying its status as a major box office hit.
Released in Nigerian cinemas on April 18, 2025, the film opened to N79.6 million, signalling strong local interest in genre cinema, particularly horror and crime thrillers. By the end of its run on July 17, Sinners had grossed N775,803,516, ranking it as the fifth highest-grossing film ever in the region, unadjusted for inflation.
Produced, written, and directed by Coogler, known for Black Panther and Creed, the film now sits just behind Black Panther (N818.1 million) and ahead of Spider-Man: No Way Home (N750.2 million) in Nigeria’s all-time box office rankings. It is also the highest-grossing original film of the 2020s in the region, outperforming numerous franchise instalments and reboots.
Globally, Sinners reached $100 million within its first nine days, $200 million by its fourth weekend, and eventually crossed $300 million in its sixth week.
