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King of Thieves (Agesinkole) (2022)

2h 15m8 April 2022ActionDramaEpic

The forest keeps the crown.

Overview

Femi Adebayo's Yoruba epic, directed with Tope Adebayo and Adebayo Tijani, follows a feared warrior whose hunger for power unravels a kingdom.

Critic rating

7.3

9 Reviews

Verified audience

7.4

642 Reviews

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Box Office

Cinema run · Nigeria

Total gross

₦ 320.8M

Opening

₦ 90M

as of May 27, 2022

Admits

80,200

Estimated tickets sold

Opening admits

22,500

In cinemas

7 weeks

Widest release

115 screens

40.4% of catalog theatrical gross in 2022 · 4 releases

Demo figures for King of Thieves (Agesinkole). Each region shows its share of this film and its share of the 2022 catalog market — not just naira gross.

Share of 2022 market

40.4%

Of catalog theatrical GBO that year

Distributor

FilmOne Entertainment

81.8% of 2022 catalog GBO

Domestic · Nigeria

Share of this film and of the catalog market, by state

Share of this film

  • Lagos 31.2%
  • FCT (Abuja) 11.9%
  • Rivers 7.3%
  • Oyo 4.7%
  • Kano 4.1%
  • Delta 4.0%
  • Edo 3.7%
  • Anambra 2.9%
  • Akwa Ibom 2.6%
  • Kaduna 2.5%
  • Enugu 2.4%
  • Imo 2.2%
  • Ogun 1.9%
  • Cross River 1.7%
  • Plateau 1.6%
  • Kwara 1.5%
  • Ondo 1.3%
  • Osun 1.2%
  • Benue 1.1%
  • Abia 1.1%
  • Bayelsa 1.0%
  • Nasarawa 0.8%
  • Sokoto 0.8%
  • Kogi 0.8%
  • Bauchi 0.8%
  • Niger 0.7%
  • Ekiti 0.6%
  • Borno 0.5%
  • Taraba 0.5%
  • Adamawa 0.5%
  • Kebbi 0.4%
  • Gombe 0.4%
  • Ebonyi 0.3%
  • Zamfara 0.3%
  • Yobe 0.3%
  • Katsina 0.3%
  • Jigawa 0.3%

Lagos

40.0%

₦ 78.01M · 31.2% of film

FCT (Abuja)

42.3%

₦ 29.69M · 11.9% of film

Rivers

41.5%

₦ 18.18M · 7.3% of film

Oyo

38.4%

₦ 11.72M · 4.7% of film

Kano

38.4%

₦ 10.31M · 4.1% of film

Delta

41.1%

₦ 10.05M · 4.0% of film

Edo

42.4%

₦ 9.2M · 3.7% of film

Anambra

40.2%

₦ 7.25M · 2.9% of film

Akwa Ibom

42.1%

₦ 6.48M · 2.6% of film

Kaduna

39.4%

₦ 6.37M · 2.5% of film

Enugu

37.9%

₦ 5.99M · 2.4% of film

Imo

41.9%

₦ 5.48M · 2.2% of film

Ogun

38.9%

₦ 4.74M · 1.9% of film

Cross River

40.7%

₦ 4.16M · 1.7% of film

Plateau

38.1%

₦ 4.02M · 1.6% of film

Kwara

42.5%

₦ 3.73M · 1.5% of film

Ondo

40.8%

₦ 3.26M · 1.3% of film

Osun

41.7%

₦ 2.96M · 1.2% of film

Benue

39.0%

₦ 2.86M · 1.1% of film

Abia

38.0%

₦ 2.76M · 1.1% of film

Bayelsa

42.2%

₦ 2.55M · 1.0% of film

Nasarawa

40.2%

₦ 2.03M · 0.8% of film

Sokoto

39.4%

₦ 1.97M · 0.8% of film

Kogi

37.9%

₦ 1.97M · 0.8% of film

Bauchi

42.4%

₦ 1.89M · 0.8% of film

Niger

41.3%

₦ 1.68M · 0.7% of film

Ekiti

38.5%

₦ 1.39M · 0.6% of film

Borno

41.3%

₦ 1.33M · 0.5% of film

Taraba

42.4%

₦ 1.3M · 0.5% of film

Adamawa

38.3%

₦ 1.28M · 0.5% of film

Kebbi

39.6%

₦ 990.77K · 0.4% of film

Gombe

40.0%

₦ 897.49K · 0.4% of film

Ebonyi

37.9%

₦ 859.6K · 0.3% of film

Zamfara

42.2%

₦ 810.74K · 0.3% of film

Yobe

41.8%

₦ 739.35K · 0.3% of film

Katsina

38.2%

₦ 676.25K · 0.3% of film

Jigawa

38.7%

₦ 643.21K · 0.3% of film

International

United Kingdom

Apr 15, 2022

Gross
₦ 22,584,320
Market share
40.4%

Ghana

Apr 8, 2022

Gross
₦ 12,703,680
Market share
40.4%

United States

Apr 22, 2022

Gross
₦ 15,526,720
Market share
40.4%

United Arab Emirates

Apr 15, 2022

Gross
₦ 11,292,160
Market share
40.4%

South Africa

Apr 15, 2022

Gross
₦ 8,469,120
Market share
40.4%

Week-on-week drop

Estimated weekly theatrical gross and % change versus the prior week.

Social impressions

Reviews

2 reviews

Trailer

King of Thieves (Agesinkole) trailer thumbnail
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YouTube trailer views

4.1M

4,100,000 views

Estimated YouTube revenue

₦ 7.38M

Demo estimate from views × ₦1,800 RPM

Media

The forest court
The forest court
Battle lines
Battle lines
Trailer still
Trailer still

Behind the scenes

Behind the scenes · The forest court
Behind the scenes · The forest court
On set · Battle lines
On set · Battle lines
BTS clip · Trailer still
BTS clip · Trailer still