Nigerian comedian and actor AY Makun is confident the financial situation of the Nigerian economy will have little or no effect on his 2016 movie “A Trip To Jamaica“.
The award-winning filmmaker told Planet TV in an interview published on November 14, 2016 on Instagram: “Recession has got nothing on the movie, trust me.”
“As a matter of fact, I think it’s God, I always tell people that I’m a product of grace, I don’t act like I’m the best, I don’t come out like I produce the very best of movies but somehow I just experience grace which is also interwoven with solid hard work.
He told the TV platform that the movie was just what Nigerians needed to provide relief and ease the stress of their daily lives.
“And all I can say is “A Trip To Jamaica” is doing awesomely well and of course with the recession going on, it’s just what we need in Nigeria to just ease off.”
AY has every reason to stay positive. His movie “A Trip to Jamaica,” which premiered on September 30, 2016, has grossed over 80 million Naira.
The movie has surpassed Omoni Oboli’s “Wives on Strike” which grossed over 67 million Naira to become the highest grossing Nollywood movie of 2016.
“A Trip to Jamaica” stars Hollywood acts Roberts and Dan Davies, Jamaica acts Paul Campbell and Rebecca Silvera, Ghanaian actor Chris Attoh and Nigerian actors that include AY Makun, Funke Akindele, Nse Ikpe Etim, Patoranking, Cynthia Morgan and Ras Kimono.
Shot in Nigeria, America and Jamaica, the film focuses on Akpos (AY) and his fiancée Bola (Funke Akindele), who travel across the Atlantic to visit family, they unexpectedly end up on an adventure they could never imagine.
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