Actress Eniola Ajao Exposes What It Costs Her To Make a Cinema Movie, Including Loan From Odunlade
- Eniola Ajao, in a recent interview, opened up about the risk she took in producing a cinema movie
- The actress shared the properties she had to put up for sale, as well as the sum of money she borrowed from her senior colleague, Odunlade Adekola
- She also revealed why she makes numerous content to promote her project, stirring reactions online
Nollywood actress and filmmaker Eniola Ajao has sparked reactions online after she opened up about the properties she had to put up for sale and the loan she took to fund a cinema movie.
She exposed the high financial risks and personal costs involved in producing theatrical films in the movie industry.
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Speaking on "Spill Thells" podcast, Eniola recounted how she sold her cars and land while borrowing the sum of N8 million from her senior colleague actor Odunlade Adekola to complete a cinema movie.
" I sold my cars, I had two cars, I sold my land to make a cinema movie, Odunlade Adekola even borrowed me 8million naira to complete the project," she said.
She also mentioned low payouts from movie marketers before the era of streaming.
"Where are the marketers today, you make a lot of movies, spend a lot of money, at the end of the day you sell them to marketers and they give you peanut. And some of them will tell you they didn't make anything, whereas they are sending their children abroad," Eniola revealed.
She disclosed that she makes numerous contents to promote her movies because the support from others reduces after one or two social media posts.
The actress also shared her perspective about community cinemas, saying the movie industry needs more of it.
Eniola Ajao has produced two cinema movies: Beast of Two Worlds (Ajakaju) in 2024, which marked her debut as a lead producer, and Owambe Thieves, released in 2025.
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The video of Eniola Ajao opening up about the financial risks she took to produce a cinema movie is below:
Reactions trail Eniola Ajao's revelation
While some netizens praised her sacrifice and passion, others debated the movie industry's value and profitability.
Legit.ng compiled some of the reactions; read them below:
Memnefer commented:
"There is barely any movie on YouTube from Yoruba Nollywood. All of them are in the cinemas and it’s not like they’re even making money. Why go through this when profit is not guaranteed?"
ShinaRayy commented:
"You suppose don gain those thing back from that movie since the release because a lot of people watch that movie at the cinema and I also buy 3 tickets…. Make una no de gaslight us say una no gain from the project."
Adcolour_Jr commented:
"Community cinemas is the way! The big screens are ripping you guys off! Y’all saw what Feki Adebayo did with Agesinkole."
Prodigal_tm said:
"Pity useless cards ......it's business either loss or gain mek she no com dy talk this kain talk, we self don run biz way no show gain and we move."
bigHotbaby1 commented:
"What happened to YouTube? Put your movies on YouTube, borrowing money and not getting enough profit is useless."
Odunlade's father's burial: Eniola Ajao responds to controversy
Legit.ng previously reported that Eniola Ajao responded to the rumours and the backlash she faced over her viral video at Odunlade Adekola's father's burial in Ekiti.
Eniola sent a message to people spreading rumours about her and the actor. According to the actress, she has stopped trying to change people's perception about her:
Source: Legit.ng
