For years, The Wedding Party 1 and The Wedding Party 2 have remained the benchmark for rom-com success in Nigeria. The Wedding Party 1 recorded about ₦36 million in its opening weekend, while The Wedding Party 2 went further with ₦73.3 million, figures that have stood as the standard for rom-com openings in Nigerian cinema.
Now, with a ₦78.2 million opening weekend, Call of My Life has placed itself above those previous benchmarks, immediately raising questions around whether it is quietly positioning itself as a new grossing standard in the rom-com box office. 
The film, released on the 15th of May, 2026, and directed by Dammy Twitch alongside Bluhouse Studios, opened in cinemas across Nigeria and quickly climbed to the top of the local box office charts for the weekend. According to figures shared by Nollywire, it also outperformed several other current releases, including Strong by Dimbo Atiya, which opened with ₦2 million, and Boy Who Gave, which debuted with ₦12 million.
This performance also placed it ahead of last weekend’s top film, Michael, showing a clear shift in audience attention during its debut week.
Top Five Highest-Grossing Romantic Comedies in Nigeria
- The Wedding Party – ₦452 million
- The Wedding Party 2: Destination Dubai – ₦433 million
- Chief Daddy – ₦387,540,749
- Reel Love – above ₦354,008,975
- Ajosepo – ₦256,627,189
The Wedding Party
The Wedding Party remains one of the best films in Nollywood romantic comedy history, not just for its ]₦452,288,605 box office record but for how it reshaped audience expectations for wedding-themed storytelling on a large commercial scale. It effectively set the standard for what a blockbuster rom-com could achieve in Nigeria.
The Wedding Party 2: Destination Dubai
The Wedding Party 2: Destination Dubai followed as a direct continuation of that success, grossing ₦433,197,377and proving that audience interest in the franchise and its glamorous, high-energy storytelling world was still extremely strong, even beyond local regions.
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Chief Daddy
Chief Daddy earned ₦387,540,749 and expanded the rom-com space into a more corporate and family inheritance setting, showing that Nigerian audiences were receptive to a romantic comedy blended with drama and wealth-based conflict.
Reel Love
Reel Love crossed ₦354,008,975, showing a more recent shift in how digital culture and modern romance storytelling can drive box office success, especially with younger audiences responding to contemporary relationship themes.
Ajosepo
Ajosepo closed at a record of ₦256,627,189. This represents the continued commercial strength of romantic comedies in Nigeria, particularly when driven by strong pre-release buzz and culturally relatable family and relationship tension.
We are watching the cinema run of ‘Call of my life’, hoping it can break the Wedding Party’s longstanding record.
WRITTEN BY: Rebecca Lawanson
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