Kunle Afolayan’s Anikulapo becomes most watched non-English film on Netflix

The most watched non-English-speaking movie on Netflix from October 3 to October 9, 2022, was director Kunle Afolayan’s Anikulapo.

The announcement was made by the director on Twitter on Wednesday, where he shared screenshots of the weekly report.

According to the report, Anikulapo was watched for 8,730,000 in a single week.

The 48-year-old expressed appreciation to the cast, crew, and audience for their help.

He wrote: “Netflix officially confirmed that Anikulapo is now ranked No 1 globally In non English titles @NetflixNaija @WeAreNetflix @netflix Congratulations to us all and thank you guys for your support of referrals. Ire @kapfilmvillage @kap_hub @goldeneffects.”

The movie stars Bimbo Ademoye, Kunle Remi, Sola Sobowale, Taiwo Hassan, Adebayo Salami, Dele Odule, Yinka Quadri, Faithia Williams, Ronke Oshodi-Oke, Mr Macaroni, Sunday Omobolanle, Toyin Afolayan, Kareem Adepoju and Hakeem Kae-Kazim.