Battle on Buka Street

Yejide runs the most patronized buka (stall) in Otanwa community's "Buka Street" with help from her mother Asake and her children. However, her step-sister and archenemy Awele buys the neighbouring shop one day and starts competing. Their rivalry dates back to before their childhood; their mothers, Asake and Ezinne, both married to their father Meduka, were jealous and conflicted with each other, and this carried on to their children.

At first, Awele fails to attract customers away from Yejide's buka, so she turns to sabotage: she sends her younger twins Kaira and Kaiso to lock Asake in Maduka's house so she can't make her stews. This works and people flock to Awele's restaurant instead, starting a series of retaliatory acts where Awele and Yejide try to curry favor in the town and use their children for their own selfish interest.

to attack each other's buka by planting rats and . Meanwhile, they lie to the rest of the family that Awele's oldest daughter Ifunnaya and Yejide's

• Funke Akindele as Yejide{{Cite web |title=Battle on Buka Street - Daily Trust |url=https://dailytrust.com/battle-on-buka-street/ |access-date=2023-06-03 |website=dailytrust.com}}
• Mercy Johnson as Awele
• Sola Sobowale as Asake
• Tina Mba as Ezinne
• Nkem Owoh as Maduka
• Femi Jacobs as Lanshile
• Kelvin Ikeduba as Chukwuemka
• Sani Musa Danja as Kazeem
• Bimbo Ademoye as Young Asake
• Uche Obunse as Ifunnaya
• Moshood Fattah as Ademide
• Judith Ushi as Fadekami
• Gbemi Akinlade as Kaira
• Miracle Gabriel as Kaiso
• Mike Afolarin
• Wumi Toriola as Yedije friend I
• Regina Chukwu as Yedije friend II

The film project marked the third cinematic directorial venture for actress Funke Akindele after Your Excellency and Omo Ghetto: The Saga.{{Cite web |title=Funke Akindele Drops Teaser for 'Battle on Buka Street' – THISDAYLIVE |url=https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2022/10/08/funke-akindele-drops-teaser-for-battle-on-buka-street/ |access-date=2022-12-03 |website=www.thisdaylive.com}} The film also possibly marked the final film venture for Funke Akindele who has insisted on joining politics and running for the Office of Deputy Governor in the Lagos State Governorship Election.{{Cite web |date=2022-12-17 |title=Funke Akindele: Battle on the Buka Street is a farewell project |url=https://guardian.ng/saturday-magazine/funke-akindele-battle-on-the-buka-street-is-a-farewell-project/ |access-date=2022-12-31 |website=The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News |language=en-US}}

It became the second highest grossing Nigerian film of the year 2022 just behind Brotherhood grossing about ₦200,087,222 at the box office.{{Cite web |last=Oladotun |first=Shola-Adido |date=2022-12-24 |title=MOVIE REVIEW: 'Battle on Buka Street' is perfect film to wrap up 2022 |url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/entertainment/nollywood/572061-movie-review-battle-on-buka-street-is-perfect-film-to-wrap-up-2022.html |access-date=2022-12-31 |website=Premium Times Nigeria |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |title=Top films Weekend 23rd-25th Dec 2022 - Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria |url=https://www.ceanigeria.com/box-office/373-top-films-weekend-23rd-25th-dec-2022 |access-date=2022-12-31 |website=www.ceanigeria.com}} The film surpassed Avatar: The Way of Water as the highest-grossing film in Nigeria during the Christmas weekend grossing almost ₦50 million at the box office.{{Cite web |last=Udodiong |first=Inemesit |date=2022-12-27 |title=Funke Akindele's 'Battle on Buka Street' takes over Box Office |url=https://www.pulse.ng/entertainment/music/funke-akindeles-battle-on-buka-street-takes-over-box-office/7r5rv70 |access-date=2022-12-31 |website=Pulse Nigeria |language=en}} The film also grossed ₦26 million at the box office on 25 December 2022 coinciding with Christmas making it the highest grossing Nigerian film on a single day in 2022.{{Cite web |last=Oboh |date=2022-12-27 |title=Funke Akindele's 'Battle on Buka Street' sets Nollywood record with N135m in one day |url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/12/funke-akindeles-battle-on-buka-street-sets-nollywood-record-with-n135m-in-one-day/ |access-date=2022-12-31 |website=Vanguard News |language=en-GB}}

The theatrical run for the film came to an end on the 13th of April 2023, after 17 weeks at the box office with a gross box office of ₦668,423,056.

It finished as the highest-grossing Nigerian film of all time displacing Omo Ghetto: The Saga with a gross exceeding ₦640 million.{{Cite web |date=2023-02-18 |title=Akindele's 'Battle On Buka Street' becomes Nollywood's highest-grossing film with N640m |url=http://lifestyle.thecable.ng/akindeles-battle-on-buka-street-becomes-nollywoods-highest-grossing-film-with-n640m/ |access-date=2023-06-03 |website=TheCable Lifestyle |language=en-US}}

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