Anikulapo, a Netflix original movie produced and directed by veteran actor, Kunle Afolayan, is currently topping the Netflix weekly global chart as the most viewed non-English Netflix original movie.

Since its release just 11 days ago, a weekly top 10 list of the most watched movies by Netflix, showed that Anikulapo had been viewed for 8,730,000 hours between October 3 and October 9, 2022. A statement from Kunle Afolayan Production on Wednesday, confirms.

The movie, which was set in the pre-colonial era of the 17th century old Oyo Empire, tells the story of a sojourner who finds his way to Oyo in search of greener pastures, where he at first finds favor, but later finds love in a forbidden place.

The movie featured A-list actors like Kunle Remi, who played the main character Saro, alongside Bimbo Ademoye, who played the role of Queen Arolake, Sola Sobowale, Mr. Macaroni, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Taiwo Hassan, Oga Bello among others.