Inkblot Productions

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Inkblot Productions
Company type Private
Industry Entertainment
Founded2010
Headquarters,
Nigeria
Products Films
Website www.ink-blot.tv

Inkblot Productions is a film production company founded in 2010 by Naz Onuzo, Zulumoke Oyibo, Damola Ademola and Omotayo Adeola. [1] The company produced The Wedding Party and its sequel, both ranking first and second, respectively, on the list of highest-grossing Nigerian films of all time at the time of their release.

In 2021, Amazon Prime Video signed a three-year deal with Inkblot Productions for exclusive streaming. [2]

Productions

YearTitleRef
2015 The Department [3]
Out of Luck (2015 film)
2016 The Arbitration [4]
The Wedding Party [5]
2017 The Wedding Party 2
My Wife and I [6]
2018 New Money [7]
Moms at War [8]
Up North [9]
2019 Love is War
The Set Up [10]
2020 Quam's Money [11]
2021 Who's The Boss
Superstar [12]
Charge and Bail [13]
2022 The Blood Covenant [14]
The Perfect Arrangement [15]

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