By Adedapo Adesanya
The president of the Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria (CEAN), Mr Ope Ajayi, has said it realised N495 million from ticket sales across cinemas in the country in September 2022.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Mr Ajayi said this in an interview in Lagos.
He added that when compared with the revenue generated in the same period of 2021, it was a 48 per cent increase and a 31 per cent growth on a month-on-month basis.
The CEAN president explained that N334,071,950.00 was realised from ticket sales across cinemas in September 2021, while N495,324,900.00 was generated in September 2022.
“Comparing monthly revenues in 2022 to 2021, September had a 48 per cent increase in performance year-on-year, while against August 2022, box office takings increased by 31 per cent in September 2022.
“The 19 Nollywood films shown in September accounted for 36 per cent of box office revenues while 15 Hollywood films contributed to 62 per cent,” he said.
According to him, the top five performing films for the month were The Woman King, Passport, Brotherhood, Beast and Thor: Love and Thunder.
He listed the films to be out in the rest of October as – Win or Lose, Detective Knight Rogue, Black Adam, Invaders, Halloween Ends, Lyle Lyle Crocodile, and One for Sarah.
“Like we predicted, Viola Davis and the stars of The Woman King came through with a fantastic delivery for an epic/action.
‘It was also a great delight seeing Nollywood’s Jimmy Odukoya in a whole different light with all the sword fights and flicks.
“Then the party got merrier with Brotherhood, as it was obvious that the production crew at Greoh Studios didn’t come to play.
“All cast brought their A-game, delivering power-packed action as promised and raising the bar for the action genre in Nollywood,” he said.
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