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Films generate income from several revenue streams including theatrical exhibition, homevideo, television broadcast rights and merchandising. However, theatrical box office earnings are the primary metric for trade publications in assessing the success of a film, mostly due to the availability of the data compared to sales figures for home video and broadcast rights, and also due to historical practice.
Below are the top 5 Nollywood box-office earners of all time.
1.) 30 Days to Atlanta: With a nationwide box-office gross of about N76Million in 7 weeks of showing on Cinema Screens across Nigeria, 30 Days in Atlanta has been announced as Nollywood’s highest Grossing Cinema Movie of all time. The movie is produced by Nigerian comedian, AY.
2.) Half of a Yellow Sun: With a nationwide box-office gross of about N60Million this historical drama film directed by Biyi Bandele and based on the novel of the same name by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichiecomes second. The film is a love story that follows two sisters who are caught up in the outbreak of the Nigerian Civil War.
The movie stars Chiwetel Ejiofor, Thandie Newton, Onyeka Onwenu, Anika Noni Rose, Genevieve Nnaji, OC Ukeje and John Boyega.
3.) Ijé is a Nigerian drama film written by Samuel Tilson & Chineze Anyaene, produced by Paula Moreno & Chineze Anyaene, directed by Chineze Anyaene and starring Genevieve Nnaji, Odalys García and Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde.
The movie grossed N57Million
4.) October 1 is a 2014 Nigerian dark psychological thriller film written by Tunde Babalola, produced and directed by Kunle Afolayan. It stars Sadiq Daba, Kayode Olaiya, David Bailie, Kehinde Bankole, Kanayo O. Kanayo, Fabian Adeoye Lojede, Nick Rhys, Kunle Afolayan, Femi Adebayo, Bimbo Manuel, Ibrahim Chatta and introducing Demola Adedoyin and Deola Sagoe.
The film which is set in Colonial Nigeria, narrates the story of Danladi Waziri (Sadiq Daba), a police officer from Northern Nigeria who is posted to a remote town of Akote in Western Nigeria to investigate the frequent female murder cases in the community, and have the mystery solved before the Nigerian flag is raised on October 1, Nigeria’s Independence Day.
October 1 movie grossed N50Million
5.) The Figurine: Araromire is a 2009 Nigerian supernatural suspense thriller film written by Kemi Adesoye, produced and directed byKunle Afolayan, who also stars in the film as one of the main protagonists. It also stars Ramsey Nouah and Omoni Oboli.
The movie narrates the story of two friends who finds a mystical sculpture in an abandoned shrine in the forest while serving at aNational Youth Service Corps camp, and one of them decides to take the artwork home. Unknown to them, the sculpture is from the goddess ‘Araromire’ which bestows seven years of good luck on anyone who encounters it, and after the seven years have expired, seven years of bad luck follow. The lives of the two friends begin to change for good, as they become successful and wealthy businessmen. However, after seven years, things start to change for the worse
The Figurine Grossed N20Million
These are all box-office estimates provided by Uwem Jacobs, the West Africa Agent for United International Pictures, South Africa.
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