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BOX
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OFFICE
DAMAGE
NAME OF MOVIE:
Jombo-Rodriguez
PRODUCER: Uc he
July, 2011
PREMIERE DATE:
DGET: Unknown
PRODUCTION BU
, 500
TICKET PRIZE: N1
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Not very impressiv
SALES RETURNS:
AFRICA
Compiled By Aisosa Okundaye. Words By Myke Pam
NAME OF MOVIE: MR. AND MRS.
PRODUCER: Chinwe Egwagwu
PREMIERE DATE: December 2, 2011
PRODUCTION BUDGET: Unknown
SALES OF TICKET: N1, 500
SALES RETURNS: Well received
NAME OF MO
VIE: I’LL TAKE M
Y CHANCES
PRODUCER: Em
em Isong
PREMIERE DATE
: February 24,
2012
PRODUCTION
BUDGET: Unknow
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TICKET PRIZE: N
1, 500
SALES RETURN
S: Impressive
is Africa’s premier movie Box Office
directory. Working in association with reputable producers, film makers
and cinemas around the continent, we aim to present the most authentic
catalogue of standard feature films and home videos made in Africa or
in the Diaspora by Africans. The criteria for adjudging these works are
based on the stories/plots, picture and sound quality, directorial/acting
proficiency as well as the financial returns from the cinemas where these
films are screened. This first edition’s compilation looks at the records of
two major Nigerian Cinemas, Silverbird and Genesis Deluxe.
HF Magazine Box Office
NAME OF MOVIE:
ANCHOR BABY
PRODUCER: Lonzo
Nzekwe
PREMIERE DATE: De
cember 10, 2010
PRODUCTION BUDG
ET: Unknown
TICKET PRIZE: N1,
500
SALES RETURNS: No
t impressive
NAME OF MOVIE: THE FIG
URINE
PRODUCER: Kunle Afolan
yan
PREMIERE DATE: Febuary
6, 2009
PRODUCTION BUDGET:
N50,000,000.00 (Fifty Mil
lion Naira)
TICKET PRIZE: N1, 500
SALES RETURNS: financia
lly rewarding
(exact figure unknown)
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NAME OF MOVIE: LAST FLIGHT
TO ABUJA
PRODUCER: Obi Emelonye
PREMIERE DATE: August 3, 2012
PRODUCTION BUDGET: Unknown
TICKET PRIZE: N1,500
SALES RETURNS: Not Very
impressive
NAME OF MOVIE: MY LIFE MY
DAMAGE
PRODUCER: Uche Jombo Rodriguez
PREMIERE DATE: March 1, 2013
PRODUCTION BUDGET: Unknown
TICKET PRIZE: N1, 500
SALES RETURNS: Unimpressive
NAME OF MOVIE: A WEEKEND
GETAWAY
PRODUCER: Emem Isong
PREMIERE DATE: April 23, 2013
PRODUCTION BUDGET: Unknown
TICKET PRIZE: N1, 500
SALES RETURNS: Financially
rewarding (exact figure unknown)
NAME OF MOVIE: PHONE SWAP
PRODUCER: Kunle Afolanyon
PREMIERE DATE: March 17, 2012
PRODUCTION BUDGET: N60,000,000
.00
(exact figure unknown) estimated
TICKET PRIZE: N1, 500
SALES RETURNS: Financially rewarding
RS (BOOK1)
VIE: CHEATE
AME OF MO
N
Arase
Frank Rajah
PRODUCER:
th
y 2013
ATE: 24 Ma
PREMIERE D
Unknown
N BUDGET:
PRODUCTIO
E: N1, 500
TICKET PRIZ
ive
RNS: impress
SALES RETU
NAME OF MOVIE: THE CONTACT
PRODUCER: Yvonne Okoro
PREMIERE DATE: December 28, 2012
PRODUCTION BUDGET: Unknown
TICKET PRIZE: N1, 500
SALES RETURNS: Impressive
According to Mr. Bayo, a staff of Silverbird Cinemas, “It is the mentality of Nigerians to pick foreign based movies over Nigerian and African
productions at the cinemas. Another factor responsible for the low patronage of Nollywood/African pictures at cinemas is the fact that Nigerians are
willing to wait till such movies are aired on cable television or commercially released before they endeavor to see the works.
R BOY
NAME OF MOVIE: MIRRO
: Obi Emelonye
PRODUCER
14, 2011
PREMIERE DATE: January
£250,000
PRODUCTION BUDGET:
0
SALES OF TICKET: N1, 50
URNS: Averagely received
SALES RET
Also speaking in the same vein, Mr. Sunday Godwin a staff of Genesis Deluxe Cinemas opined that “tickets of foreign movies sell more than
indigenous ones here and a high percentage of the patronage comes from women and children.” He added that most times, the staffers have to
convince people who come to the cinema to watch indigenous movies. He concluded by saying that out of every 100 cinema patrons, only 20 would
see African movies.
HF Magazine Edition 1, Volume 1.
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