Nollywood
Nollywood “Nigeria’s brash young film industry” is raking in at least $200 million a year. Ok maybe it’s not as cool as Eddie Murphy living in Hollywood but it does come close. That figure makes it the third-largest box office in the world after the United States and India. Not bad at all considering the average production time is about a week, besides a blockbuster will only set you back $8,000. All you need to get started is handycam and you can probably shoot in any private home for free. There is also an increasing demand for films to be subtitled in french. Now that’s big!
The film industry in Nigeria is overcrowed. Film quality have dropped significantly and the titles (e.g Pure Water, Area Scatter) have become a joke, little thought goes into it. Yet the demand continues to grow, why? Recurring themes like “Love, romance, fidelity and family cohesiveness” observed in the movies is pulling the crowd in. Nigerians aboard also feel the need to stay abreast of the hottest titles further fuelling demand.
I find it hard to keep up and the thought of paying for nigerian movies is still a little foreign in my system. I rely on Ben TV and sometimes OBE (both on Sky) to provide the cimenatic experience. It is probably time for me to finally watch UKWA (1 & 2), I borrowed a year ago from Obinna.
Tags: Films, Nigeria
Comments (6)
Lol! Its really pure water, what about, expensive mission or the one i watched the other day called emotional crackdown?! Totally agree with you, but the thing is that its watched because its entertaining and that is it, the moral ”values” they instill into it, is a bit farfetched.
Thanks for the story link, it has really cleared up matters for me.
just one q: who gets the $200 mil? certainly not me. and i daresay, not the producers. nice look, btw.
Dipo, I didn’t think you were in the acting business. I assume all the cash goes to the actors or people making pirate copies of the films (it costs $3).
i’se been acting all my life. only never got paid for it. lol
nice work guys, i just burst to this site and i say qudus to una but that does not mean that the so called nollywood aint trying atleast we use them to over come boredoom smtimes. keep up the good work
In an ideal world, I would love to be a Naija moive star.
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