Entertainment
Fun Seekers Lavished N636m On Movies In July …Nollywood Got Only N20m
The cinema culture in Nigeria continues to thrive with movie goers spending N636 million in the month of July. This is a 58 percent increase from the N402.9 million spent in theatres across the country in June. Despite this spike, Nollywood releases in July accounted for a small portion of ticket sales with foreign films dominating sales.
Most of the earnings went to foreign block buster’s like ‘Spider Man’, ‘Far From Home’ and the newly released ‘Lion King’, while less than N20 million went to Nollywood. The month started off on a great note from a box office perspective for indigenous films with the ‘Blind Lagosians’ topping the chart from June 28th to July 4th 2019.
During this period, the film which has been dubbed the best Nollywood movie of 2019 made N37 million. The top 20 films grossed a total of N100.7 million during those seven days. This changed with the release of Spider man, Far from home in June 5th 2019.
The Disney/Marvel Super hero film pushed the Nollywood film to second place with a total earning of N129.9 million over seven days. The directorial debut of Bolomle Austin Peters followed on to its second position making an additional N18.8 million, while movie goers spent a total of N105.6 million from July 12th to 15th, 2019.
By the following week, it had moved to the third place and earned another N13 million, this was due to the release of Disney’s remake of the classic lion king which led to a spike in cinema revenue (167.1 million) the highest of the entire month.
By the end of the month (July 26-August 1, 2019), the Blind Lagosians was in fourth place and the only Nigerian movie on the top five list. It earned a total of N107.8 million, while the top 20 films brought in N136.9 million.
Overall, movie goers spent a total of N636 million through out the month of July other high earning Nollywood movies in July were ‘Mokalik,’ N5.5 million, ‘Rent queens’ N3.98 million, ‘Executioner’ N1.5 million and ‘The Gift’ N1.4 million.
According to business inside sub sahara report,, Nollywood films are doing better at the box office, but still losing to foreign movies. Despite spending over N500 million in June only a small portion went to Nigeria movies.
R&B star, Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as Tems, has recounted the early-career challenges she faced, revealing that she was once booed out of the stage while performing at a school event.
Speaking in an interview with Newsmen, the Crazy Tings crooner shared that she wasn’t only booed but was also harassed with plastic bottles.
“I remember one time I was going to perform at my school as an up-and-coming singer and I thought I was going to receiving a standing ovation.
“But I got booed. They even threw plastic bottles at me,” she recalled.
Tems explained that despite the embarrassing incident and other such rejections, she remained determined to pursue a career in music.
The Tide Entertainment reports that Tems admitted that some of the initial rejections she faced could be due to her conviction to stick to her originality instead of doing covers or familiar sounds like most of her peers.
The Grammy-winning singer said looking back now, she is glad that she didn’t compromise her style despite the initial pressures.
A close associate of late singer Mohbad, Primeboy, has appealed for the artiste’s burial nearly three years after his death.
According to him, Mohbad’s body remains in the mortuary since September 12, 2023, pending burial arrangements.
The Tide Entertainment reports that in a statement Primeboy urged the family, public, and government to permit the burial, stating, “It’s been almost three years since Mohbad left us. His body is still in the mortuary. I’m begging the family, I’m begging the public, I’m begging the government, please let’s bury our brother. He deserves a befitting burial.”
It would be recalled that Mohbad’s death sparked public outrage, protests, and investigations. Ongoing autopsy examinations, police inquiries, and legal proceedings have delayed burial arrangements amid family disagreements and public scrutiny.
Nancy Briggs
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