Nigeria’s Box Office Records N301.48m Revenue In Feb

The Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria (CEAN) yesterday said that it realised N301.48 million from tickets sold across the country in February.
CEAN’s National President, Mr Patrick Lee, disclosed this in an interview with The Tide source in Lagos.
Lee said this was a tremendous increase compared with N224.34 million realised from ticket sales in February 2021.
“In spite of the usual decline in attendance in February, box office revenue for 2022 was 26 per cent higher than the amount recorded in the comparative period of 2021. Attendance is within similar range at 185,000.
“Films such as “Uncharted”, “Dinner at My Place”, “Blacklight”, “Before Valentine’s”, “Head Over Bills” and “Marry Me”, amongst others, drove the numbers.
“This has so far, helped cinemas stay afloat in preparation for the spike from March, when “The Batman” would open strictly in cinemas,” he said.
Lee said the top five highest grossing films in Nigeria for February and the admission rate were: “Uncharted”- 49,109; “Dinner at My Place”- 21,448; “Blacklight”- 10,767; “Before Valentine’s”- 12,315 and “Spiderman: No Way Home”- 11,844.
He noted that 70 per cent of the films exhibited in cinemas in February were from Hollywood while Nollywood accounted for 30 per cent.
Lee disclosed that the films to be released into the cinemas in the month of March were: “The American King”; “The Batman”; “Boycott”, “Turning Red”; “Dejavu”; “Mama’s Big Stick”; “The Contractor”; “Rising Sun”; “Obsession”; “Ambulance” and “A Simple Lie”.
“March opens with exciting expectations at the box office, as Robert Pattinson is set to deliver screen brilliance in his first performance as Bruce Wayne of Gotham city, in the blockbuster – “The Batman”.