CEAN’s National President, Mr Opeyemi Ajayi, stated this in
an interview on Wednesday in Lagos.
According to Ajayi, there had been an appreciable increase
in revenue generation in 2022 compared with the previous years.
“The box office raked in N4.74 billion in 2021, N2.1 billion
in 2020, N6.4 billion in 2019 and N5.98 billion in 2018. For 2022, the increase
in average ticket price led to revenue growth and admissions remained flat in
the previous year.
“On the back of a strong local industry, Nigeria continues
to lead recovery in Africa post-COVID.” Also, Hollywood continues to focus on
African content and engagement is very positive for the box office.
“We observed that “Black Panther” is on track to become the
first N1bn movie,” he said.
Ajayi said that for 2023 outlook, gross revenue and
admissions were expected to grow by a minimum of 20 percent.
He said some factors had been observed to drive growth in
the new year as 5 cinemas were opened in the fourth quarter of 2022 and a
minimum of 3 new locations were expected to open in the first half of 2023.
“This will be a positive addition to the box office,” he
said.
He said that a 10 to 15 percent increase on ticket price
would potentially drive box office revenue in 2023, because independent cinemas
constituted 25 per cent of the market share at present, although they were
faced with low ticket price.
“Collaborations between Hollywood and Nollywood on content
is expected to continue in the foreseeable future.
“And with the breakout success of big Nollywood movies like
Brotherhood, Battle on Buka Street, and King of Thieves, to name a few, 2023 is
expected to have larger budget movies and potential release outside of West
African territory,” he added.
Ajayi listed the top 5 highest-grossing Nollywood films in
2022 as Brotherhood, King of Thieves, Battle on Buka Street, Ijakumo and
Passport.
He named Black Panther, Woman King, Dr. Strange, Thor: Love
and Thunder, and Black Adam as the top five highest-grossing Hollywood films.
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