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[12] [13] As of 1954, mobile cinema vans played to at least 3.5 million people in Nigeria, and films being produced by the Nigerian Film Unit were screened for free at the 44 available cinemas. The first film entirely copyrighted to the Nigerian Film Unit is Fincho (1957) by Sam Zebba; which is also the first Nigerian film to be shot in colour ...
After Nigeria gained independence in 1960, the cinema business rapidly expanded, with new cinema houses being established. [3] However, there came a significant influx of American, Indian, Chinese and Japanese films; posters of films from these countries were all over theatre halls and actors from these industries became very popular in Nigeria.
The following are the highest-grossing Nigerian films of all time in Nigerian cinemas. The 2024 film Everybody Loves Jenifa currently leads the chart, with ₦1,820,000,000 grossed over a few months. Revenues from special screenings, DVD sales, online streaming, and theatrical screenings outside English-speaking West Africa are excluded from ...
This is a list of films / movies produced in Nigeria by year of release. This film-related list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (October 2021)
The 1990s saw a dramatic change in the Northern Nigerian cinema, eager to attract more Hausa audience who find Bollywood movies more attractive, Kannywood; a cinematic synthesis of Indian and Hausa culture evolved and became extremely popular. Turmin Danya ("The Draw"), 1990, is usually cited as the first commercially successful Kannywood film.
New Nigerian Cinema; V. Video film era This page was last edited on 3 October 2020, at 04:29 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
This is a list of notable Nigerian film directors This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
Cinema of Nigeria; References This page was last edited on 30 January 2025, at 18:12 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4. ...