Una no go believe am, but our own Nollywood don chop big meat for 2025! West African cinema industry flexing muscles, box office hit N15.6 billion. Na serious money be that o!

FilmOne Entertainment dey drop this hot gist, as dem report say 2.79 million people don waka enter cinema across 122 locations. Na wa! With 248 new films wey dem drop, e mean say we plenty dey enjoy correct movies!

Ever since we start dey talk Nollywood, dis year na the first time wey dem overtake Hollywood for market share, wey Nollywood gree collect 49.4 percent while Hollywood just dey carry 48.8 percent. You fit imagine? You fit sabi say, last year, Hollywood get 52 percent. As e be so, dem don trend well!

Among the movies, 16 don breeze cross N200 million mark. E be like say Nollywood dey show Hollywood pepper! The movie wey carry the crown na ‘Behind The Scenes’, wey pack N1.32 billion. If you check am well, movies like ‘Gingerrr’ and ‘Everybody Loves Jenifa’ still dey shine with their millions. Hollywood no carry last, as ‘Sinners’ wey dey sub for N775.8 million, dey vim hot too!

As dem release 92 Hollywood films and 52 from India, the variety dey burst brain. Everybody fit find wetin go tickle dem fancy for cinema. Na serious growth for the culture wey dey ikwan for West Africa, no be small! If dem dey expect more growth wey no go change for our cinema scene, I dey wait for 2026.

Thank God say e go better for our local producers and actors, as dem dey steadily rise. Right now, the people dey patronize almost all the films wey dey land, and na real beauty for our cinema!