You're on your own

mmsen:
I'm glad that they are making money but I can't watch these films.

It's not the quality so much as the themes, the religious/superstitious nonsense is annoying and doesn't resonate with me.


P.S.
I can't tolerate Bollywood and most Hollywood movies either.

falconey:
Crap!!!! Dumping millions of nigerians with 40minutes repeated stories with no quality.


Look forward to OCTOBER 1 by kunle afolayan.
Nollywood yoruba rocks!!!.

Yeye comment
Tribalistic!

Arysexy:
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Tribalism will Kill u and ur co-travellers.

A woman for that matter.

U suck

Ta ku ma ya

Africa cant b known without NIGERIA...proudly one

has anyone noticed the trending nollywood model that hollywood is rolling out movies fast and sometimes with low level graphics. guess they are facing piracy caused by the www and want to use numbers to settle the deficits.

Just to clarify things OP, the pix tagged Kenneth Nebue in your post is actually Charles Novia.

This is Kenneth Nebue

Igbos doing big things!

misrepresentation of facts and distortion of history. The first Nigerian movie òf the modern era was said to be AJE NI IYA MI BY ISHOLA OGUNSOLA. I SHOW PEPE.

Thats why they are still making movies with stupid titles like 'Amaka the moimoi seller' SMH. As far as i'm concerned, nollywood movies are useless

A movie industry that can not afford to pay most of its indigenious leading acts up to $10 000 per movie

I have been watching nollywood movies for some time now and i am impressed with the progress made so far.A lot of work still needs to be done though.

Yeah yeah
But most of the movies are boring as fûck

Transformation agender while Children of h8 keep h8tn.

ISSAKABA

What an industry.

Nigerians don't appreciate what they have so pathetic!kudos to nollywood cheers

OP Kindly clarify.... Is it
1) 800million dollars - (ur topic)
Or
2) 5.1 billion dollars - (2nd paragraph)

emmysoftyou:
nollywood

anyway i have never one day see ghana movies as a big threat or competitors to nollywood movies,
the only intimidation the ghanians actors or actresses gave a big blow to nigerians actors or actresses is their boldness to displayed the act of nudity in their numerous unprincipled and uncultured movies which a nigerian cultured men will not like to engage on,if not ghana gollywood cannot competes or cause a threat to nollywood..
when i heard frm the very first time that living in bondage is the first home video in nigeria,it took me time to understood d meaning of home video cos i ve been watching programs like things fall apart,ripples and the village headmaster but they re not home video and i say kudos to the man behind the success,kenneth nnebue and today we cannot discuss nollywood without his name and his first home movie not mention..
nollywood in its nature can now be rated alongside hollywood and bollywood, this is a signs that good things comes frm africa..

kudos to the godfather of nollywood (pete edochie)
kudos to the godfather of bollywood (amitahb benchan)
kudos to the godfather of hollywood (james bond) or syvester stallion..

yu guys fascinated me with your unique roles in the scenes..
And let me thank the rest of the actors and actresses too.
sharon stone[hollywood] hmm good instinct ..
angelina jolie[hollywood]hmm also good..i lov her..
anold swertzernegger,[hollywood]best commando,hmm lov him..
syvester stallion[hollywood],hmm aka rambo,tough man

sharuhk khan[bollwood],handsome lovaboi.
karrena kapor[bollywood],hmm she s good.

emeka ike,nonso diobi,jim iyke and ramsey noah,[nollywood]hmm gud stuf.
omotola ekeinde,genevieve nnaji,tonto dikeh and stella ojukwu damascus..

yu guys have made hollywood,bollywood and nollywood what it s today and kudos to the ones i didnt mention..one love..

magg0t! what has this to do with Ghana,ediot?

Arysexy:
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Tribalism will Kill u and ur co-travellers.

A woman for that matter.

U suck

she is saying the truth, the fact. And what do u mean by 'A woman for that matter' ? What does it imply

babosky2008:
misrepresentation of facts and distortion of history. The first Nigerian movie òf the modern era was said to be AJE NI IYA MI BY ISHOLA OGUNSOLA. I SHOW PEPE.

and I think they and their upline even started all these weekly tv drama series back then, on NTA Ibadan.

Odikwa too gbaski

SambisaaForest:
magg0t! what has this to do with Ghana,ediot?

it s because yu didn't read the lines that said so,

U ve no point but to insults pple online that make reasonable comments after reading,
if yu re ghana and yu re so pained concerning d above statement ,so sorry it hurt but facts or truth be told...
Go back to school or university and behaved matured or grow up than causing or quoting happy pple with yur frustrated jamb results..
Have a nixe day..

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[size=28pt]Top 10 Biggest Film Countries in the World by Box Office take plus South Africa & Nigeria

Despite the recession there was no stopping the Global film industry in 2012, as Box office take grew 6% to reach a record $34.7bn. Below are the Countries that made it into this important list:

10. Brazil $800m

Brazil. Brazil is considered to have the most accessible film industry amongst the so-called high-growth emerging BRIC nations (Brazil, Russia, India, and China).

9. Spain $900m

Spain. Plagued by the economic woes of a shrinking market, rampant piracy, subsidy cuts, Spain’s film industry is down on the list.

8. Italy $1.01bn

Italy. Italy is another Country whose film sector is being weighed down in recent times by the impact of the Euro Zone economic crisis.

7. Russia $1.2bn

Russia. With only a fraction of the United State’s screens, Russia is the seventh-largest film market by Box office take and is making steady progress.

6. Germany $1.35bn

Germany. Despite being in the Euro Zone, 2012 saw Germany generate their highest ever Box office revenues increasing by 7.8%, with 135.1 million Cinema tickets sold representing an increase of 4.2%.

5. India $1.4bn

India. The Indian film industry has been a powerhouse for many years now, making the largest number of films in the world, buying the highest number of tickets and having the second largest screen count. However, they only come in at number 5 in box-office revenues mainly because on average their home market has the amongst the lowest ticket prices in the world.

4. France & UK $1.7bn

France /UK. Coming in joint fourth France and the UK’s appetite for films shows no signs of declining, as both still maintain very strong cinema going cultures.

3. Japan $2.4bn

Japan. Dumped off second spot, Japan must be resigned to the evitable position of playing second fiddle to China from now on in the film industry.

2. China $2.7bn

China. As with everything about China these days, they have become the world’s second-biggest movie market, taking over from Japan.

1. North American $10.8bn.

North AmericanThe USA is still far ahead of any other Country for now and in no danger of being over taken but they will surely be looking over their shoulder as China continues its march forwards world domination.

South Africa & Nigeria

South AfricaNigeriaSouth Africa and Nigeria are two Countries that really should be in the Top Ten in Box office take but because both industries have serious structural problems that dream is unattainable for now.

http://www.talkingdrum-entertainment.com/top-10-biggest-film-countries-in-the-world-by-box-office-take-plus-south-africa-nigeria/[/size]

How come most of their actors are broke and start begging for donations when they're sick

falconey:
Crap!!!! Dumping millions of nigerians with 40minutes repeated stories with no quality.


Look forward to OCTOBER 1 by kunle afolayan.
Nollywood yoruba rocks!!!.

typical ofe mmanu with their stereotype.

That is only in production of films, not in quality of films. Are they better than the Chinese film industry or Australia?

I get sick when I watch that crap. All they do is show flashy houses, cars and clothes.

The scripts are poorly written,
the dialogue is kindergarten stuff,
the plot is non-existent,
the story line is jaded,
the score is terrible,
the editing is two-bit,
the acting is unprofessional,
the directing is a disgrace
and the camerawork is a let-down.

well Lets hope this news means they will progress past the level they are in to further heights cause this news is not as surprising even though its good news

Only $800 million...nothing to rejoice about.

[quote author=bigfrancis21 post=31506848]. VCDs sell for one to two dollars each, making them affordable for most Nigerians and providing large returns for the producers.

so if nollywood movies outsell Hollywood movies in Nigeria, and a movie cost one to two dollars making them affordable for most Nigerians, who then are those "99%" that they say are living in poverty that make survive below one dollar per day?
I keep saying it that that report of "below one dollar per day Nigerians " is all kinds of false combined together!
make I see another idiot that will tell me that majority of Nigerians survive below one dollar per day again.. that person go tell me whether na spirit dey buy all these home movies. nonsense!

ogbonoeba:
Only $800 million...nothing to rejoice about.

Thank you.
Silly posts like this one can be misleading and annoying to intelligent people who know the facts on the film industry.
How can an industry making only US$800 million be SECOND IN THE WORLD?
When that amount is even less than the projected revenue of my new digital film distribution portal in five years.

NOLLYWOOD FOR LIFE!! to hell with all these snobbish haters I love my Naija movies.