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Data reveal Nigerians spent N3bn in cinemas in first half of 2019

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Data reveals Nigerians spent N3bn in cinemas in first half of 2019

Cinema goers in Nigeria spent about 3,124,026,959 billion Naira to watch box office movies at cinemas around the country, between January and June, 2019, data reveals.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) informs that the figures are according to data provided by cinemas and gathered by the Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria (CEAN).

The year opened with ‘Aquaman’, ‘Chief Daddy’ and ‘Up North’ sitting on the top three of the chart with estimated combined earnings of 168,263,512 million Naira.

The movies maintained their positions until the fourth week when ‘Glass’ debuted at number one with ‘Aquaman’ taking second place and ‘Chief Daddy’, third, booting ‘Up North’ to fourth place.

This led to combined earnings of 91,409,100 million Naira which fell to 77,259,811 million Naira as January closed with Kevin Hart’s ‘The Upside’ kicking ‘Chief Daddy’ to fourth place.

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Earnings remained low for February, making it the lowest grossing month with a total of 291,843,044 million Naira. Top spots were alternated between ‘Alita’, ‘Cold Pursuit’, ‘What Men Want’, ‘Escape Room’ and ‘The UpSide’.

By March, viewership picked up steadily and the earnings were almost doubled from that of February leading to a total of 434,432,431 million Naira.

‘What Men Want’, ‘Alita’, ‘Hire A Woman’, ‘She Is’, ‘Us’ and ‘Babymamas’ enjoyed a relatively good run in March but a chunk of the earnings and viewership went to Marvel’s flick ‘Captain Marvel’.

At the beginning of April, ‘Hellboy’, ‘Shazam’, ‘Little’ and ‘Us’ continued to share the top spot with ‘Captain Marvel’ until the release of the much anticipated ‘Avengers: Endgame’.

With ‘Avengers: Endgame’, earnings from April climbed from 186,929,188 million Naira in its third week to 342,382,389 million Naira in its final week.

The month, which is the highest grossing in 2019, closed with estimated total earnings of 734,151,060 million Naira due to a major boost from Disney’s ‘Endgame’. In May, there was a massive dip in earnings similar to that experienced in February.

With ‘Endgame’, ‘The Intruder’ and ‘Longshot’, it earned a total of 367,498,554 million Naira. The fall in viewership is usual after a global holiday such as Christmas for December/January and Easter for April.

The numbers picked up in June with ‘John Wick’, ‘Godzilla’ and ‘Aladdin’ leading the numbers.

They were supported by ‘Anna’, ‘Men In Black’, ‘Dark Phoenix’ and ‘Bling Lagosians’. June opened with 161,132,714 million Naira but closed with 100,663,647 million Naira leading to a total earning of 576,322,779 million Naira.

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