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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 ₦1,711,000,000 grossed over a few months.
The history and development of the Nigerian motion picture industry is sometimes generally classified in four main eras: the Colonial era, Golden Age era, Video film era and the emerging New Nigerian cinema era. [9] Film as a medium first arrived in Nigeria in the late 19th century, in the form of peephole viewing of motion picture devices. [10]
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 )
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.
Described as the first blockbuster in Nigeria, grossing approximately ₦61,000 in three days [5] Vengeance of the Cult: Eddie Ugbomah: 1985: Witchdoctor of the Livingdead: Charles Abi Enonchong Horror Mosebolatan: Moses Olaiya: Described as the film grossed ₦107,000 in five days [1] [5] Kannakanna: Bayo Aderohunmu 1986: Apalara: Eddie ...
The film, about the events involved in the celebration of an aristocratic wedding, would go on to become the most successful Nollywood film in the history of her native Nigeria. Wanuri Kahiu is a Kenyan film director, best known for her film From a Whisper , which was awarded Best Director, Best Screenplay, and Best Picture at the Africa Movie ...
Film as a medium first arrived Nigeria in the late 19th century, peephole viewing of motion picture devices. [1] These were soon replaced in the early 20th century with improved motion picture exhibition devices; the first set of films shown in Nigerian theatres were Western films, with the first film screened at Glover Memorial Hall in Lagos from 12 to 22 August 1903.
Nigeria Greets Her Queen: Lionel Snazelle Documentary The first Nigerian documentary film to be shot in colour: 1957: Fincho: Sam Zebba Drama The first Nigerian scripted film to be shot in colour: Freedom: Vernon Messenger Drama Nigerian drama shot in colour 1958: People like Maria: Harry Watt: Documentary British black-and-white documentary