The National Film and Video Censors Board (NVFCB) Executive Director, Adedayo Thomas, has announced that "the box office generated almost N7bn in 2019. Between N6.4bn and N6.7bn was generated."
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A portion of this went to the top 10 film releases of the year which happen to all be foreign movies.
Moviegoers spent a total of N2.47 billion on these 10 movies.
Here is a breakdown:
Nollywood films can be found from the 11th position with "Living in Bondage: Breaking Free" as the top West African film release of 2019.
Despite being released two months ago (November 8, 2019), the sequel to 1992 classic "Living in Bondage" has grossed a total of N161 million.
Next, we have "Chief Daddy" with N387. 5 million. It came out on December 14, 2018.
Another recently released film makes the list. In third place, we have "Merry Men 2: Another Mission" with N181 million.
See here to see the top five Nollywood movies that won at the box office in 2019.
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