Nigerians spend N819m watching movies in one month

The Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria (CEAN) says it generated N819 million from tickets sold across cinemas in the country in one month (January 2023).

The CEAN National Chairman, Ope Ajayi, disclosed this in Lagos on Monday.

“We had an increase in sales in January with N819,154,913.00. The month was a beautiful one, with 324,408 total number of admissions at the cinemas.

“The top five films for the month of January were: Battle on Buka Street, Ijakumo, Avatar, Black Panther, and Plane.

“February promises to be better with thrilling and action-packed films for the month,” Ajayi told NAN.

The CEAN boss stated that the films cinema lovers could watch out for in the month of February include Titanic remastered, Antman vs Wasp quantumania, Cocaine bear, Luther, Die Hart, and Love in a pandemic.