Nollywood movie ‘Orisa’ hits N88 million in 3 weeks

The newly released figures by the Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria (CEAN), showed that the Nollywood movie ‘Orisa’ recorded over ₦20 million between August 4, 2023, to August 10, 2023.

It opened with ₦40 million between July 21, 2023, to July 27, 2023, and between July 28 to August 3, 2023, it recorded another ₦28 million, which brings the total to over ₦88 million in just three weeks. Orisa is still showing at all the cinemas nationwide and would most likely hit its ₦100 million gross within its first month at the cinema.

In other news, Barbie remains strong at number one with over ₦37 million between August 4, 2023, and August 10, 2023, bringing its cumulative since its release to ₦160 million. Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One in the second spot with ₦28 million. This makes it one month in the cinema with a total of ₦200 million in gross. Meg 2: The Trench comes in third in its first week in cinemas with ₦33 million.

New Nigerian titles like Mikolo are coming to theatres this week.

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