Some Simple Facts About Nollywood
Nollywood is the 3rd largest film industry in the world behind Hollywood and Bollywood. Nollywood films are made on shoe string budgets with an average movie only taking around 10 day to complete with a cost of just $15,000.
In only 30 years Nollywood has gone from zero to bring a $250 million dollar a year business. Nollywood produces more movies yearly than Hollywood and Bollywood
Yoruba Movies are very popular in the home video arena. There are around 300+ producers who churn out movies at an astonishing rate. 30+ new titles are released in Nigerian shops and markets every week where an normal film will sell about 50,000 copies.
Movies revolve round issues of romance, comedy, the occult, dodgy cops, prostitution and HIV/AIDS/. Nigerian stars are well known in Ghana, Zambia and beyond. Star actors sometimes work on several movies at the same time. Yoruba Movies are popular and growing in popularity in Europe and America
