How Nigerian Movie Theaters Are Surviving the Pandemic

In this week’s episode of the Boxoffice Podcast, co-hosts Russ Fischer and Rebecca Pahle talk about recent box office updates on Godzilla vs. Kong and the early release of F9 in China. In the feature segment, Daniel Loria and Rebecca Pahle chat with Moses Babatope, the Group Executive Director at Filmhouse Cinemas and Co-Founder and Managing Director of FilmOne Entertainment—an independent entertainment company focused on the distribution and production of film within and outside the Nigerian territory. They discuss the evolution of the local exhibition landscape both before and during the pandemic, with an emphasis on how local content and robust social media marketing has helped keep theaters afloat.

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Episode Resources:

• Nigeria Box Office Year Book - 2020
• How The Fate of Alakada Succeeded in Nigeria
• Godzilla vs. Kong Crosses $300M Overseas

What to Listen For

• 00:00 Intro
• 01:39 Godzilla vs. Kong is still topping domestic and international box office
• 03:43 Updates on some movie titles release dates
• 05:52 International piracy concerns on F9’s early release in China
• 10:27 The state of the Nigerian exhibition market the past years
• 14:40 Despite 70%+ drop in box office, new cinema are screening films
• 17:16 Marketing Nollywood films in Nigeria
• 20:25 How The Fate of Alakada found success in Nigeria
• 23:22 Piracy becoming an issue because of title release delays