The epic movie, 'Half of a
Yellow Sun’ has set a new first weekend box office record in Nigeria.
The record came from showing the movie in 15 cinemas across Nigeria in
its first three days, with Lagos cinemas topping the charts.
The movie is expected to
also break the record of the highest grossing movie in Nigeria, being the
country of the author of the book, and the director and executive producers of
the movie.
‘Half of a Yellow Sun’
is at the number one spot in Nigerian cinemas, ahead of Marvel Studio’s
‘Guardian of Galaxy’.
According to Mr.
Kene Mkparu, the Chief Executive Officer of FilmOne Distribution, the
distributors of the movie “We have always maintained that the success of ‘Half
of a Yellow Sun’ is the success of Nollywood. If ‘Half of a Yellow Sun’
succeeds and from the figures we have, it will succeed, it signifies success
for Nollywood. It is our belief that if a film is well done, Nigerian audiences
would respond to it and drive its success. ‘Half of a Yellow Sun’ is a
movie about Nigeria and we believe that Nigerians will drive its success. We
are delighted that the Nigerian public has turned out in force to support the
film. We want to urge everyone who has seen this film to go back and see it
again and encourage others to see it.”
‘Half of a Yellow
Sun’ is a movie set in the era of the Biafran war in Nigeria. It is a
story of love, lust, jealousy, greed and brings to light the effects of
war on the lives of everyone it touches.
The movie, featuring
BAFTA award winner and Oscar nominee Chiwetel Ejiofor, BAFTA award winner
Thandie Newton, Onyeka Onwenu, Genevieve Nnaji, O.C. Ukeje, and Zack Orji, is
adapted from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's award-winning international best-seller,
and is written and directed by Biyi Bandele.
‘Half of a Yellow Sun’ has
been screened at film festivals around the world. It has already won several
awards and has been enjoying an international cinema release in major
international territories including the UK, US and Australia, with releases
across Africa, Latin America and Europe still to come. The movie opened in
Nigerian cinemas on 1st August.
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