Nigeria’s cinema has generated a revenue of ₦2.25 billion from tickets sold in the first quarter of 2024.

Filmone Entertainment, an independent film distribution and production company, revealed this in its Nigerian Box Office Year Book for 2023, released on Monday.

The period under review had a remarkable improvement in ticket sales compared to ₦1.5 billion generated in the first quarter of 2023.

 According to the details, the total admission of persons at the cinemas in the first quarter of this year was 596,609, while the same period in 2023 witnessed 620,477 attendance.

Also, the average ticket price in the first quarter of the year stood at ₦3,765 and ₦2,479 for 2023. The details read: “The box office revenue for Q1 2024 is ₦2.25 billion, inclusive of spillovers, with 596,609 admissions.