Half of a Yellow Sun breaks Nigerian box office record in first weekend

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">‘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.</span></div> <div class="wp-caption alignright" id="attachment_413153" style="border: 0px; float: right; margin: 0px 0px 20px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 422px;"> <a href="http://dvsl3w2q45hb8.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/yellow-sun-film.jpg" style="-webkit-transition: background-color 0.2s linear, border-top-color; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: background-color 0.2s linear, border-top-color; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black;"><img alt="*A scene from the play" class="wp-image-413153 size-full" height="275" src="http://dvsl3w2q45hb8.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/yellow-sun-film.jpg" style="-webkit-transition: margin 0.2s linear, box-shadow; border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.247059) 1px 1px 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: margin 0.2s linear, box-shadow;" width="412" /></span></a><div class="wp-caption-text" style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 8px 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">*A scene from the play</span></div> </div> <div style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">‘Half of a Yellow Sun 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.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Half of a Yellow Sun is at the number one spot in Nigerian cinemas, ahead of Marvel Studio  s Guardian of Galaxy  .</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The movie which has grossed well over N10Million has been able to surpass other box office trailblazers like Last Flight to Abuja (N8.35Million), Phone Swap (N3.72Million), Maami (N3.30Million), and The Return of Jennifer (N10Million).</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">According to Mr. Kene Mkparu C.E.O 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 YellowSun   succeeds and from the figures we have, it will succeed, it signifies success for Nollywood.</span></div> <div class="OUTBRAIN" data-browser="safari" data-dynload="" data-ob-mark="true" data-os="ipad" data-src="http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/08/half-yellow-sun-breaks-nigerian-box-office-record-first-weekend/" id="outbrain_widget_0" obdone="true" style="border: 0px; clear: both; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 5px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="ob_brnBox_cont NA" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span class="ob_empty" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><wbr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></wbr></span><span class="ob_org_header" style="border: 0px; float: left; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 3px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></div> </div> <br /></div>

Half of a Yellow Sun breaks Nigerian box office record in first weekend

‘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 acr...

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