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The Wedding Party: Destination Dubai, raked in 73.3 million naira (about $202,000) in its opening weekend on Dec. 15-17, a new record according to the film’s producers. The sequel to the successful 2016 movie The Wedding Party beat out Star Wars: The Last Jedi in Nigerian cinemas, which also opened that weekend. By the first week of January, the film had grossed 300 million naira (roughly $826,000) and went on to open in 17 other African countries and the UK, where it had the biggest single day opening for a Nollywood film. Producers now plan to take it to the US, the Middle East and the Caribbean.
These earnings may seem small compared to the global earning of blockbusters like The Last Jedi, but it’s significant for Nigeria and Nollywood. The country’s film industry is slowly becoming a global phenomenon.
It is a good movie filled with Nigeria’s sweet hearts in the Nollywood industry. It is a Kemi Adetiba film and she has a mark for excellence and it is a movie about weddings, and Nigerians love happy-ever-afters, so go figure!
On the flip side, I think the movie is just a walking advert for Dubai.
I hope that the actors/actresses are getting a good deal because all the tourism generated for Dubai could have been generated for Nigeria if we are half as excited about Nigeria as we are about Dubai.
Good movie though.
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