In 2020, Nollywood movies accounted for the largest share of revenue generated by this industry in Liberia, Ghana, and Nigeria. Nollywood productions held 55 percent of the total share. Hollywood, instead, accounted for 43 percent of the revenue. Some two percent of revenue was generated by Ghollywood, Ghana's main film producer, and Kannywood, productions in Hausa language based in Kano, Nigeria.
In 2020, many Hollywood productions have been postponed. In addition, cinemas had to close due to the coronavirus pandemic and they only reopened in Nigeria in September 2020. Overall in anglophone West-Africa, Nigeria accounted for the largest share of revenue generated by this industry within this region.
Distribution of revenue generated by the main film industries in Ghana, Liberia, and Nigeria as of 2020
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WarnerMedia, & FilmOne Entertainment. (April 13, 2021). Distribution of revenue generated by the main film industries in Ghana, Liberia, and Nigeria as of 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 05, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1185627/nollywood-bollywood-and-hollywood-revenues-in-anglophone-west-africa/
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