Lagos

==== Nollywood ====
{{Main|Cinema of Nigeria}}
[[File:Clapper Lady.jpg|thumb|Filming set in Lagos]]
Lagos is the center of the West African film, music, and TV industries. The film industry in the Surulere locality ranks second or third in the world, ahead of or behind Hollywood, depending on the survey.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/10/nigeria-africa-biggest-economy-nollywood | title=Hello Nollywood: how Nigeria became Africa's biggest economy overnight | newspaper=[[The Guardian]] | date=10 April 2014 | access-date=12 April 2014 | author=Liston, Enjoli | archive-date=12 April 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140412020045/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/10/nigeria-africa-biggest-economy-nollywood | url-status=live }}</ref> PricewaterhouseCoopers Int. forecasts that the Nigerian entertainment industry will grow 85% to $15 billion.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theafricareport.com/126644/nigeria-media-players-are-creative-and-cash-rich/|title=Nigeria: Media and Entertainment to hit $15bn by 2025|website=Theafricareport.com|date=October 2021|access-date=27 December 2021|archive-date=27 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527133119/https://www.theafricareport.com/126644/nigeria-media-players-are-creative-and-cash-rich/|url-status=live}}</ref>
Since the success of the Nigerian thriller "The Figurine", Nigerian film has increasingly turned to high-quality productions that are also commercially successful. This, in turn, has led to consistently new box office revenue records in Nigeria (2009's "The Figurine," 2013's "Half of a Yellow Sun," 2016's "The Wedding Party", 2023's "Battle on Buka Street").<ref>{{cite web | url=http://thenationonlineng.net/new/toronto-nigerians-disagree-over-new-nollywood/ | title=Toronto: Nigerians disagree over new Nollywood | publisher=The Nation Online | work=The Nation Newspaper | date=14 September 2014 | access-date=24 March 2015 | author=Akande, Victor | archive-date=22 September 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130922123311/http://thenationonlineng.net/new/toronto-nigerians-disagree-over-new-nollywood/ | url-status=live }}</ref>